Jonas (Jason Statham) is a submarine rescue pilot who has been out of the business for a while following a rescue mission where he had to leave two of his crew mates behind after the stricken sub was hit by something very large, forcing the rescue vehicle to detach. As well as feeling tremendous guilt over the death of his friends, despite his actions saving everyone else aboard, Jonas' story about the submarine being hit by a giant creature is disbelieved by everyone. And he is assumed to have suffered a mental breakdown.
His services are once again required, however, when a deep sea exploratory mission financed by a millionaire (Rainn Wilson) and crewed by a varied team of scientists and engineers is trapped at extreme depths citing the aggressive presence of a gigantic shark; the megalodon.
This movie asks all the important questions. Can Jonas save this submarine crew? Will he fall for the daring and intelligent (although perhaps not the best at making decisions) Suyin (Li Bingbing)? Is Meiying (Sophia Cai) the most adorable, yet unsettlingly smart kid on screen yet? How many unrealistic submarine gadgets will we get to see while our heroes do battle with a huge shark? Will the humans inevitably destroy everything they find, as befitting the B-movie nature-bites-back trope we have come to know and love?
A genuinely fun action B-movie with some tongue in cheek humour, shiny, shiny gadgets and a big, bad killer shark. Jason Statham delivers a reluctant hero with his usual swagger and the film doesn't pretend to take itself too seriously, but enjoys a good budget, nice special effects and there are plenty of scenes featuring the titular Meg in full-on attack mode.
It's never going to be Jaws, but it wasn't trying to be in the first place.
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Hani
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