Truly awe-inspiring ending

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2008)

All is well in a little country village at a big lake. At least, until a huge storm tears down some trees and causes some damage to property and such. But even this storm is nothing compared to the chaos that ensues when a strange thick mist comes rolling into the town and stays there.
Films that play their biggest part in just a tiny place are always something special - they require quite a bit of effort to make them work out as there is so little space to move around. This one does work though, and not in the least by some of the actors that play their finest roles ever. The added special effects are pretty good too and in just the correct amount: some where they are needed but nowhere too much.
I haven't read the book this film is based on but it is clear that it is a Stephen King story - some of the elements used are just about a trademark of his writings. As a place holder for the background to the story they work out well enough though.
Events going on are good. At least I can see them happen to some extend. And that is where the good things end: it's only to some extend. And this film takes these events to beyond that extend and in one occasion so far that it becomes completely unbelievable and therefore irritative. If it hadn't done that I would have gladly given it a 9 out of 10 but now I'm stuck at the upper end of an 8 out of 10 and only because the ending was so amazingly good.
8 out of 10 hopes shattered.