A sleepy lakeside community wakes up in a fog in Spikes adaptation of Stephen Kings The Mist.
ThisThe Mistreview contains spoilers.
The Mist Episode 1
SpikesThe Mistopens just out of town.
A lone soldier comes to in the woods with a faithful dog obediently waiting.
He asks Are you mine?
Because he is in uniform we pretty much assume some kind of military mind fog.
Stephen Kings novellaThe Mistis limited to the point of view of the main character, David Drayton.
The novel starts with the aftermath of one of the areas biggest thunderstorms in generations.
Storms are funny that way.
Kevin is the ultmate liberal.
He even lets his wife drive.
That doesnt mean hes that great a guy.
This small-town controversy, and the slutty family history, feels tagged on for the drama.
Not horrifyingly off, but things seem missing, and I worry about head room.
The mall looks like any other mall in the country.
It is such an identifiable image that the terror really hits home in the most mundane way.
When a mall fountain goes dry you know somethings wrong.
She loses her husband pretty quickly in the dense cloud that covers the town.
Chief of police Connor Heisel (Darren Pettie) is the prerequesite bullying alpha male authority figure.
His son Jay (Luke Cosgrove) is a spoiled high school star quarterback.
My moneys on the Chief of Police going nuts and taking it out on the general population.
We left the book behind and are in new territory.
Elsewhere, Mia Lambert (Danica Curcic) is being bashed around for now apparent reason.
Didnt we learn that a stomach wound takes hours to kill you inReservoir Dogs?
Im not saying its impossible, but he barely even moans.
Its also a missed opportunity for gore.
People want to take selfies with it as a background.
Its all fun and games until somebody loses a jaw.
Theres more hidden in the encroaching haze than mere creatures.
It feels like there is some kind of malevolent consciousness.
One of the local cops is scheeved by some roaches in the office.
He actually gets shudders thinking about how close it could have gotten to his donut.
When he goes out, hes not shooting, hes shooing.
The cop bugs out completely in the fogged up alternative universe.
Rating:
4 out of 5
