Meg 2 Movie Review: In 2018, after the great commercial success of Meg, it was inevitable that there was talk of a sequel, also because Steve Alten, author of the original novel, continues to invent new scenarios for Jonas' underwater adventures today Taylor. And here, five years later, with the Englishman Ben Wheatley replacing his American colleague Jon Turteltaub in the director's cabin, we are once again traveling around the abyss with the reluctant adventurer grappling with ravenous prehistoric creatures. A second round, also in theaters to close the summer in a crazy and fun way, which we talk about in our review of Meg 2 – The Trench.
Meg 2, The plot:
Five years have passed since the events of the first film, and Jonas and his colleagues continue to operate on two fronts: with new funding, they explore the unexplored areas of the Mariana Trench, and in his free time our hero documents the activities of those who use the ocean for illicit purposes. The previous film suggested that at least one megalodon was still on the loose, and the situation becomes further complicated when an accident damages the thermal blanket that prevented the giant sharks from exiting the Pit, and with them come, other creatures that haven't been seen for eons, all headed towards a resort which, ironically, is called Fun Island. Jonas, obviously, already knows that there will be very little to enjoy...
The cast: Jason and Meg, enemies for the life
Jason Statham returns, in great shape and with granite charisma to the nth degree, ready to defeat prehistoric threats with a stoicism that helps keep the cheerfully ignorant rate of fun constant. Alongside him, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, and Sophia Cai also return from the first film, while new faces include Skyler Samuels and Sienna Guillory. To steal the show from humans, however, are once again the digital creatures, starting from the first scene which brings to the screen the incipit of the first novel, where a megalodon eats a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Cretaceous and asserts its superiority in sight of what will happen in the present.
Meg 2 – Revenge
There was quite a bit of perplexity among cinephiles upon reading Ben Wheatley's name in the credits as if the well-known English filmmaker had "sold" himself to the mainstream machine (despite having already signed two episodes of Doctor Who and the remake of Rebecca for Netflix). In reality, it is the main ingredient to make this second chapter more effective than the first, even if only slightly, because within the limits of PG-13 which involves the total absence of blood except for the scenes in which the animals slaughter each other, he understood the need to push the envelope with crazy and/or stupid ideas. And Wheatley does so with glee, acknowledging the high rate of unseriousness by having – mostly Statham – say that many of the elements that make this sequel a stupidly effective show are quite ridiculous. After Jon Turteltaub, who had a slightly too clean approach, here there is the awareness of how to carry the story forward by recognizing the characteristics to be exploited from a second-class perspective (one above all: Jonas who kicks the shark in the face). And with the literary series still ongoing, the potential to go even further is endless.
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