Let me make this easy on everyone. The 2005 remake of John Carpenter's "The Fog" is a film designed to demonstrate that CGI effects can ruin a really good film. While it had the potential to be a nice, creepy film it throws it all away to give the viewer nothing more then pretty young people in trouble with the unknown.
There was no development of characters, no explanation for many of the sub-plots that were going on in the film and no rational excuse for this sort of directing. For example, Tom Welling's character has an ancestor who is one of the town's founders, but Welling has problems with his family name carved on the tribute statue. Nor are we ever told why Maggie Grace's character and her mother seem to have problems or why the drunk priest who seems to have an idea what is going on, but never lets anyone know.
The direction by Wainwright was nothing more then adequate. Where there were supposed to be thrills and chills, we got instead T&A or cheap shocks.
Selma Blair takes on the role of Stevie Wayne, and while she is attractive she is no Adrienne Barbeau. She never seems to bring anything to her character that is new or interesting. And while we are speaking of attractive, Maggie Grace does show off her body in her underwear a good deal and that is not a problem but if that is all you are bringing to the game something is missing.
If you want an honest to goodness, scary film that will leave you in chills go rent the original Fog. If you just have to see this one, wait for it on Showtime.