For someone who hasn't seen that many shark movies (read: has only seen Jaws), was The Meg action-packed and quite enjoyable. The movie itself was pretty to look at. The underwater environment was created beautifully, as well as the shark. That's a good thing because the buildup to the first "shark glimpse" took pretty long, which made the beginning of the movie feel quite slow. So the images of pretty fish made up for that. I would have loved to learn more about the shark species "Megalodon" but they didn't go into that, at all. But then again, it is an action movie. And let me tell you, this movie contains a lot of just that. It was to be expected with an actor lineup that contains Jason Statham. I really enjoyed his performance as Jonas Taylor. This might have been the first movie where I actually saw him smile. I really enjoyed Shuya Sophie Cai's performance as Meiying as well. She did a great job.
I feel quite sad that the shark had to die in the end. Just wanted to add that to the review.
I can't wait to watch more shark movies. So if you're reading this and you know some great once I need to check out, let me know :-)
Review by SerenaBlockedParent2018-08-18T19:53:47Z
For someone who hasn't seen that many shark movies (read: has only seen Jaws), was The Meg action-packed and quite enjoyable. The movie itself was pretty to look at. The underwater environment was created beautifully, as well as the shark. That's a good thing because the buildup to the first "shark glimpse" took pretty long, which made the beginning of the movie feel quite slow. So the images of pretty fish made up for that. I would have loved to learn more about the shark species "Megalodon" but they didn't go into that, at all. But then again, it is an action movie. And let me tell you, this movie contains a lot of just that. It was to be expected with an actor lineup that contains Jason Statham. I really enjoyed his performance as Jonas Taylor. This might have been the first movie where I actually saw him smile. I really enjoyed Shuya Sophie Cai's performance as Meiying as well. She did a great job.
I feel quite sad that the shark had to die in the end. Just wanted to add that to the review.
I can't wait to watch more shark movies. So if you're reading this and you know some great once I need to check out, let me know :-)