Meg 2: The Trench

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
  • classicsoncall - 7 June 2024
    "I still think we look like food."
    Apparently, "Jurassic World" had its impact on both films with 'Meg' in the title. Just as in the other franchise, a huge megalodon made an appearance in "The Meg" to literally destroy a research ship that killed and brought aboard one that the crew captured from the murky depths. Leaving originality aside, this story follows the Jurassic script and has one chomp down on a T-Rex in a prelude to the present-day story. Unfortunately, this one is short on dinosaur action until the very end, and even then, you don't see much of the huge shark-like monsters that you probably tuned in for. Jason Statham returns to reprise his role as Jonas Taylor, this time leading another rescue mission that takes up a major part of the picture. With Taylor's romantic interest (Bing Bing Li as Suyin) from the first picture gone, he becomes somewhat a surrogate father figure for young Meiying (Shuya Sophia Cai), who once again following the same story line, disobeys a request to stay behind when Taylor goes on a rescue mission. Unfortunately, that mission takes place in a dark, underwater environment making it hard to follow the drama. It's dragged out as well, until the villains of a rogue rare earth metal mining operation target a packed beach resort where the ridiculous offensive of man and meg takes place. I should mention there's a giant squid in on the action too, but all you ever see of it are two huge tentacles sloshing around, making more for hilarity than danger. It almost felt like the filmmakers ran out of ideas for this one, making the whole adventure a bit tiresome.
  • whitewalker259 - 2 May 2024
    Dumb fun and worth it.
    Actually enjoyed this one way more than the first one. Mindless dumb fun that doesn't take a lot of brain power to follow and get two hours of entertainment of.

    CGI is questionable at times, but oddly adds to the overall quality because everything seems to go for the middle of the road -average- on purpose. The story is hardly groundbreaking but does what a standard sequel should do and that is taking what made the first popular and just add more. Statham looked like he was having a fun as well.

    Just go into it not expecting the next Schindlers List of cinema and you'll have a good time and will make you wonder -just maybe- if there will be an inevitable Meg 3.
  • qdxxvxwhwv - 10 March 2024
    megaladon :)
    The shark didn't get much screen time , occasionally the "ooohhh spooky " appearances but the movie is funny and action packed at least for my little brain and lots of visual stuff like the background and the technology i think it's cool lol. Had me at the edge of my seat at parts but also had me at the skip toward button too sometimes, also i just wanna mention that DJ is so real sometimes. I love his character, honestly my favourite. I think it's an okay sequel to the first , i think the first is better than the second in my opinion though. It's silly wacky and funny and some things just don't make sense and i think that's what adds onto me liking it lol.