Science fiction action film in which a giant prehistoric shark terrorises the members of a marine research team carrying out a deep ocean project.
Shark. Weak.
Nonsense science and monster-movie cliches pile up in the latest marauding-shark thriller – but it’s lots of fun, too.
Living up to its billing as the most ridiculous film of the summer, The Meg is one to laugh at rather than with. Instantly forgettable, but undeniably fun.
“Man vs Meg isn’t a fight. It’s a slaughter,” a character suggests but there is only ever going to be a single winner in this particular contest – and sadly it isn’t the creature with the fin.
It's Statham vs shark in a bruising and pretty bonkers face-off.
Disappointing amount of Stath-on-Shark action.
Ludicrous but (largely) entertaining.
For a film which commanded a budget of approximately $150m, the visual set-pieces lack the wow factor. Dramatic tension is in short supply. And the frequent comedic exchanges feel shoe-horned into the paper-thin plot and jar with the life-and-death situation faced by Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham as Jason Statham) whose killer one-liner “Chew on this you ugly bastard” is, like the film, a watered-down version of Rob Scheider’s “Smile, you son of a bitch.”
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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