By Laurie Coker
There are two simple reasons why a film company doesn’t offer critic or fan pre-screenings – the franchise creators feel no need and expect to make millions easily, or the filmmakers want to sell as many tickets as they can before word gets out that the movie sucks. Ironically, Meg 2: The Trench falls somewhere in between. Meg 2, like its predecessor, The Meg, hits all the off-the-wall marks for shark-related disaster films. Still, like the first, the premise is so over the top (dare I say asininely silly) that it’s fans of stupid shark films and, more likely, fans of the film’s star, Jason Statham, flock to see it.
Statham reprises his role as environmentalist and super-human Jonas Taylor. He’s joined on this adventure by returning teammates James “Mac” Mackreides (Cliff Curtis), DJ (Page Kennedy), and Jess (Skyler Samuels). Shuya Sophia Cai returns as Meiying (now 14), and Meiying’s uncle Jiuming Zhang, played by international super-star Jing Wu, joins the team. The cast is solid and amusing, except for the film’s villains, who are cartoonish and ridiculous, especially Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Montes), who seems to aim for a cartel-type baddie and comes across more like a mindless, growling guard dog.
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