Nothing to offer but a few effects

Rating: 1/10 (3 December 2007)

I'm only commenting on "The Mist" to spare some of you from wasting what these days is a good amount of money on a movie that is complete garbage. Sure, there were some nice effects regarding the "monsters" and a little gore, but effects are pretty much the only thing this flick has to offer.
As per the trailer, you all know that a bunch of people are trapped by the mysterious mist and what lives inside of it. In other words, your standard zombie movie scenario. NOW, imagine that typical zombie scenario where probably 60 percent of the time they spend trapped (and this is NOT an exaggeration) is filled with religious diatribes by Marcia Gay Harden's zealot character. After the first couple of outbursts, WE GOT IT! But no, the audience is treated to another, and another, and another, between every bit of action and alternate dialog. Do you really want to spend what is supposed to be a 90-minute escape listening to someone talking damnation for about 45 of those minutes? This movie provides no escape at all. It is a failed attempt at social commentary, wrapped up in the horror genre and is just not worth it, regardless of whether or not you find the ending satisfying.
Please do not spend a penny on this. Forty minutes after the last preview ends, you'll be wishing the exit is handy.