Of all the horror movies I’ve come across this year, The Mist stands out… not only because it is a monster movie, but it’s also a great film!
The Mist is the cinematographic adaptation of the popular novel by Stephen King… the King of horror novels!
The film starts off with a mist that invades a town. & of course within the Mist… there are.... creatures…
The protagonists are trapped in a supermarket, faced with the dilemma of whether to venture out in the unknown Mist or wait for the “things” to get them…
& just like in a many other horror & doomsday movies, there are always characters that reveal the darkest face of humanity - people who can do anything in desperation (a very recurrent theme)… characterized here by a cynical Biblist intent on achieving expiation.
Even then The Mist ends in a very tragic way… unlike the cliff-hanger in the book.
Genre: Horror.
Cast: Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden, Amin Joseph, Frances Sternhagen, Alexa Davalos, Sam Witwer, Jeff DeMunn, Brian Libby, Marcia Gay Harden, Toby Jones.
Director: Frank Darabont.
MPAA Rating: R for violence, terror and gore, and language.
IMDB: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
Metacritic: 58/100
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mist_%28film%29
& btw, The Mist was the second movie released by aXXo after I Am Legend… when he made his return to The Scene.