Meh 2: The Stench
Went in expecting a dumb, silly, fun, entertaining shark movie and that's what I got, but emphasize on the dumb. It's exactly the same formula as the first. Same lack of comedy and one-liners which is a shame but I did laugh a few times. Same quality for the effects and the shark action is entertaining. But anytime there's no shark it's absolute dog shit. So convoluted and all over the place. At some point during the first half I asked myself "who wrote this shit?" but then remembered this is based off a book. Note to self: never read that book. I had no idea what was happening in the story or any of the character motives or what the evil company was all about, it just made no sense to me. First half was bad but the second half actually has something very entertaining and fun to offer. Octopus was the real star, wanted a bit more of it. Favorite character was DJ. Helicopter woman was the funniest moment. A strong Jurassic Park vibe.
JASON STATHAM'S DEVIATED SEPTUM CAN WITHSTAND UP TO 20 ATMOSPHERES OF PRESSURE
If you liked the first one you'll like the 2nd one. I loved the first one and loved this one as well. I didn't go into this movie expecting some amazing story that would win some pointless Oscar. I went into it so I could see some over the top cheesy action, a man battling sharks, an octopus and other random stuff. I got every bit of that and more. Just grab your popcorn and sit back for the rode.
I think it was pretty good for what it was. But the little girl was so annoying! How difficult is it to stay put?
It is still a good and enjoyable movie as the last part. They have made some good connections with the previous part too.
Absolutely horrible. I imagined it would be a good sequel but it's a terrible let down
there always has to be a stupid child
Terrible... stopped watching somewhere in the middle I don't even remember... good movies are super hard to find these days
What the people seem to forget is that this is meant to be entertaining. Do not care about logical holes too much or discuss whether sth is „unrealistic“ or not. The answer will be quite certainly YES it is not the realism that makes most of Stathams movies good it’s rather the action or sheer over the top things to happen be it a mega shark from the ice age or a guy who fucks his girl to produce more adrenaline so his heart does not stop (cause he needs to kill like 162 mob guys first etc you know the drill). Rooted in sanity, realism or laws of physics - most of the time….no. But it’s a jelling a ride and that’s why I (sometimes- not all the time) enjoy popcorn cinema like the Meg flicks and maybe you should too sometimes. Give your brain some off-time - let it relax and just sit back and (try to) enjoy the carnage!!! That’s my best advice for you…
Movie on, Brain off. It's a monster movie and it's entertaining for what it is. Watch it with friends if you can.
it's an insult to even basic inteligence. its a realy realy bad movie in all perspective. script and dialog itself is the worst. It would be better if a storm builds up and rains Meg in DC USA. I despises when someone is so greedy it has to make money on project so bad. Scoence lost another battle with money hunger they almost made it possible to allow a guy with d.septume breathe underwater, almost
This movie has Chinese Communist Party cash written all over it.
This is a movie with an identity crisis. But it wasn't boring and better than the first movie.
Movie on, relax and be entertained. :thumbsup_tone1:
Just finished watching the Meg 2 film at the cinema and I’ve got to say I quite enjoyed it! I read a lot of the negative reviews online before I seen it and to be quite frank it was making me doubt having hopes that it was going to be a good film. But I generally did! Really reminded me of how much I liked the first! Definitely worth a watch!
Meg 2: The Trench, more like Meg 2: Where Are the Megs?!
The film stars Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, a shark hunter who must lead a research team on a dangerous mission into the depths of the ocean.
The film has its strengths. The action sequences are well-executed and the CGI of the sharks is impressive. Jason Statham is charismatic as always and Wu Jing is a good addition to the cast.
However, the film also has its weaknesses. The story is predictable and the characters are underdeveloped. The film is also excessively violent and bloody, which may be off-putting to some viewers.
