Review of The Mist (2007) by Julianna A — 12 May 2014

(59%).

A very watchable horror set mostly around a single location that for the most part works well. The all too clear politics involving race, class, and in particular religion are fleshed out in a typical supermarket setting acting as the characters only line of defence, as well as a platform to host their opinion and influence those around them. My biggest issue here comes quite close to almost ruining the movie, that being the mumbling performances from a majority of the cast between the more dramatic sequences. I have perfect hearing, but I struggled to register the numerous quiet moments almost as if the script had something to hide, and those scenes (from what I could hear) were indeed mostly filler so I suspect a bit of corner cutting behind the scenes was going on, which is a shame. The ending is a bit overly drastic, but overall the movie is entertaining and enjoyable enough for a watch.