Directed by:
Jon TurteltaubCinematography:
Tom SternComposer:
Harry Gregson-WilliamsCast:
Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Robert Taylor, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Bingbing Li, Masi Oka, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jessica McNamee, Page Kennedy (more)VOD (4)
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A deep sea submersible, part of an international undersea observation program has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew-and the ocean itself-from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below…bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time. (Warner Bros. UK)
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I went to the cinema to see The Meg out of curiosity, because I wanted to see how Jason Statham would handle a giant shark in such a high-budget film, expecting no miracles. In the end, it was pretty good, mostly because the shark looked realistic and the film offered a pretty compelling look at the mysterious life in the depths of the ocean. I would, however, fault the somewhat longer running time for a film of this nature and the insertion of excess relationship and family filler that could have easily been dumped into the ocean or replaced with more action (and even blood). As something to watch once in the cinema, however, The Meg is ideal.
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I’m actually not all that surprise by Jason Statham being in this film. MEG is quite a quality b-rated movie, which looks stupid only in those moments when Jason doesn’t have a beer in his hand. Because when he does, he looks like the coolest guy under the sun, so I think he should’ve had one even while he was holding a fishing rod with the megalodon in his other hand.
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Jason Statham attempts to stop a giant prehistoric shark that scientists say should be long extinct but is still alive. And it's hungry. The Meg is an thoroughbred action B-movie, pulled forward by an excellent Statham and a big budget that Jon Turteltaub does some pretty wild things with. It's a shame, then, that by the end they softened up and the megalodon rampage has to do without blood. But it's still pretty entertaining crap.
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A forgettable, average B-movie. It needed a director like Stephen Sommers or Joe Johnston, who would make such deliberately silly subject matter into a better spectacle. John Turtletaub is not very good.____P.S. The Czech subtitles by Kateřina Hámova are once again horrendous. No, “squid" really isn't “octopus," and there were plenty of other mistakes as well.
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I was afraid it would turn out to be like the one real disaster this summer, Skyscraper (I’m sorry to talk about it this way, but it was almost a catastrophe), but in the end, it turned out much better than I expected. Maybe Statham helped, whom I welcomed as the main character after a long break; he fit his role quite well, and his English, more precisely, his London accent sounded almost funny at times (so it was entertaining). In terms of the story, it’s not much, let’s be realistic, but unlike Skyscraper, this started with a lighter tone and ended that way too (Skyscraper was trying to be too serious). The CGI was very decent, with a few scenes really polished to the smallest detail, but given the budget, it would be sad if it didn’t look this way in the end. The ending was quite sugary; personally, I would have turned up the intensity (overall, you won’t see much blood, which is a bit disappointing considering it’s a movie with a giant shark). But so be it. Finally, I want to say that it bothers me a bit that the target audience for the film is once again Asia, but we can’t blame the film for that (and actually, the studios in general). Not accepting those hefty financial injections from the East would probably be a sin, that must be acknowledged. I give it 67%.
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