Scott Derrickson directs Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver in this mystery sci-fi horror action romance stew about two mercenaries guarding opposing sides of a misty valley with a Lovecraftian threat below.

A relatively original conceit that evokes everything from Bourne to Silent Hill to Carpenter. Adult edition Teller is a very smooth leading man and even if Anya Taylor-Joy is never going to convince in action sequences she is always very cute. They vibe off each other nicely and the instant attraction is probably the high point of the flick. Once we get down into “The Mist” things go a bit polygon esoteric. It can be digital ugly at times but equally I’m not sure how else you’d achieve this scale and integration? Derrickson brings a sustained intensity to the action sequences and I for one enjoy seeing him spaff Apple’s mega bucks up the wall on something that in any other decade would be a blockbuster cinema release.

7

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