Meg 2: The Trench is a film that will appeal to fans of action films and sharks. However, it is a film that does not bring anything new or original to the genre
Certainly not as good as the original, but still lots of fun when you take it for what it is. I think that’s part of this movie’s trouble - while the first one knew what it was and didn’t try to be anything more, this one does, and it gets a bit lost in trying to say something halfhearted about environmentalism. There’s cliche dialogue, which I expected, but also a few really bad performances, which I was surprised by. (And some logical leaps that really strain suspension of disbelief - physics still exist no matter what the plot says.) Anyway: come for Jason Statham fighting giant CGI sharks, stay for Pippin the tiny dog fighting a CGI kraken.
I liked it because it had a shark, but much like the first movie, it’s far from a shark movie. That being said lots of friendly boys this time so yay!
Also props to the b movie reference with the octopus fight.
An unintentional comedy. haha they got megged big time
I truly don’t know if this movie is a mockumentary, Sharknado 6 or another Expendables movie but with sharks. I am completely dumbfounded to be honest.
PIPPIN MY BOY HES BACK
Personally, I liked the first movie more. This one is trying to do a lot: not one, but THREE megs, another creature surprise, corporate espionage, swimming at 25,000 feet, secret evil base, dino doggos, uncle with the clicky button going all Jaws 4 with the psychic connection with the shark... (Jiuming made me cringe so much). It's a lot, and not really thought through. Just meh for me.
I've seen a lot of bad movies and this movie is one of the first among them. It's not an action movie, it's not a thriller, it's not a comedy. It's not a movie at all.
Bet my boyfriend that the kraken would show up and fight the meg... I lost I'm pissed
DJ is so iconic it's good to have some comedy in this kinda shitty movie
All I can say is I hope nobody paid for this piece of cinematic garbage.
I was pretty sure I wouldn't be lost having never seen the first movie and I was right. It's just your run of the mill creature feature action movie.
Actively bad movie. Felt like 3 whole movies in one, all having mediocre cgi, terrible chemistry, bland dialogue, and boring context. I expected it to at least have some amazing elements, but I can't even say the cgi is up there because if it wasn't dark and underwater, it looked melted and deformed. Maybe I sound too harsh, but I was disappointed and disinterested. Also, there was barely any development, even with the sharks. It was just a chuck and grab to the audience.
this was a cgi poolfest ugh.
Good ol’ jason being jason. Only this time he’s killing a couple sharks instead of 150 ppl :D
As with the first one, I think the Letterboxd film snobbery gets in the way of people's enjoyment of Meg 2. There's nothing wrong with enjoying dumb action films guys... and if watching this ruins your "perfect" social media profile here on Letterboxd... just don't log it. Don't bash it just because everyone else does...
Is Meg 2 a masterpiece then? Absolutely not!!!! ...but it has quite exciting, almost non-stop, action, and there are some decent comedy to be had. There's quite a lot of CGI, but it IS a film about giant sharks guys... What did you expect?!!? I agree that CGI is pretty bad when used for blood and gore in slashers... but giant sea creatures... in the ocean no less... killing a shit ton of tourists, destroying underwater labs, and causing general mayhem??? Come on...
Watched on HBO Max. Will I get this on blu-ray or 4K? I have the 4K on my to-buy list for when a sale comes around.
This review was obviously written for Letterbox, but the same things happen on Trakt.tv as well, so I didn't change anything...
