The Mist

Theatrical Release Poster

Country	United States
Directed by	Frank Darabont
Release Date	2007
Language	English
Studio	Dimension Films
Distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Main Cast
Character	Actor
David Drayton	Thomas Jane
Amanda Dumfries	Laurie Holden
Ollie Weeks	Toby Jones
Brent Norton	Andre Braugher
Mrs. Carmody	Marcia Gay Harden
Ambrose	Buck Taylor
Jim Grondin	William Sadler
Dan Miller	Jeffrey DeMunn
Private Wayne Jessup	Sam Witwer
Woman with Kids	Melissa McBride

The Mist is the 2007 feature film adaptation of the Stephen King novella of the same name. The film follows a group of individuals who struggle to escape from an unusual mist that appears to be involved with several deaths occurring in their town. The Mist was directed by Frank Darabont, who helmed his third feature film adapted from King's works (following The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile). The novella would subsequently be adapted as a television limited series that premiered on SPIKE in June of 2017.

The following weapons were used in the film The Mist:

WARNING! The screenshots in this page sadly spoil the film's incredible ending. It is highly recommended that you please watch the film before viewing this page.

Handguns

Colt SF-VI/DS-II

As the townspeople hole up in the grocery store, they discover something bad is out in the mist. In search of weaponry, Amanda Dumfries (Laurie Holden) pulls out a revolver she keeps in her purse. This sidearm is a Colt SF-VI/DS-II with rubber Hogue grips, the stainless reproduction of the Colt Detective Special. Unfortunately for the group, she carries only two speed loaders for it. In search of someone with enough experience to use the gun, Ollie Weeks (Toby Jones) steps up, claiming he was a competition shooter in 1994. Highlight for Spoiler: The gun is used several times before Ollie is killed by a creature in the mist as he follows the group of surviving protagonists out to the car in an attempt to escape. The gun is grabbed by David Drayton (Thomas Jane), now only loaded with four bullets. The group of five drives their car out as far as possible before running out of gas. To spare the group the deaths awaiting them out in the mist, David offers to kill them with the gun and figure something out for himself. He then kills everyone in the car and steps outside so the creatures of the mist can take him, only for the US Army to arrive and rescue him.

Colt SF-VI with Pachmayr grips - .38 Special

Amanda Dumfries in the store pulls out her Colt SF-VI/DS-II from her purse.

Ollie Weeks (Toby Jones) shoots one of the creatures in the store with the Colt SF-VI/DS-II.

Ollie tries to shoot one of the spider creatures in the bar with the Colt SF-VI/DS-II but the gun clicks empty.

Ollie kills the psychopathic Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden) when she tries to takes members of the group out as human sacrifices.

The Colt SF-VI/DS-II lands on the hood of David's car when Ollie is killed by one of the creatures in the mist.

Highlight for Spoiler: David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and the group decide their fate.

Highlight for Spoiler: David checks the load in the Colt SF-VI/DS-II. Four bullets plus five people equals David being SOL.

David loads the Colt SF-VI/DS-II.

Score one for realism, the dummy rounds don't have dented primers. Note the Colt insignia and Colt-style cylinder release.

David turns the gun on himself even though it is empty, and desperately tries to shoot himself to no avail. All the clicks sound the same as he pulls the trigger but when firing on a spent shell, the click has a different sound than with an empty chamber. This is really splitting hairs though.

Rifles

M4A1 Carbine

At the end of the film, US Army soldiers sweeping the mist away are armed with M4A1 Carbines fitted with C-More red-dot sights, ACOG scopes, Surefire universal weaponlights, AN/PEQ-2 IR designators, and RIS foregrips.

Colt M4A1 Carbine - 5.56x45mm

A US Army soldier walks past David armed with an M4A1 Carbine with a C-More red-dot sight.

A US Army soldier holds his M4 carbine as he approaches David. Note the soldiers are wearing the obselete M17 gas mask.

Machine Guns

FN M240D

FN M240D machine guns are mounted on top of the US Army tanks and self-propelled artillery vehicles, since the spade-gripped model is more commonly mounted on tanks and the soldiers appear to be holding spades.