Meg 2: The Trench
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
- Released: 2023-08-02
- Runtime: 116 minutes
- Genre: Action, Horror
- Stars: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Shuya Sophia Cai, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, Sienna Guillory, Skyler Samuels, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Wu Jing, Melissanthi Mahut, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Kiran Sonia Sawar
- Director: Ben Wheatley
Comments
- grwindsor - 1 July 2024
Great if you remember it is meant to be fun, nor serious
This is a fun and exciting action film, you just need to watch it remembering that it isn't trying to be serious or scientifically accurate!
No, it isn't brilliant or eligible for any award for writing or any other aspect. But it isn't pretending to be. It is overt in the trailor, marketing and description that it is an exciting, wild and fun but somehow silly film. Watch it with that in mind, and you'll enjoy it.
Like Starship Troopers, if you watch that though the lense of astrophysics and astrobiology it is terrible (Versus the scientifically accurate and realistic Martian or Interstellar) it is no fun. But through the lens of some fun via the suspension of disbelief, this is really cool.
Enjoy! - GregTheStopSign95 - 12 May 2024
Not as enjoyable as the first
Hopefully, if they continue to adapt Alten's novels, whoever gets their hands in takes more from the first Meg than from this sequel. Don't get me wrong, the creatures were great - especially the Tyrannosaur and little Protosuchus-looking beasties of the opening scene - and the cast were decent enough (plus it was nice to see them bring back some of the supporting cast from the first one), but it just kinda felt a bit flat? On the note of the returning cast, though, I was a bit saddened to see Suyin disposed of so carelessly...
It was almost like they were trying to make one movie out of two movies worth of plot. Like, I feel like they could have easily made a full movie out of the 'rogue mining operation' plot from the start of the movie, then left us with a cliffhanger leading into the second half. OR maybe make a slightly longer movie with everything from this movie but a bit less squashed in?
If they'd given the movie a little more runtime and room to breathe, it might have even lived up to the 'legacy' of the first, and been just as fun to watch. Sadly, it's a bit of a step down...
