Ben Wheatley directs Jason Statham, Wu Jing and Sophia Cai in this prehistoric monster shark sequel.

Bonkers but in a flat, corporate, formulaic way. The cast is very charismatic (even the fodder) but two thirds of their dialogue is spoken out of shot so that the appropriate international market’s language can be ADR’d in. A disaster movie middle section where survivors have to trek across a ravenous ocean floor is the highlight. Either that or a shot from inside the megladon’s chomping mouth as it hits tourist season. I didn’t expect too much and Meg 2 fulfilled its simple brief. Would have preferred a few more blatant Wheatley touches but he does feel present in the mix. My first 2DX experience, projecting the movie on the sidewalls didn’t add much.

5

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