Writer-director Frank Darabont, showing the softer side of Stephen King in his film adaptations of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, becomes darker material for The Mist, the latest King adaptation about a group of ordinary citizens caught in a supermarket a mysterious fog bank. Thomas Jane is top-billed as a Maine illustrator who attempts to calm the frightened shoppers, but their work is done for him since the beginning, first by the discovery of malevolent creatures lurking in the fog, and then by the mad mutterings of Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden), a local eccentric who calls for Old Testament sacrifice style to appease the supernatural forces. Darabont delivers monster movie thrills and discrete social commentary with equal skill, and is well supported by his cast (which includes Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler and Jeffrey DeMunn) and special live effects KNB EFX, which effectively mix CGI with models and stop-motion animation (the terrible monsters were designed by legendary artist Bernie Wrightson). And for those curious about how to end the pessimistic novel has been translated to film, suffice it to say that Darabont's conclusion is both different and more disturbing than the King´s.
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