I've got such mixed emotions (and they're all bad) about this one that I'm unsure where to start. For starters, I watched this a night after re-watching The Meg which was a "fun" movie in its own way. Fashionably unbelievable and even eyeroll-worthy at times, but still a "fun" movie to watch. This one…not "fun" at all. From start to finish, it seemed like this movie never knew which way it wanted to go: Was it supposed to be a frightening creature-feature? Was it supposed to be silly? Was it supposed to be an action-packed adrenaline rush with a phenomenal cast that kept you riveted to your seat? (Hint: It certainly wasn't that last option!) It never seemed really grounded on any one particular area: it was too action-packed and had too many jump scares to be "campy" but it was so over-the-top ridiculous (including the rubbery megalodons and that gigantic octopus) that it was impossible to take it very seriously. Unfortunately, it was ridiculous but not in the way that made you laugh or even "groan with laughter"; it just seemed to take itself seriously when no one else could. Apart from Jason Statham (surprised he fell into this one, honestly), there was no one memorable in this cast...and none of the characters were, either. When one or more of the characters died off, it was impossible to feel anything because there was just never any "connection" built between you (the viewer) and the characters. Essentially, it was just one less person you needed to focus your attention on. That wasn't really a "selling point", however, because there was nowhere else to focus your attention; even the creatures - should you be the kind to "root for the beast", so to speak, were forgettable. The antagonist was so bland that you had a hard time accepting him as any kind of a "villain"; like everything else, he was completely unremarkable. I've certainly watched worse movies (by far) but this was a very big disappointment, especially in light of having just watched the first one. I've watched a number of movie/movie sequels - and I know that sequels often get a very bad rap - but most of the sequels I've watched have at least been entertaining to watch, if not quite as good as the original. In Meg 2: The Trench unfortunately the bad rap that's attached to most sequels is unequivocably deserved. This just wasn't a very good movie; in fact, it was just downright bad. I recommend avoiding this one and just enjoying the original. This follow-up is one that shouldn't have happened.
The first one was bad but in a good way. This one is just bad in a bad way.
Was a pretty good movie to watch In the back ground as I cooked, but my wife was entertained! lol!
Just saw this movie.
WHAT A PILE OF STEAMING CRAP!!
It goes straight into my worst of all time movie list, I really can't save a single thing in it.
The story is one of the dumbest ever and the direction... Freaking hell! :face_vomiting:
Look, we all know exactly what kind of movie this is. If you can watch this without expecting it to be anything it's not, you can still have a good time.
First one, not great. Second one, much more of the same with what seems like a grander budget. I like Statham. I like sharks. I want to love this movie, but I don't.
Rating: 1.5/5 - 60% - Not Recommended to Everyone
As "good" as the first one...
8/10
If you liked the first movie, you will like this one to. It’s not a great movie, but extremely enjoyable. Jason statham fan boy here so that helps to. Must watch if you like over the top action movies combined with unrealistic things haha.
Rated a Connor 5, normal 6
Despite the cameo of a giant octopus, the film struggles to stay afloat with its lukewarm plot and a surprising scarcity of blood. It's as if the sharks took a day off from their usual feeding frenzy. 4 out of 10 – for the tentacled excitement, but I am expected more bite and a lot more red in the water.
Some serious King Kong underwater vibes with this one - not a bad thing though. Overall a simple and fun ride with nice special effects, but probably not the most memorable piece of cinema :joy:
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - The first one was way better.
Here's how my rating system works:
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:heart:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:heart: - Bull Shit
You can tell China dictated every part of this movie because even though it is set in the Chinese Sea and half of it takes place in a Chinese Fun Island Resort, only the fat capitalist American pig tourists and CEOs become fish food on-screen.
In the final half-hour, the film soars to unexpected heights when it comes to trashy enjoyment. However, the preceding ninety minutes prove to be a real struggle, despite the all-you-can-eat buffet of action fast food. It's a wild ride through moments reminiscent of Asylum movies, Jurassic Park, Fast and Furious, MacGyver, Lethal Weapon, and more.
However, I must confess that the combination of 4DX and 3D managed to make the entire experience significantly more bearable, akin to an amusement park ride.
Actual score: 4
Guilty pleasure score: 6.5
Overall: 5
One of the characters sum this movie up nicely: this is some dumbass shit.
