Film Review – Meg 2: The Trench

2018’s “The Meg” was an adaptation of a book by author Steve Alten, but that wasn’t the big draw of the movie. Summer audiences wanted to witness giant shark mayhem on a big studio budget, and director Jon Turteltaub certainly achieved that level of escapism. It wasn’t a clever feature, but it was a fun ride, with big visual effects and a grand sense of disaster film scale, making for an enjoyable distraction. It’s taken producers five years to come up with a “Meg” sequel, finally returning with “Meg 2: The Trench,” which brings in indie helmer Ben Wheatley (“A Field in England,” “Free Fire”) to try his luck with sharksploitation, on a mission get the brand name’s momentum going again with a screenplay (credited to Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, and Dean Georgaris) that’s basically a rehash of the original endeavor, only a bit darker at times, and more aware of its fun factor. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com