S10 Review's The Mist (2007)

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2007)

One of Stephen King's best tales finally gets a chance at the big screen. Taking point for his fourth King project, Darabont smacks another out of the park. After 'Shawshank', 'Green Mile' and now the 'Mist' I think he shows great command over the great literary world of King.
The story follows a group of small town residents trapped in a supermarket after a massive storm levels the area. But things go weird when a mist engulfs the town and the monsters within threaten to bring the apocalypse.
'The Mist' is an excellent and mostly faithful adaptation. Of course there are tweaks and embellishments here and there most notably a different, darker ending. Darabont assembles an ensemble of recognizable faces (even if you can't quite place a name to them) and several are even King film vets (Thomas Jane from 'Dreamcatcher', Bill Sadler of 'Shawshank Redemption', Jeffrey DeMunn of 'The Green Mile' and Frances Sternhagen of 'Misery' and 'Golden Years'). This gang knows how to pull off King and they do it well. The effects for the most part are excellent the CGI scenes are often helped by the mist but a few of the clear scenes in the market were a bit off. Mix the fine production, acting, atmosphere and more than adequate effects together and you get an adaptation that is faithful to the source and a damn fine scary time at the gigaplex.