Going into watching the 1st Meg movie I was admittedly disappointed? didn't know why I had any real expectations since it was a shark movie, but besides the theatrics, I didn't like most of the characters or the plot/point of it all etc. was overall a meh feeling afterwards.
but when the trailer for this movie came out, and I saw/knew immediately what they were going for, I adjusted my expectations properly and not only was this movie so much better than the first, but I also legitimately enjoyed myself the whole way through, even when the nonsensical shark fighting happens.
I'm not saying this movie was cinematic or brought anything unique to the genre, but the fight and action scenes were cool and the actors chemistry w each other flowed really well and you could tell they are all part of a big family.
all that being said, I think the reviews for this movie is fucking polluted w racist/sinophobic try hards who, for unknown reasons, really thought that this film sucked in comparison to the first one lmfao.
Highly produced, this is a visual spectacle. The megs don’t really feature much though but it’s ok, I would say 6/10.
I liked it but don't expect an Oscar performance. Very over the top. Doesn't try to take itself too seriously. It's a good time filler
Why is there octopus and dinosaurs???
Turn off all faculties of thought and eat your popcorn.
Definitely a step down from the first one.
So they say lightning doesn’t strike twice, they managed to make the sequel even worse how does this happen. More giant dino sharks, still boring! Add other dinos nope still boring, stupid comedy bits. Giant fucking octopus! No nothing can stop the boredom. And dumber than the first one.
If anyone was wondering how to incorporate Jurassic Park into a story about sharks... well, you can, but we nowy knows it's pointless? ;)
I cannot believe Ben Wheatley directed this. It's like if Robert Eggers made Rampage with the Rock, or Panos Cosmatos made Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.
This does feel like one of those SYFY original movies but with an actual budget. It got to a point where so much is happening on screen, it starts to get funny.
Usually with terrible movies i watch them with zero expectation and end up enjoying them a little bit.
But then Meg 2 comes in and breaks my rule there's not a single thing to enjoy in this crappy Chinese movie except when it's finally over and i can turn off the TV.
:heart:x4
Meg 2 - now even Megier!
sigh So this was a pretty bad movie. It just jumped from one ridiculous premise to the next. And then all hell broke loose. Lots of crazy action and mayhem occurs. Not to mention that Statham fights off multiple "Megs" each weighing in at, at least 500,000 lbs.
And then, suddenly the mayhem just STOPS!! For no reason. The Megs simply decide to swim off. And the piranha-dogs are suddenly apparently no longer a threat.
If you enjoyed the first Meg movie, go back and rewatch that instead of this one. It's just not worth your time.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
I thought it was a chinease production because it had almost every cliche you could think of an american movie; something like "let's put everything America loves in this movie", even tho they aren't that common in the recent years.
The movie is as ridiculous as the first one, but with a few more notches of course; because it is a sequel. For me, it had like half an hour too much screen time. The plot is meh; but i wasn't expecting anything better. Acting as bad as it can get. Barely a 4
P.S: I was completely sure that Jess was Freya Allan from The Witcher. Quite a shock finding out she wasn't her
Not funny as the first one, it should have been better...
The phrase "from the sublime to the ridiculous" sums up how Meg 2 bounces back and forth throughout its duration. The 'sublime' bits are the impressive CGI sequences, the 'ridiculous' is just about everything else. As expected, there are more megalodons but this time there are various other "denizens of the deep" to contend with, and even some land-based mini dinosaurs to contend with, Jurassic Park style, whose reason for existence in the present day was never made clear, as far as I remember. The intro sequence with the dinosaurs, where a megalodon made a chocolate-bar-sized snack out of a T-Rex, was set in prehistoric times, and doesn't seem to provide any link to the present-day land dinosaurs. It's purely just a way to show off the gargantuan enormity and ferocity of the megalodons. However, the dinosaurs throughout the film are really just there as deus ex machinas to take out the human antagonists whilst the protagonists are battling the sea monsters. There was a "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" scene that I was worried would drag the film inescapably into the murky depths of a SyFy-Channel-esque abyss, but thankfully the moment passed quickly. Meiying, who was a cute and bright and very likeable eight-year-old in "The Meg" has become, in Meg 2, a belligerent and annoying teenager. The producers were probably trying to hit the "rebellious teenager" vibe but instead they just created a very dislikeable, irresponsible liability who couldn't follow orders and repeatedly put herself and others at risk as a result, and served no real purpose (to the other characters) at all. Personally, I think it would have been better for her to have been the one that succumbed to death by helmet pressure implosion.
