The Meg

PG-13

Released Aug 10, 2018

1h 53m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Adventure

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47%

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5,000+ Ratings

Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific. With time running out, a visionary oceanographer recruits rescue diver Jonas Taylor to save the crew and the sea itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.

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Critics Consensus

The Meg sets audiences up for a good old-fashioned B-movie creature feature, but lacks the genre thrills -- or the cheesy bite -- to make it worth diving in.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Director Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) strikes an agreeable tone, avoiding both unnecessary heaviness and self-aware camp.

Mar 4, 2020

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Oliver Jones

Observer

Asks little more of you than to strap in, put away your phone and enjoy watching a freakishly huge prehistoric eating machine terrorize some scientists before it turns its appetite to a beach full of frolickers on floaties.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 29, 2018

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

...exactly what we paid for.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 24, 2018

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

Pop Culture Reviews

Even though The Meg isn’t the complete shark film that we’ve all wanted, it provides good suspense, great character connections, and allure, resulting in a product that is sincere and amusing.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 11, 2024

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

Don’t go into it expecting high art or an Oscar winning script, this is The Stath vs The Meg and the film never strays from that. It ain’t Jaws but it ain’t Sharknado either.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 21, 2023

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Alejandro Turdó

EscribiendoCine

The Meg is an acceptable link in the sharksxplotation chain, recognizing itself as disposable entertainment and knowing its premise isn't the most intelligent but that it's ridiculous enough... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Aug 7, 2023

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Angel cs

Enjoyable movie, nothing else

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/22

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Jack P

The Meg is a Truly Fantastic film and Jason Statham As Always is Stratospheric and the Megalodon is the best shark that has ever existed in the world as well as being the largest in the world I don't understand why this film got a 47% for the critics and a 44% for the public and I must also say that Its sequel, Meg 2 is as good as the 1st film and with the Success of the 2nd film the probability of the creation of Meg 3 is highly probable and I close this review saying The Meg of 2018 is the best shark movie and the best Megalodon movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Kim C

Did not rate this movie at all unfortunately. Seems like the ‘critics’ were watching something else. Did not even complete the whole movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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Dave C

I said I'd never watch it... but then the 'playing next' feature on Amazon Prime started playing it and I didn't turn it off. Glad I didn't, on the whole, as apart from the first 20mins or so, it is an actually a pretty decent shark flick. There are elements of Titanic and Deep Blue Sea both in terms of the drama, humour, and some of the acting, but it also entertains as well as they both do, so I found myself enjoying it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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Luca H

One of my all-time favorites.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Julian L

Great acting and special effects (except for the smaller sharks) but weird sex and the fact that this is supposed to be a horror movie and it ends up being more of an action movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Synopsis

Previously thought to be extinct, a massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific. With time running out, a visionary oceanographer recruits rescue diver Jonas Taylor to save the crew and the sea itself from an unimaginable threat -- a 75-foot-long prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon.

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Colin Wilson, Belle Avery
Screenwriter: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Maeday Productions, Apelles Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Flagship Entertainment, Gravity Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Bloody Images|Action/Peril|Some Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 30, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $142.8M
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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