Movies: Meg 2: The Trench

[beowulf]

Was this really needed lol
with Statham and Jing headlining an ensemble cast that also includes Sophia Cai (“The Meg”), Page Kennedy (“The Meg”), Sergio Peris-Mencheta (“Rambo: Last Blood”), Skyler Samuels (“The Gifted”), and Cliff Curtis (“Avatar” franchise).

Click to read more...

 

[Unholy Diver]

I loved Statham back in the day, haven't seen much of his stuff in the last 5-8 years, is this gonna be a straight-to-streamer?

 

[Satans Hockey]

The first movie was an absolute stupid amount of fun, I'm absolutely down for another one.

I loved Statham back in the day, haven't seen much of his stuff in the last 5-8 years, is this gonna be a straight-to-streamer?

He really hasn't done much besides the fast and the furious movies and the wrath of man which was a fun one too during that time span

 

[alko]

It is still according to the Book? Or they simply created they own story?

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

It is wild that Ben Wheatley directed this. I don't think I'm into it, but I hope it's successful and he makes enough money to go back to doing weird shit.

 

[Behn Wilson]

They need to do The Meg meets Cocaine Bear.

Sounds like an obvious project for Eric Roberts to star in.

 

[NyQuil]

They need to do The Meg meets Cocaine Bear.

Sounds like an obvious project for Eric Roberts to star in.

The Meg eats the Cocaine Bear and is high for the rest of the film?

 

[beowulf]

The Meg eats the Cocaine Bear and is high for the rest of the film?

Might pay to see. Thing is this Meg movie is not a Sharknado made to be a B movie on purpose lol I didn't check but I bet the budget is big.

 

[Osprey]

Was this really needed lol

We're up to 32 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and you're asking if a 2nd film in this franchise is necessary?

 

[Bounces R Way]

I really enjoyed the first one. Good cast, plot moved along well, a dramatic climax, not really too much to complain about honestly.

I'd f*** with a sequel why not.

 

[Osprey]

26% at RT after 102 reviews.

Lookin' good.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Saw it yesterday, thought it was a fun and cheesy popcorn flick, a goodJason Statham type of movie for Jason Statham

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Yeah, cue the Ryan Reynolds butwhy gif

 

[The Crypto Guy]

26% at RT after 102 reviews.

Lookin' good.

lol, at looking at the "critics" score.

Audience score is a 72%, that's what you should be looking at.

 

[Osprey]

lol, at looking at the "critics" score.

Audience score is a 72%, that's what you should be looking at.

You should've looked at the date of my post. There was no audience score yet.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

You should've looked at the date of my post. There was no audience score yet.

Wasn't aware when it came out.

 

[SmytheKing]

I saw it. The first half was incredibly boring. Everything you see in the trailer is in the last 20 minutes. You gotta love the China pumping due to the financing primarily being from there too. Barely hidden propaganda that's required to secure funding.

 

[Osprey]

I watched it last night. The first hour reminded me of Moonfall in how stupid and unbelievable it is. A few of my favorite things:

Spoiler

The characters walk around on the sea floor at a depth of 25,000 ft, over 10x deeper than today's diving suits can actually go. I could buy their futuristic suits going deeper, but 10x is silly.

They have only two hours of air, hardly enough to walk the required 3 km, so what do they do? They treat it like a walk in the park by taking their time and talking the whole way.

When a character disappears as they're walking on the sea floor and they find only his diving helmet, a panicked friend says that they need to go look for him, as if they might find him alive without a helmet at a depth of 25,000 ft.

The remaining 45 minutes, however, are... well, still stupid and unbelievable, but actually kind of fun. It's like a whole different movie, one that stops taking itself seriously and embraces absurdity and humor. It's as if it was trying to be The Abyss and then decided to be Piranha 3D, instead. The third act rescues it, but it's too bad that the whole movie isn't like that. That could've been a pretty entertaining popcorn flick. As is, you get just 45 minutes of that as a reward if you can make it through the first 60.

 

[Roo Returns]

We're up to 32 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and you're asking if a 2nd film in this franchise is necessary?

The MCU style and not doing X-Men and FF have made me long for the days of yesteryear when Jason Statham was the champion of Labor Day.

 

[Dubi Doo]

I saw the first one over the weekend and enjoyed it enough. Might have to check this one out one day.

 

[kihei]

Watched it for a giggle between US Open tennis matches. Osprey's review nails it. Two different movies, one drab and misfocused, the other a lot of fun. The colour scheme even changes.

Don't know why anybody finds that dour SOB entertaining, though. JS needs to be megged.