The Mist
The Mist is latest film from the director of The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont. This is first horror adaptation of a Stephen King horror story. The film is about a violent storm hitting a small town, where an artist (Thomas Jane) and his family are living. Soon a mysterious fog has taken over the town in which some people think it has to do with a government experiment known as The Arrowhead Project. Soon the artist and his son are held up in a supermarket, along with most of the town’s citizens where a religious woman (Marcia Gay Harden) begin to divide the town by making them believe that the end is near. Unknown to them what lies within the mysterious fog, the town’s residents start to turn on each other and the thing beneath the fog is revealed. Soon it’s a race for the artist and his son to leave the supermarket and get to safety before the unknown that lies in the mist gets them.
I thought, I’d never see the day where there were two great adaptations of Stephen King stories for the big screen in one year. But this year there have been two great adaptations of King’s stories on the big screen, this film and 1408. I think it’s safe to say that Frank Darabont is the king of King’s adaptation. The screenplay was great, as the film focuses on the human drama of the crises while providing scares in the process. I liked how some of the human characters felt evil in a time of crises like Marcia’s character for example. Also the ending of the film in which I will not spoil, is the most shocking ending to a major-studio horror film that I’ve seen in this decade or the last decade. That’s most of the reason why I think this film will be a classic horror film for years to come. The acting was also great as this maybe the best ensemble cast this year. There are very good actors in this film like Jane, Gay-Hardin, Laurie Holden (The X-Files, The Majestic) Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Streets), Jeffery DeMunn (The Hitcher, The Green Mile) and Willian Sandler (TV’s Roswell, The Shawshank Redemption). Maybe Thomas Jane made a great career movie by not doing The Punisher sequel, because this guy can act, as he was very good in the film. But the best performance in the film came from Marica Gay Hardin, as she really nails her role down as this Pat Roberson type character. I think her performance is worth a supporting Oscar nomination but usually the voters hate giving nominations to horror and genre films but still, she deserves it for this role but I’ll make that plea again toward Oscar nomination time.
If you’re a true horror fan saving your money for the probably dreadful Aliens v Predator 2 then please spend that money on this film because this is truly a classic horror film in my eyes and I want to see more films like this. This is what the horror genre is supposed to be, not remakes of classic films or franchises fighting each other for a quick buck. The Mist is the best horror film that you will see this year and maybe for years to come.
5 Stars
Rated R
125 Mins
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