The Meg Movie Review

Movie Analysis & Review

The Meg, released on 09 August 2018, is an Action, Science Fiction, Horror film (Released) with a runtime of 113 minutes. Produced by Apelles Entertainment, Gravity Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Flagship Entertainment Group, Maeday Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures in China, United States of America. Directed by Jon Turteltaub, the movie features performances by Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Ruby Rose, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka, Winston Chao. The film had a budget of $150.0 million and grossed $530.5 million.
Plot Summary: A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Ruby Rose, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka, Winston Chao
Crew: Dean Georgaris (Screenplay), Jon Hoeber (Screenplay), Erich Hoeber (Screenplay), Dylan Coburn (Storyboard Artist), Warren Mahy (Storyboard Artist), Matteo Veglia (VFX Production Coordinator), Jon Turteltaub (Director), Kenneth Atchity (Associate Producer)
Director: Jon Turteltaub

Overview of The Meg

Release Date: 2018-08-09
Runtime: 113 min
Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Horror
Status: Released
Budget: $150,000,000
Revenue: $530,517,320
Production: Apelles Entertainment, Gravity Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Flagship Entertainment Group, Maeday Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries: China, United States of America
Certification (IN): UA
OTT Providers: Netflix
Keywords: beach, based on novel or book, deep sea, underwater, shark, oceanic expedition, kaiju, underwater facility, mariana trench
External: IMDB

Story & Plot

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

Trailer

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson: Well, when the credits started to roll I cannot say that I felt it had been a waste of time and money. I did indeed have some enjoyment watching this movie. However, it could have been a lot better.

For starters, what is the point of making a movie about a bloody “dinosaur shark” and aim for a PG…

John Chard: Child friendly horror…

You have to take in to context the post release statements by director Jon Turteltaub and lead actor Jason Statham. The Meg is not the film they either read on the page or filmed as a course of grisly schlock entertainment. This was meant to be a proper schlocker, a blood…

Gimly: It's nice to see a Shark-led Creature Feature that's actually got some money behind it, but _The Meg_ is still really nothing special.

_Final rating:★★½ – Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

CinemaSerf: This is one of these international co-productions that has way too many producers and vested interests behind it, so it's no great surprise that what we do end up with is such an hybrid of so many other films, It's actually quite hard to be objective when writing about it. The obvious comparisons ar…

r96sk: <em>'The Meg'</em> almost succeeds in being a fun action blockbuster, though for me it comfortably falls short of doing so. To put it bluntly, I simply got bored whilst watching it. I like the cast, but that's about it in terms of positives. The effects and story just didn't do it for yours truly.
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Recommendations

Meg 2: The Trench, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Mile 22, The Spy Who Dumped Me, The Equalizer 2

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