Typical quasi - King boredom

Rating: 3/10 (4 April 2008)

This movie may be based on a good science fiction idea , e.g. the military ( who else ? ) 's secret dabbling with different dimensions that , clearly , goes haywire and envelops the small town near-by in a form of a mist ( thank God , they did not decide on The Fog by good old Carpenter )And then a pretty large group of customers is trapped in a local supermarket , left to itself to figure out what the heck has happened , and in the process fractions , squabbling , and a necessary religious fanatic that seems to be a regular staple by Mr King's ( check Carry ) ensue , while the idea of survival becomes somehow moot . All well , except that the movie looks straight for TV , acting especially by M. Harden as a apocalyptic nut seems wooden , while the effects ,if this was to be taken seriously , should have been done by ILM and not some nosy upstarts ,thus creating a visually laughable material that makes this flick a regular 80s video-based on something by Mr King ( e.g. Christine, Cujo...)- junk ! All this has been told and retold on too many occasions , boring !