Review of The Meg (2018) by Julie B — 31 Dec 2018
It's not just people that need to get out of the water...
This movie is on par with Megalodon (2002) but for different reasons. In that movie Al Sapienza's character Ross Elliot's anti-environmentalist speech (that actually makes perfect sense) is as vivid as the shocking scars all over his torso from an unfortunate past encounter with lion's mane jelly fish. The lead actor in the movie, Robin Sachs, speaks of petroleum's supply versus demand, and this drives the original storyline.
What we see on screen in this 2018 movie is science/exploration driven and is worldly, multigenerational, multiracial, multilingual, with a precious, precocious tot, and strong, smart female rolls with the half-naked person in the shower being played by a man (oh, thank you JS!).
What's missing are vile, insidious bad guys with guns, massive navies and horrendous patriarchal corporations digging for dollars or fish for zoos. All they're doing is trying to learn and explore. And, once they've made a mistake, they're trying to correct it. I can't begin to tell you how refreshing that is.
This movie has humor, heart, a huge, fantastic, enviable, underwater facility and living quarters (it's on my wish-list now), deep-sea creatures, subs, nods to Jaws, shocks, awes, lots of heartbreak, more hilarity and maybe even an eventual victory.
Either way, it's not just people that need to get out of the water!
This review of The Meg (2018) was written by Julie B on 31 Dec 2018.
The Meg has generally received mixed reviews.
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