As with its predecessor, Meg 2 is in many ways a typical Jason Statham action film - ridiculous but entertaining and visually impressive action sequences, gruff but quiet dialogue (from him), swift, purposeful and determined strutting about (the latter actually being joked about in the dialogue) - but this isn't a bad thing. Nobody is likely to go to watch Meg 2 expecting a scientifically or historically accurate or believable portrayal of a "man-vs-shark" situation, but if for some reason they do, they're in for a big disappointment. That's not to say that Meg 2 is in any way disappointing. It's actually better than the first in some ways, and is great as a light-hearted film with some comedy action sequences and amusing quips/behaviour from some of the main cast (interestingly, DJ's OTT gung-ho showboating is actually funny in this film, but I found exactly the same behaviour from Finn in Star Wars TFA really irritating; maybe because TFA was trying to be a serious film, whilst Meg 2 makes no such pretence), with a very generous helping of cheese, and some mildly tense scenes in line with the 12A rating (in the UK). The rating would probably also explain why - along with the usual Hollywood lack of desire to ever kill the 'cute' domestic animals - Pippin survived two coastal shark attacks, despite desperately trying to commit suicide by running into shark-infested water (Meg 1) and then goading the sharks from the jetty (Meg 2). Its owners are clearly cursed with being attacked by sharks every time they go to a beach wedding ;-) Watch Meg 2 with these in points in mind and you will probably enjoy it.
They killed the biggest problem of the first before this one even started and landed a better movie! Good to also see Jason kicking and punching
first one was ok.. Gave this one a try... Let start by saying I will never get those 20 mins back..
As much as I enjoyed part deux of "Jonas Taylor finds new and interesting ways to defeat the bad guys and kill the big bad", (in this case NUMEROUS big badda bad's), joined by his left and right hand bros Mac' and DJ, the writers somehow found a way to make Meiying, the cute kid from the first adventure, irritating and insufferable as they force feed us her now supposedly smart teenaged version, who can't follow even simple instructions, which puts the rest of the cast in peril multiple times, yet, she gets away with it with a flash of her big browns and dimples. Sienna Guillory dons a bob wig and does her best Evangeline Lilly impression, as the corporate head of some unnamed mega firm, surreptitiously mining unobtanium from the titular critters home turf, whose "the jig is up" moment comes when Meiying's Uncles "pet" meg ("we raised it from a pup") escapes from Alcatraz, er, its pen, cuz...."me so horny"..., and, it went looking for love in apparently all the right places, following them into the forbidden zone, where the mining operation was discovered.
Oh well, now we gotta kill EVERYONE, so, cue an appropriately ethnic looking ex con, who Jonas, now an "eco-warrior" in the interim from Meg 1, apparently sent up the river so, he's got a bone or two to pick. Skyler Samuels dons her best Clark Kent specs, as the brainiac traitor Jess, who channels Samuel L in "Deep Blue Sea" and eventually finds out that "Meg proof" ain't all it's cracked up to be. The remainder of the cast don their "red shirts" and either succumb to water pressure, gunfire, or end up as num nums and/or Meg snackos for various new fauna introduced from the breaching of the forbidden zone. A couple of fun bits where we learned that DJ, comic sidekick in the first outing, has indeed "learned to swim, now catching the rhythm of the strokes", as well as attending the Michael Jai White "Jax" school of kicking ass and chewing bubble gum, although he had to borrow the bubblegum, but, not the 50 Cal Desert Eagle he keeps in his man purse, er, designer backpack.
