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The Meg

Big, dumb shark movie

“We gonna need a bigger shark,” the filmmakers may have said as they geared up for this year’s Jaws ripoff. A scientific submersible is trapped at the bottom of the Mariana Trench and it’s up to the fearless deep-sea diving legend (Jason Statham) to save the day. Oh. And they may have released a Megalodon, a prehistoric, 23-meter shark. So there’s that. This unremarkable, lackadaisically paced, China-financed (the dialogue sounds translated) monster movie aims pretty low (for that sophisticated international action market), offers little tension or suspense, and takes itself way too seriously. (113 min)

 

Don Morton

Don Morton has viewed some 6,000 movies, frequently awake. A bachelor and avid cyclist, he currently divides his time between Tokyo and a high-tech 4WD super-camper somewhere in North America.