The Meg (2018) (In Hindi)

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Director: Jon Turteltaub

Starring: Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Jessica McNamee

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Released on: 10 Aug 2018

Writer: Dean Georgaris (screenplay by), Jon Hoeber (screenplay by), Erich Hoeber (screenplay by), Steve Alten (based on the novel “Meg” by)

IMDB Rating: N/A/10 (N/A Votes)

Duration: 113 min

Synopsis: Five years ago, expert sea diver and Naval Captain Jonas Taylor encountered an unknown danger in the unexplored recesses of the Mariana Trench that forced him to abort his mission and abandon half his crew. Though the tragic incident earned him a dishonorable discharge, what ultimately cost him his career, his marriage and any semblance of honor was his unsupported and incredulous claims of what caused it – an attack on his vessel by a mammoth, 70-foot sea creature, believed to be extinct for more than a million years. But when a submersible lies sunk and disabled at the bottom of the ocean – carrying his ex-wife among the team onboard – he is the one who gets the call. Whether a shot at redemption or a suicide mission, Jonas must confront his fears and risk his own life and the lives of everyone trapped below on a single question: Could the Carcharodon Megalodon – the largest marine predator that ever existed – still be alive … and on the hunt?
The Meg Story: A 70-foot shark thought to be long extinct, returns from the depths of the ocean to attack an international deep-sea crew, leaving them to fend for their lives.

The Meg Review: Monster movies are meant to be CGI spectacles that make for mindless fun flicks. 'The Meg' is no different with its straightforward premise. Hollywood's obsession with sharks date all the way back to 1975, so this film is mainly an excuse for Jason Statham to take on a massive shark underwater. A big enough action star like Statham calls for a decent budget to be committed to this endeavour. This is evident as the CGI is a few notches higher to make it appear better than a B-grade flick.

Jason Statham knows exactly what he signed up for, and he has the right amount of fun playing Jonas Taylor, a retired rescue diver who is called back into action. Statham's training as a diver comes handy here, and he commits to the role with a sincerity that does the film a huge favour. Chinese actors Li Bingbing & Shuya Sophia Cai have interesting chemistry with each other and are the only actors besides Statham to watch out for. The rest of the cast is practically redundant, and therefore dispensable. The screenplay doesn't give the audience much to care about – the sentimental scenes don’t resonate too deep, and the comedy doesn’t hit home either. So when the scenes don't involve sharks or the actors mentioned before, it's hard to stay focused on the proceedings.

Perhaps the biggest drawback is the writing which does not narrow down on the film’s tonality. There are points where it takes itself a little too seriously, and others when it aims straight for cheesy popcorn blockbuster status. Little surprise then that director Jon Turteltaub doesn’t know what kind of film he’s making either. The momentum picks up towards the end when the monster mayhem escalates to bigger proportions, but it turns out to be too little, too late. Even if mega-sharks and Statham are enough to lure you to ‘The Meg’, check your expectations before you dive in.


SYNOPSIS

    A deep-sea submersible-part of an international undersea observation program has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific...with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer, against the wishes of his daughter Suyin, to save the crew and the ocean itself from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon.

    What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below...bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.

We're going to need a bigger boat for all these shark movies.

On the tail of "The Shallows," ''47 Meters Down," ''Dark Tide" and, of course, the seminal "Sharknado," comes "The Meg," the latest in a growing school of shark movies, all of which, to varying degrees, use our fond memories of "Jaws" as bait to reel us back in the water again. The hook on this one? Bigger shark.

To my disappointment, the title of "The Meg" does not refer to Meg Ryan (though it's nice to imagine an action movie revolving around Jason Statham making precarious escapes from the "When Harry Met Sally..." star). No, the titular Meg of Jon Turteltaub's thriller is the Megalodon, which sounds like either a "Transformers" character or a heavy metal band.

It is, in fact, a prehistoric underwater dinosaur, a kind of supersized shark that went extinct more than 2 million years ago. According to scientists, they could grow up to 60 feet long. According to Hollywood producers, it's more like 75 feet or more. In "The Meg," a Megalodon's dorsal fin sticking out from the water looks from afar like a catamaran.

Naturally, history could not keep such a predator so perfect for today's movies all to itself, especially when one could be strategically found somewhere in the Pacific, conveniently close to the world's second largest movie market, China. Based on Steve Alten's "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror," ''The Meg" has been in development for some two decades, only to finally emerge as American-Chinese hybrid production.

A state-of-the-art underwater research facility, bankrolled by a cocky young billionaire (Rainn Wilson), uncovers a deeper realm of the Mariana Trench that has for centuries been separated from the rest of the ocean by a cloudy, cold membrane. Soon after a research expedition pushes through the layer in a submersible, they are attacked by an unseen creature, cutting them off from the base above.

