![]() ![]() Old Chum.” - that hints at glorious heights of absurdity against a poster image of Statham framed by a giant set of gnarly chompers, the script only occasionally finds enjoyment in its preposterous plot. Despite a tantalizing tagline - “New Meg. To be fair to Wheatley, the Brit director is not helped much by Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber and Dean Georgaris’ pedestrian screenplay, adapted from Meg-series author Steve Alten’s novel, The Trench. Screenwriters: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Dean Georgaris, based on the novel The Trench by Steve Alten The disappointing news is that the big, dumb fun promised by a terrific trailer - ingeniously cut to the 1977 Heart banger, “Barracuda” - only materializes intermittently in a movie that too often struggles to find the balance between suspense and monster-size silliness.Ĭast: Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, Sienna Guillory, Cliff Curtis, Melissanthi Mahut The good news is that Statham’s back, bringing his rugged charm and tough-guy self-irony to sparkling dialogue like “I’ve got this,” “Shit!” and “See ya later, chum,” that last one delivered as he dispatches a prehistoric shark. ![]() Given his grounding in visceral horror and thrillers laced with a mischievous vein of dark humor, Ben Wheatley seemed an intriguing choice to take the directing reins on Meg 2: The Trench, the sequel to the 2018 B-movie about a megalodon terrorizing a bunch of scientists and Jason Statham before homing in on a buffet of beachgoers.
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