Faithful to the last 2 minutes, then the entire film is blown.

Rating: 1/10 (14 July 2008)

"The Mist" has always been one of my favorite King stories, I'm not much for short-story reading but this one was really above the cut. When I heard the director of "Shawshank" and "The Green Mile" was behind this adaptation I was genuinely excited to see it, and after nearly two hours of an excellent horror film, the director twist the tale and spoils the effect.
The issue I'm commenting on is the end of the story as told by King who gives a grim, but hopeful final few paragraphs letting reader know that hope is alive and well.
Director Frank Dermont destroys hope.
The last minutes of this film screw up horribly. First, our main character kills his little boy just as the child opens his eyes and see's what daddy's about to do. Then, out of bullets and unable to kill himself the man awaits death at the hands of the mist monsters. But know, the military comes and the man is saved, just after murdering his own child. What's worse, we get a shot of a small religious cult formed in the grocery store where 90% of the film takes place being rescued, driving by, smirking, as if to say, see, if you put your faith in God, all would be well.
The film becomes an allegory for Christian faith, suddenly it's not "Kings: The Mist" but Kings Left Behind.
The director murdered, twisted and ruined the end. One of my favorite King stories, ruined on screen.