Natural selection at work? A movie about people doing stupid things.

Rating: 3/10 (20 November 2011)

Frank Darabont revisits his favorite theme in this movie: A group of people is caught in a terrible situation, which results in human drama. While this worked well in his other works, he fails terribly this time.
The problem is not the setup, which is simple, but effective: A thick, mysterious fog shrouds an entire town and since some dangerous creatures lurk in it, people are forced to lock themselves inside. The movie shows us these events from the perspective of a group that is caught inside a big store. This could work pretty well, if it wasn't for the characters unbelievably silly actions. There are movies that have one or two "Why does he... why doesn't he..." moments. This one is entirely made up from those and it isn't even funny.
The most tragic events would have been perfectly avoidable, if they just had used their brains for a moment.
There was no way to identify with such dumb characters, no one to cheer on, nothing to laugh about, except for the script. I felt robbed.