The Meg knows what it is and accomplishes what it wants, which is OK
Not every movie is going to be a revolutionary classic like Gone with the Wind or The Godfather, but that does not mean a movie cannot be enjoyable.
The Meg is a movie where your expectations just have to be lowered a bit, and when they are you’ll have a lot of fun watching. It is not the dramatic thriller that Jaws is, but nevertheless, it is very fun to watch. It is a ridiculous movie where top action star Jason Statham is going head-to-head against a gigantic prehistoric shark. Where is this the makings of a movie plot that is not insane? It is insane, and has to be enjoyed as an insane plot for a movie.
The movie definitely has parts that do not make much sense. Half the characters are dull and do not really have much development, but it has some really great parts. The movie knows it is ridiculous, asking why a person who cannot swim took a job working in a science lab submerged in the ocean. The character Meiyingm, the child daughter of one of the main scientists, often makes fun of the stupid parts of the movie, which is great.
Then you see Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, getting in the water to shoot a giant megalodon with a tracker from just 100 feet away and having to try to out swim it to get back to the boat, or him in a submersible, turning his vehicle on its side to stab the giant shark’s under belly. It’s exactly what I wanted to see.
7/10
Corey Johns
The movie definitely has parts that do not make much sense. Half the characters are dull and do not really have much development, but it has some really great parts. The movie knows it is ridiculous, asking why a person who cannot swim took a job working in a science lab submerged in the ocean. The character Meiyingm, the child daughter of one of the main scientists, often makes fun of the stupid parts of the movie, which is great.
Then you see Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, getting in the water to shoot a giant megalodon with a tracker from just 100 feet away and having to try to out swim it to get back to the boat, or him in a submersible, turning his vehicle on its side to stab the giant shark’s under belly. It’s exactly what I wanted to see.
7/10
Corey Johns
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