THE MIST (2007) - Nov. 24, 2007
About a sinister mist that rolls into a small town, trapping a bunch of people in a supermarket and bringing with it an assortment of strange monsters, this was a sporadically very well made horror film. It begins and ends very strongly, and there are some fairly tense scenes peppered throughout. The main problem is that the film is very talky, and the dialogue is sometimes somewhat iffy. There's also a whole subplot involving an ultra-religious nutjob (effectively played by Marcia Gay Harden) which is ridiculously over-the-top, and -- unless you have a very pessimistic view of humanity -- almost completely implausible. Frank Darabont's direction was quite good, though, and Thomas Jane proves yet again that he has what it takes to be a leading man in Hollywood. **1/2
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