All in all, predictable good fun, worth a couple of bags of "cheesy" Jiffy pop if you've got nothing else planned for the evening.
There's a hot minute at the start of this movie where it completely forgets what it's trying to be. It's a mismatch of Eco-John Wick and Underwater that never quite hits the grandiose, dumb spectacle of the first movie, while telling a generic capitalism critique of powerful rich people destroying the Earth for pure profit at all costs. When it finally stops treading water (heh) and becomes the dumb shark schlock it's supposed to be, it's not so bad; loud, full of tropes and shallow as a paddling pool, but fun, mind-numbing content nonetheless. If you've got it in you to power through the first hour and you've got a penchant for dumb shark movies, The Meg is probably about as good and as high budget as it gets.
I watched this movie in a theatre where there were like parts of the movie on the side. That is what I remember the most about this movie. I really have no passion to write much about it. I will just say nothing very memorable happens. Got better at the end, I guess?
At Time of Review:
Solid 4/10
Story and Characters: 3/10
Presentation: 5/10
Enjoyability: 5/10
Went into this with low expectation but it was fairly entertaining. I left any knowledge of physics outside the door so that was not an issue either. Only thing that stood out like a sore thumb was the Chinese Jason Statham, not sure why he was required - my guess is they kept him around since they funded it.
The only reason it isn't a 1/10 is because I kinda enjoyed the last 30 minutes.
This is not a great movie by any means, it's cheesy as hell (more so than the first) and it feels like they chuck loads into the movie to try and keep everything fast paced. Including a Kraken and having it end as quickly as it did was a thorough disappointment. I knew by the trailer I would have issues with this movie and sadly, was proved right.
This is a fun dumb action film that's in on the joke.
It's a b movie and knows that , but some sharknado level CGI was unanticipated. Ran out of money halfway through filming and just shrugged. Has its moments that make ya laugh , but mostly pretty meh and cringy. A generous 4.9
I could not see the fuzz about this movie. Just the typical American hero. Scenes that are unbelievable and incredible, happening in a Hollywood movie. Bad movie for me. My comment sounds like a cliche but what else can be said here.
I have gone to the cinema expecting to see the extended version of the trailers, sharks eating people and making a mess of it. Well no, it's the same structure as the first part but with the first hour and a half more pain in the ass and the best part is only the final half hour. Disappointing.
Like when the sign says Live Strippers but you go in and it's just a group of sweaty guys removing paint and wallpaper.
They call this Meg 2, but the sharks are in the film so little that it's a waste of bad CGI.
If you like sharks and other prehistoric/aquatic animals, you’re going to like it!
I could probably just reuse my review of "The Meg" for "Meg 2: The Trench", because most of the criticisms apply to the sequel as well. Again, it takes way too long until the shark action really gets going. Again, the human characters are uninteresting. And again, the focus of the story is far too much on the boring drama surrounding these characters. The effects, on the other hand, are good, as they were in the first film. However, that doesn't do much good if the film lacks any sense of fun. "Meg 2" ends up being good enough to have it edited into a cool trailer. It's telling, though, that almost all of the cool scenes in the trailers are from the film's final act. It can make up a bit for the really lame first 90 minutes. But in the end, it's all too little, too late.
Jason Statham could magically summon additional harpoon after throwing one and make it both dissapear and appear again at some scene. looks like the editor doesn't do their job properly to this details.
eeh, i thought it would be better than what it is.
With a lot more hungry animals, with a lot more fun Jason Statham plays Jason Statham and Dominic Toretto. That Chao pescao
Just watched this movie. Definitely entertaining just like the first one.
hello online people where you guyz watch this
If you liked the first one you'll like this one as well. Nice visuals, cheesy humor and plain old Statham.
a hope this is wiil be good movie
Shout by BetaBlockedParent2023-08-25T20:33:16Z
Entertaining and light for a Sunday afternoon.