The survivors continue to cause the nightmares as The Mist enters The Waking Dream.
ThisThe MistReview contains spoilers.
No, it isnt the fearsome creatures in the foggy depths.
The biggest threats continue to seep in from much closer to home.
Not with the people.
For anyone who likes rooting for the villain,The Mistis full of them.
The entire arc of each of the characters seems to be how far they can fall from grace.
She suckered Connor Heisel (Darren Pettie) in pretty fast.
is fed up with the worst crimes.
Last week we saw him become humanized by the crazy lady, this week he lets the animal out.
Sooner or later everybody goes to the mall.
Its worse than the rush of Black Friday.
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The chase through the mall basement is almost suspenseful.
It reminds me of the chase through Soho in Martin ScorsesesAfter Hours, without the Mr. Softee truck.
But he does give one great line delivery.
He recovers when the mall cop reminds him they have to blame somebody, and leads the charge.
Adrian practices his lines before he breaks the bad news to Eve and Alex.
The shot opens with some ambiguity, but it doesnt last long.
The audience certainly knows long before the teenaged love monster decides hell pass the audition.
Alex completely falls apart, sliding down to the floor in puddle of hyperventilating tears.
Gus Birney, who plays Alex, really throws herself into this.
Shes been facetiously playing up the ambiguity with her coquettish come-hither avoidance of Jay.
Here she throws subtlety away with the same ease she out-threw the quarterbacks football a few weeks ago.
Daddy Copeland isnt quite dead yet.
They move three houses at a time and show up at an aftermath of a slaughter.
The dead men are soldiers and Kevin immediately pins them as Arrowhead.
Kevins already been shot at by Adrian Garff (Russell Posner).
Everyone wants to shoot Kevin.
Even I want to shoot Kevin.
Kevin knows Kevin is evil.
He and Adrian should get a room.
Instead he takes out all his malevolence on his, supposedly evil, doppelganger, and out-bads himself.
But Kevin doesnt want to be seen as the bad guy.
The homeowner doesnt take this too well and goes off like a grenade.
Mia (Danica Curcic) drops a bomb on Jonah (Okezie Morro) in a rare quiet moment.
In the last scene we learn that Jonah has rank.
With a slap of the salute,The Mistadds a new twist to an overly serpentine plot.
Stephen Kings book is a condensed marvel.
There is no outside world.
King worried about one character.
Everything falls apart under the oppressive fog ofThe Mist, without the oppression of authority.
But it doesnt always have to fall apart so stupidly.
The Waking Dream was written by Amanda Segel, and directed by Nick Murphy.
Rating:
2.5 out of 5
