The Meg
2018
**½
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, Winston Chao, Jessica McNamee, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Robert taylor, Sophia Cai, Masi Oka
Five years after he lost part of his crew under mysterious circumstances, rescue diver Jonas Taylor aims to save a submersible crew who are trapped in the deeper reaches of the Mariana Trench with a megalodon, a gigantic shark believed to have gone extinct millions of years ago. This suspenseful and entertaining but utterly stupid action adventure offers a little bit of science and a whole lot of fiction. The end result lands somewhere between Jaws, Deep Blue Sea, and Sharknado. The locations and the cast list announce that this is a Chinese-American co-production. The performances vary between decent and awful, the dialogue is just awful throughout. Based on Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten.
