Film Review: The Meg
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cert: 12A
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, (based on the novel "Meg" by) Steve Alten
Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Winston Chao, Shuya Sophia Cai, Ruby Rose, Ruby Rose, Robert Taylor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka.Raymond Vinton, Hongmei Mai, Wei Yi.
Running time: 1h 53min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
Story: Five years ago, expert sea diver and Naval Captain Jonas Taylor encountered an unknown danger in the unexplored recesses of the Mariana Trench that forced him to abort his mission and abandon half his crew. Though the tragic incident earned him a dishonourable discharge, what ultimately cost him his career, his marriage and any semblance of honour was his unsupported and incredulous claims of what caused it - an attack on his vessel by a mammoth, 70-foot sea creature, believed to be extinct for more than a million years.
But when a submersible lies sunk and disabled at the bottom of the ocean - carrying his ex-wife among the team onboard - he is the one who gets the call. Whether a shot at redemption or a suicide mission, Jonas must confront his fears and risk his own life and the lives of everyone trapped below on a single question: Could the Carcharodon Megalodon - the largest marine predator that ever existed - still be alive ... and on the hunt?
Likes: Ignore the bad reviews this film is awesome, based on the books by Steve Alten Jason Statham plays Jonas Taylor perfect with a Fearless attuide and a total badass taking on the biggest predator to roam the oceans for over 65 million years.
The special effect for the Megalodon are perfectly done showing a species that has been living for a long time in the depth of the ocean, Also showing just how meancing and dangerous these things truly are. The Meg is a perfect example of what would happen if a Megalodon was still alive today in our time. Throughout most of the movie, the film is extremly intense from start to finish special the scene when chaos ensues as the Megalodon attacks.
Rainn Wilson feels like he trying to be the comic relief of the film, which some of the jokes or one-liner did kind of fall flat at times but a really good performance as the Millionaire that owns the research base.
Page Kennedy was pretty funny at times throughout the movie, great performance, Ruby Rose as well great performance, Masi Oka more of a cameo as he role in the film is pretty short but with his character he a brave man.
pretty much all-round performance from everyone, including Bingbing Li who looks absolutely gorgeous in this film, playing a marine biologist and shark expert who held her own through this film, also with the child star Shuya Sophia Cai playing Suyin (Bingbing Li) daughter, who performance through the film was just incredible with a cuteness level that makes you laugh at certain scenes.
The visual effect is amazing showing the intense scene that keeps the audience of the edge of there seat, as there are moments that this movie pushed that 12A to the limit, it the perfect balance of comedy and scares throughout the whole movie.
What great is the fact the second half of the film doesn't base itself of the human side of things with the character which is great, because it doesn't just feel like it a Statham film. The first half the film focus on character development which a establish the main character as the story progress, in the second have the blend balance from a focus on character become the team focus on taking down the shark.
This is great because it's, not your typical film that focuses on the character through the film, it does focus on the Megalodon, which gives this film its edge. Another thing I noticed which is attention to detail is the shark behaviour which they got perfect in this film, as you notice with a great white documentary you notice that great white will come close to check you out, they suddenly disappear into the darkness. What you not aware of is their sneak attack to catch you off guard, this was put perfectly in the megalodon behaviour as a shark in this film.
science in marine biology is perfectly used as well to make it more believable, which works for the story plot as well. There were a few Jaws references and one Finding Nemo reference which was kind of amusing in a intense scene, the pace is perfect for this type of movie.
After watching this film, it should get a sequel, Personally, they should do a Jaws reboot because this film shows a perfect base to lead from, in showing just how amazing this film truly is.
This is a film I highly recommended Watching on the big screen, as it a must seen, great casting, great performance and one hell of an intense ride through the whole film.
Dislikes: The only flaws were some of the one-liners or joke slightly fell short, but all in all, this was an awesome film.
Overall: Great casting, Perfect performances, Perfect balance of comedy and scares with the intense moment that will keep you on the edge of the seat.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9 out of 10 for the concept.
Cert: 12A
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, (based on the novel "Meg" by) Steve Alten
Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Winston Chao, Shuya Sophia Cai, Ruby Rose, Ruby Rose, Robert Taylor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka.Raymond Vinton, Hongmei Mai, Wei Yi.
Running time: 1h 53min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- A Chinese beach and waterfront are populated by hundreds of swimmers. Bikinis abound.
- A young tech proclaims that "sex, food, power and money" are the four things that motivate him in life.
- Suyin charges into Jonas' room right after he steps out of the shower.
- He's dressed only in a towel, and Suyin (as well as the camera) carefully examines his chiselled physique.
Violence & Gore:
- As you might imagine, when you're dealing with monstrous, ravenous shark sporting teeth the size of a picket fence, you're gonna end up with lots of peril and mess. And that's exactly what The Meg delivers.
- A full-sized submarine gets pounded and crushed, and several submersibles receive the same treatment-all erupting in underwater explosions and killing their human occupants.
- One escaping submariner has a sharp object driven into her abdomen.
- Helicopters smash into each another, plunging in flames into the ocean and onto the deck of a ship.
- Several large boats are destroyed as well.
- In one case, the Mana One crewmembers examine the aftermath, pulling up the carcasses of several smaller, butchered sharks as well as a gory, dismembered arm from a human victim.
- We see the meg rip large chunks of blubber out of a whale and bite a smaller one in half. (The camera lingers on the bloody, goopy remains.)
- The huge beast also attacks Mana One researchers and a beach full of splashing vacationers-repeatedly pummeling, crushing and gobbling up terrorized and screaming people.
