Film: Meg 2: The Trench
Cast: Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Cliff Curtis
Director: Ben Wheatley
Rating: 2/5
Runtime: 116 mins

This sequel to ‘The Meg’ a movie that failed to find a mainstream release in India, has original director Jon Turteltaub replaced by English director Ben Wheatley. The change of guard doesn’t do much for the enjoyment though. Screenwriters Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, and Dean Georgaris though, engineer a return to adapt ‘The Trench,’ the second novel in science-fiction author Steve Alten’s MEG series. Frankly, there was no form to return to!  

In ‘Jaws’ mode, the story is rather generic and imminently predictable. There are few surprises here and those that creep out of the boring narrative are CGI effected ones that involve Jason Statham confronting the giant creature from the sea.