Incoherent

Rating: 4/10 (3 August 2008)

There are a great many faults with this flick, but for me, the story is totally incoherent with no plausible explanation of what is happening and why. For example, what does "The Mist" have to do with all of these creatures that appear in it? At first, I thought that the mist was a poisonous gas cloud dispersed from some military chemical weapons plant. That would've been consistent with the old guy's nosebleed, common sense and such.
Most of the story line seems to follow that idea until -- a big banging on the roll-up door. Then, suddenly "monsters" appear out of a mist that now seems innocuous and created mostly to reduce the need for detailed CGI. And why the earthquake? And where did the mist come from in the first place (disregarding the standard "another dimension" crapola) and why does it clear up after only a few days? And how is it that everything is set right for the human race in the last few scenes with no explanation as to how the catastrophe might have originated?
The multiple "mercy killings" at the end were very predictable, as was the sole survivor's reaction when the mist cleared.
I did like the character of "Ollie" (Toby Jones), though, and Marcia Gay Harden was very good as the deranged Mrs. Carmody. Entertaining but incoherent.