- This sort of deadly havoc-seen both up close and at a distance is often fast and somewhat blurry.
- But on a number of occasions, we see people swallowed whole singly and in crowds.
- A bloody wave is generally left in the monster's wake after it feeds.
- In one shot after a beach attack, the shark swims toward the camera with its mouth open: Its rows of ragged, saw-edged teeth are littered with the remnants of swimsuits and other human debris.
- On several occasions, scores of smaller, opportunistic sharks swoop in on the bloody dead and dying left in the ocean waters.
- We also see a bucket of bloody chum.
- A supposedly indestructible shark cage is pulled free of its chained mooring and nearly swallowed whole with the human occupant still inside.
- And even when some lucky folks manage to escape, the jaw-snapping, sharp-toothed peril is still thick.
- People drop depth charges on the meg (dramatically-and bloodily-detonating a whale in the process) and fire at it with automatic weapons.
- Harpoons and sharp objects are driven into the gigantic shark at various points along its body.
- Someone mentions that while working for Greenpeace, a female pilot created a homemade explosive and blew up a whaling boat.
- Other characters winkingly agree that her terrorist actions weren't all that bad.
Profanity:
- One s-word, seven or eight uses each of "h---" and "d--n" and a couple uses each of "b--tard," "b--ch" and "a--."
- We hear several misuses of God's name (including one combined with "d--n").
- Jesus' name is exclaimed once fully and another time partially.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- When Dr Zhang seeks out Jonas in Thailand to recruit his help, Jonas is essentially a drunk who lives above a bar, content to imbibe practically nonstop.
- The film suggests that this overindulgence hasn't impacted him negatively at all. In fact, he's impossibly fit and instantly able to drop the bottle and leap into heroic action.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
- Throughout the film, there are a lot of intense moment, some scene that is above 12A - Pg13
Story: Five years ago, expert sea diver and Naval Captain Jonas Taylor encountered an unknown danger in the unexplored recesses of the Mariana Trench that forced him to abort his mission and abandon half his crew. Though the tragic incident earned him a dishonourable discharge, what ultimately cost him his career, his marriage and any semblance of honour was his unsupported and incredulous claims of what caused it - an attack on his vessel by a mammoth, 70-foot sea creature, believed to be extinct for more than a million years.
But when a submersible lies sunk and disabled at the bottom of the ocean - carrying his ex-wife among the team onboard - he is the one who gets the call. Whether a shot at redemption or a suicide mission, Jonas must confront his fears and risk his own life and the lives of everyone trapped below on a single question: Could the Carcharodon Megalodon - the largest marine predator that ever existed - still be alive ... and on the hunt?
Likes: Ignore the bad reviews this film is awesome, based on the books by Steve Alten Jason Statham plays Jonas Taylor perfect with a Fearless attuide and a total badass taking on the biggest predator to roam the oceans for over 65 million years.
The special effect for the Megalodon are perfectly done showing a species that has been living for a long time in the depth of the ocean, Also showing just how meancing and dangerous these things truly are. The Meg is a perfect example of what would happen if a Megalodon was still alive today in our time. Throughout most of the movie, the film is extremly intense from start to finish special the scene when chaos ensues as the Megalodon attacks.
Rainn Wilson feels like he trying to be the comic relief of the film, which some of the jokes or one-liner did kind of fall flat at times but a really good performance as the Millionaire that owns the research base.
Page Kennedy was pretty funny at times throughout the movie, great performance, Ruby Rose as well great performance, Masi Oka more of a cameo as he role in the film is pretty short but with his character he a brave man.
pretty much all-round performance from everyone, including Bingbing Li who looks absolutely gorgeous in this film, playing a marine biologist and shark expert who held her own through this film, also with the child star Shuya Sophia Cai playing Suyin (Bingbing Li) daughter, who performance through the film was just incredible with a cuteness level that makes you laugh at certain scenes.
The visual effect is amazing showing the intense scene that keeps the audience of the edge of there seat, as there are moments that this movie pushed that 12A to the limit, it the perfect balance of comedy and scares throughout the whole movie.
What great is the fact the second half of the film doesn't base itself of the human side of things with the character which is great, because it doesn't just feel like it a Statham film. The first half the film focus on character development which a establish the main character as the story progress, in the second have the blend balance from a focus on character become the team focus on taking down the shark.
This is great because it's, not your typical film that focuses on the character through the film, it does focus on the Megalodon, which gives this film its edge. Another thing I noticed which is attention to detail is the shark behaviour which they got perfect in this film, as you notice with a great white documentary you notice that great white will come close to check you out, they suddenly disappear into the darkness. What you not aware of is their sneak attack to catch you off guard, this was put perfectly in the megalodon behaviour as a shark in this film.
science in marine biology is perfectly used as well to make it more believable, which works for the story plot as well. There were a few Jaws references and one Finding Nemo reference which was kind of amusing in a intense scene, the pace is perfect for this type of movie.
After watching this film, it should get a sequel, Personally, they should do a Jaws reboot because this film shows a perfect base to lead from, in showing just how amazing this film truly is.
This is a film I highly recommended Watching on the big screen, as it a must seen, great casting, great performance and one hell of an intense ride through the whole film.
Dislikes: The only flaws were some of the one-liners or joke slightly fell short, but all in all, this was an awesome film.
Overall: Great casting, Perfect performances, Perfect balance of comedy and scares with the intense moment that will keep you on the edge of the seat.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9 out of 10 for the concept.
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