The Meg (2018) | 2-Disc (DVD) Version | USED

Title: The Meg (2018)

Genre: Science Fiction / Action / Horror

Plot Synopsis
A veteran deep-sea rescue diver is drawn out of retirement when a state-of-the-art underwater research facility becomes trapped near the bottom of a deep trench. As the pilot and crew struggle for survival, they realize they have awakened a colossal prehistoric shark previously believed extinct. With time running out and the creature heading for the surface, he must risk everything to save lives and prevent a catastrophe.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Jon Turteltaub

• Writers: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

• Cast:

  • Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor

  • Li Bingbing as Suyin Zhang

  • Rainn Wilson as Jack Morris

  • Ruby Rose as Jaxx Hurd

  • Cliff Curtis as James “Mac” Mackreides

YouTube Trailer: The Meg | Trailer 

IMDb Link: The Meg (2018) 

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. protolexus – ★☆☆☆☆
   “Last minute Friday night movie with the boys™️. 45 minutes in Theo is shocked to check the time and find out we are only halfway through. “I thought it was over!” His young mind grappling with a corpo Jawsenstein money grab. Also 30 minutes in and still no sign of “The Meg”.
   “Where is the Meg?!” my children cry out into the void and it only stares back. Yes son this is what the parasites do to us. We had to have tickle fights throughout the viewing to make it through, so many mind numbing sequences.
   How about the chick who oiled her whole head with Crisco?
   Rainn Wilson is so out of place and has no chemistry with anyone. Feels like he was added in post the way the other characters respond to him, like he isn’t even there.”

2. eely – ★½☆☆☆
   “I wish a great white had eaten me and then that great white had been eaten by the meg and then that meg had been eaten by another slightly larger meg because going out turducken style would be preferable to having to watch or think about this movie ever again.”

3. YINSED – ★★☆☆☆
   “The thing about bad CGI-shark movies is that they tend to have a level of self-awareness of their shortcomings that make them fun to watch in spite of how bad they are. Naturally, a movie that has all those shortcomings and thinks it’s more competent and serious than it actually is makes for a much less entertaining watch. You’re a pretty badass shark Meghan Trainor, but regretfully, your movie is boring.”

4. Matt Singer – ★★★☆☆
   “The first half of The Meg ain’t great. Too much time is wasted on the characters, their connections, and the nitty gritty of ocean-floor rescue operations. Then The Meg returns to the surface, and its title character attacks Jason Statham and his chums (please clap) at their high-tech ocean laboratory. Suddenly the film blossoms into an endearingly silly slasher movie, complete with ludicrous jump scares.”

5. Sydney – ★★★☆☆
   “If this is trash call me a fucking raccoon”

Meta Description:
A high-stakes underwater thriller where a deep-sea rescue diver must confront a massive prehistoric shark unleashed from the depths before it reaches the surface and ignites a global danger.