The Meg (2018)

The Meg opens wide and takes a bite out of the summer season. A shark film with an extensive budget whilst still incorporating B-movie tropes to heighten its ludicrousness. Trust me, it's stupid, yet simultaneously disposable fun. Unfortunately, i... Read the full review »

Look, you know what you're walking into when you watch the trailer. Dumb, mindless, fun action. And that's pretty much what you get. Barring some cringy moments and lines, I had quite a good time with this film. All of the underwater stuff works a... Read the full review »

Summer monster movies are fun and summer monster movies starring Jason Statham should be even more of a slam dunk, but killer shark flick “The Meg” is extraordinarily irritating and repetitive, even for a mind-numbing action movie. Riddled wi... Read the full review »

During the summer of 1997, author Steve Alten’s Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror was released. While some critics loved the book (the LA Times called it “Jurassic Shark”) many found it to be stale, and wholly uninteresting despite the fact that i... Read the full review »

It's easy to write "The Meg" off as stupid and cheesy and leave it at that. To us, that's a bit unfair because we fully expected it to be dumb. In fact, we wanted it to be ridiculous and idiotic and a lot of mindless fun. Unfortunately, it only ge... Read the full review »

I was sold on the trailer. However, there's nothing new or inventive that you haven't seen in dozens of movies of its kind. Bonus points for the eye candy that is Jason Statham. Read the full review »