Meg 2: The Trench

I miss sea based ‘horror’ as I’m a big fanboi of it. I always wished there was a sequel to Deep Rising or Underwater.

I also had YT recommending Black Demon. I’ll likely watch it too because sharks rock :D
 
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That one shot with the shark diving out at the t-rex reminded me a lot of a similar scene at the end of Jurassic World.


ed. must be the summer of big shark movies:

 
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It's getting savaged by some the reviews so far with others giving faint praise -

Guardian - 2/5 - "the sequel alternately treads water and splashes around frantically in search of an identity."
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Meg 2: The Trench review – Jason Statham v seamonsters, round two

Director Ben Wheatley serves up a busy but flavourless bouillabaisse of ideas nicked from Jaws, Jurassic Park, Alien and Sharknado, and leaves it to Statham to occasionally raise a droll smile
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Empire - 3/5 - "Ben Wheatley gears up for a stupidly fun finale that revels in unleashing toothy chaos."
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Meg 2: The Trench

Jason Statham battles more megalodons in Ben Wheatley's giant shark sequel. Read the Empire review.
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BBC - 1/5 - "very distant, shabby descendant of Jaws", writes Caryn James, with some glimmers of meta wit but also plenty of "leaden dialogue and predictable action"
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Meg 2: The Trench review: Ben Wheatley's sequel is 'plain awful'

The follow-up to The Meg is a "very distant, shabby descendant of Jaws", writes Caryn James, with some glimmers of meta wit but also plenty of "leaden dialogue and predictable action".
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Independent - 2/5 - "It’s derivative, yes, but not tiresome."
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Meg 2: The Trench is a hook, line and stinker of a sequel - review

Sequel to the blockbuster 2018 film is two thirds boredom, one third aquatic chaos
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Variety - "It is numbingly formulaic, promiscuously derivative and, for a few stretches (like the over-the-top third act), diverting in its very shamelessness."
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‘The Meg 2: The Trench’ Review: More Sharks, Less Bite

“The Meg 2” is numbingly formulaic, promiscuously derivative and, for a few stretches (like the over-the-top third act), diverting in its very shamelessness.
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Saw it last night. Amusing and action packed but not great.
They've also decided that scientific plausibility is completely unnecessary, apparently. But it's a movie about giant sharks so hardly a surprise.
I did like what they did with the token black guy from the first film though. That was good.
Overall, it's a cheesy, easy watch but you won't miss anything if you wait until it's free on streaming.
 
Decided to watch the first one last night at home for the first time, it wasn't awful, just so mediocre and forgettable.

Don't think I'll bother will this now, particularly as a lot of people are saying it's actually worse than the original
 
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Yeah honestly I keep seeing trailers for this one and I know I've seen the first one but I can't remember a single thing about it other than shark and Statham.
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Saw it today. Sharks and Statham is more than enough for me!

Film wasn't as good as the 1st one, due to too much comedy. Having said that the shark and trench bits were great and it definitely ramps up everything from the 1st film

7/10.


6/10 is more realistic but I'm a sucker for shark films.


rp2000
 
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