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The Meg Movie Review

“Meg versus man isn’t a fight, it’s a slaughter.” - Jonas Taylor
The Meg is directed by Jon Turteltaub, and stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing and Rainn Wilson.  This film is about a giant prehistoric shark known as a megalodon that terrorizes people in the water and causes many problems for our main characters.  
Let me start by saying that this film is not great.  There are many problems with it, which I’ll get to in a second.  But it is not a bad movie either. I really enjoyed this film. It was very stupid at times, but that’s one of the things that I liked about it.  It was cheesy and campy, and it knew that about itself, and embraced it. Statham and Wilson both were good for the roles that they played. The music wasn’t bad either.
However, as I said before, there are problems with it.  It was a little overlong, and there was some pretty bad acting present as well.  Some of the dialogue was really stupid, and not in a good way. There was a forced romance between Statham and Bingbing which I didn’t like at all.  There were some continuity errors; things that were there in one shot in the same scene were gone in the next shot. There were some significant tonal inconsistencies where the film couldn’t decide whether it wanted to be silly or serious, and the CGI was hit and miss.  
Overall though, I had a great time with The Meg, and I would recommend it if you’re looking for a fun, campy, over the top popcorn flick.
Rating: PG-13

Grade: B-

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