For the rescue mission, 11,000 meters down, the team reluctantly turns to the only expert at such a deep dive: Jonas Taylor (Statham). The chief researcher, Dr. Minway Zhang (Winston Chao), elects to quickly bring Taylor out of retirement (he's living above a bar in Thailand) against the warnings of Dr. Heller (Robert Taylor), who believes Taylor reckless for an earlier deep-water nuclear submarine rescue where as many died as lived.

Statham, the sleek, gravelly voiced action star, is lured back underwater because one of the three people trapped — Lori (Jessica McNamee) — happens to be his ex-wife. With remarkably little trouble, he goes from boozing in Thailand to easily piloting a vessel straight down to the seafloor. Statham, sometimes a one-man show, here has a fairly large ensemble around him, one assembled to appeal to moviegoers both East and West. Chinese actress Li Bingbing stars as the divorced single-mother daughter of Dr. Zhang, and Taylor's love interest. Also in the mix as crew members are Ruby Rose ("Orange is the New Black") and Page Kennedy.

But the main draw in "The Meg" is obviously the giant shark which, after years stuck at the bottom of the sea, is awfully hungry. There are the expected close scrapes, surprisingly good production design, PG-13 rated chompings and fluctuating levels of even giant-shark-movie plausibility. What is it about sharks that inspires such absurdity in plots? Much of "The Meg" aims for a familiar popcorn mix of frights and ridiculousness that may well do the trick for cheap August thrills, or those who pine for, say, "Deep Blue Sea."

"The Meg" is best when it acknowledges its derivativeness, just one more silly shark movie in an ocean full of them. Its finest moment is when Statham, having willingly jumped into the water near the Megalodon, channels Dory and murmurs to himself: "Just keep swimming."

"The Meg," a Warner Bros. release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for action/peril, bloody images and some language. Running time: 113 minutes. Two stars out of four

 critic's rating:  3.0/5
Morris (Rainn Wilson), a billionaire, puts together a team of scientists and deep sea explorers to study the oceans. They come across the theory that there is another world waiting to be explored beneath the sea bed in Chinese waters. They penetrate the cloud layer (yes the science has gone for a toss here) formed some thousands of meter down and indeed find a new pocket of unexplored territory teeming with never seen before sea flora and fauna. They are attacked by a giant squid and then by a Meg. The Meg is a megalodon, a supposedly extinct 90-foot shark that could bite a whale in half and still has room for more in its stomach.

Our motley crew of characters include Zhang (Winston Chao) and his daughter, Sunyi (Li Bingbing), a single mother with a cute daughter Meiying (Shuya Sophia Cai). Lori (Jessica McNamee),  who happens to be ex-wife of Jason Statham’s character, Toshi (Masi Oka), and a character called “The Wall” (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) go beneath the ‘clouds’ in a special Mars explorer like vehicle and get stuck there. Mac (Cliff Curtis), calls upon his former buddy, celebrated deep sea rescuer Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) to rescue them. He’s a borderline alcoholic but agrees for the last mission because, well, his ex-wife’s life is at stake. He has bad blood with the onboard doctor, Heller (Robert Taylor), which gets resolved during the course of the film. Jaxx (Ruby Rose) and DJ (Page Kennedy), are also included in this varied cast.

The film carries forward the spirit Jaws (1975) but thankfully deviates from the tropes put in place by the cult classic and follows its own course. Jon Turteltaub has kept a relentless pace throughout. The shark here is seen as a supernatural entity and not really a deranged killer as seen in Jaws and its derivatives. And there is a nice twist in the middle to keep you hooked till the end. The CGI creature keeps changing its size however. And somehow, you stop being afraid of it after a while. Jason Statham fighting a prehistoric giant shark is a drool-worthy idea. You want him to do some absurd things like kick the shark on its nose or take a knife to it and kill it after a vicious bout of hand-to-hand combat. You keep waiting for such a moment to happen and it does come towards the end, where defying the laws of physics he goes against the monster with a harpoon. The only question you want to ask veteran director Jon Turteltaub, a man famous for such films as Cool Runnings and National Treasure, is that why did he make us wait so long for this moment. And why didn't he put more moments like this in the film.

Though there is a spark there between Sunyi and Jonas, the director has chosen not to ignite it further and it remains untended. It must be mentioned that the Chinese star Bingbing  isn’t just relegated to being eye candy and is seen seen taking risks and has as much screen time as Statham. A sign perhaps, of the growing clout of the Chinese market in Hollywood films. There are a couple of jokes about foreigners not speaking Chinese correctly, which further cements that idea.

The film, shot mostly at the sea, offers some stunning underwater scenes and some decent CGI. It hovers between being being a gloried B movie and a certified A movie. Jason Statham who is mostly seen in rescue vehicles doesn’t get enough action space, though a couple of his scenes with the shark, especially when he’s towed through the water away are totally worth his presence. If the film does well, be sure that other monstrous creatures are sure to surface from their secret hideout. Though the film doesn’t show an end which can take the sequel forward...



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