The Meg

"Pleased to eat you."

2018 1h 53m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 8,425

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Synopsis

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A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

“Pleased to eat you.”

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Cast

Jason Statham
Jonas Taylor
Li Bingbing
Suyin
Rainn Wilson
Morris
Cliff Curtis
James 'Mac' Mackreides
Ruby Rose
Jaxx
Jessica McNamee
Lori
Masi Oka
Toshi
Winston Chao
Zhang

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber
Languages: Mandarin, English, Japanese, Thai
Countries: China, United States of America

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MONEY

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$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Mandarin, English, Japanese, Thai.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Meg Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jon Turteltaub, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jon Turteltaub directs. Tom Stern behind the camera. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Steven Kemper cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in China, United States of America. Dialogue in Mandarin, English, Japanese, Thai.

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1$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
3Released 8 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Mandarin, English, Japanese, Thai.
5International production across 2 countries: China, United States of America.
6Part of the "The Meg Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7Directed by Jon Turteltaub, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Steven Kemper shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Jason Statham and Li Bingbing and Rainn Wilson carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "Pleased to eat you.".
12IMDB entry: tt4779682 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 13 themes, including "beach", "based on novel or book", "deep sea", "underwater".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tom Stern
Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Steven Kemper
Production design: Grant Major
Costume design: Natalija Kucija
Makeup / hair: Michael Krehl
VFX supervisor: Adrian De Wet
Sound: Jason W. Jennings
Stunt coordinator: Allan Poppleton
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $150,000,000
Box office: $530,517,320
Return: 354% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Meg (2018)

Part of

The Meg Collection

The adventures of Jonas Taylor, a deep sea diver who goes up against a thought-to-be extinct prehistoric shark.

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Dark Jedi2018-12-24
★ 6/10
Well, when the credits started to roll I cannot say that I felt it had been a waste of time and money. I did indeed have some enjoyment watching this movie. However, it could have been a lot better. For starters, what is the point of making a movie about a bloody “dinosaur shark” and aim for a PG-13 rating? Whoever made that incredibly stupid decision obviously missed the mark big time. I think this was the biggest fault with the movie. There were so many missed opportunities. The entire scene at the beach at the end of the movie was just wasted for example. The script was of course somewhat illogical with holes in it large enough to drive a, well, a Megalodon through them. This however was something that I more or less expected given the kind of movie. First of all it is science fiction and fantasy after all and second, it appears that these kind of movies never seem to get anything better than mediocre script writers…at best. There were some good things though. I have read the book and I didn’t really like it. In my review I gave it 2 out 5 five stars. The main reason for this was that the book was more of a bad soap opera than a horror/thriller. It was so filled with unlikable, scheming and backstabbing assholes that it was really not enjoyable. Jason’s ex wife was such a despicable bitch that she alone ruined the book for example. Luckily the movie had toned down that aspect of the book quite a lot. Actually, in the end, there was really only one truly despicable asshole in the movie and he met with the fate that he deserved thanks to his own stupidity. So, I did enjoy the movie and, as a science fiction and fantasy fan, I am glad to have watched it. I mean, a giant pre-historic shark on the big screen does have a certain cool-factor after all. It was somewhat saved by Jason Statham being in it though and it could have been a lot better.
John Chard2019-05-25
★ 5/10
Child friendly horror... You have to take in to context the post release statements by director Jon Turteltaub and lead actor Jason Statham. The Meg is not the film they either read on the page or filmed as a course of grisly schlock entertainment. This was meant to be a proper schlocker, a bloodletting monster of the deep on the loose picture, sadly the suits at the helm didn't see that as a viable money making exercise and had this cut to be a "12" friendly bums on theatre seats cash grabber. Shame on them. What we get is a run of the mill creature feature that although once viewed does not leave a lasting impression (was anyone really hoping for that anyway?), but is kind of fun in that time filling sort of way. It runs through the modern day creature feature playbook 101. So off we go with the hero having a troubled backstory, a money made funder out of his depth, ladies with life quandaries, a man who can't swim working in the middle of the ocean! and on we go. Throw in some quite awfully scripted dialogue and it's cheese sarnie time. Statham is nearly always a good watch - in the muscle bound action hero kind of way - though you see the cracks between what the film was meant to be and what it ended up as. For you see that The Stath comes off as taking it all too seriously, which in this released cut is ridiculous. He's surrounded by no mark actors, though no short supply of beauty (Bingbing Li socko gorgeous/Ruby Rose hard sexy) and the narrative feeds us all the pointers of exactly where this will end up. There's a couple of nifty fun homages to Jaws, some decent suspense scenes, and the cinematography (Tom Stern) is pin sharp and pleasurable. Best bet to enjoy this is to know it's a "12" rated friendly piece, to understand it has ultimately ended up as a same old same old monster movie. It's a million miles away from the class of Jaws, and lacks the tongue in cheek knowing of Deep Blue Sea, but it fills a gap in that undemanding time wasting way. 5/10
Gimly2020-08-12
★ 5/10
It's nice to see a Shark-led Creature Feature that's actually got some money behind it, but The Meg is still really nothing special. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.