The Meg
Summary
Pretty much every scene inThe Megand its sequelMeg 2 : The Trenchis wholly ridiculous and flagrantly ignores the law of nature of physics , but that ’s all part of the fun – and some sequences are more cockeyed than others . Based on the book series by Steve Alten , The Megfranchise revolves around deep - sea diver Jonas Taylor , played by Jason Statham , and his attempt to vanquish the giant prehistoric sharks that were released by a scientific experimentation in the Mariana Trench . From a kraken bolt down a helicopter to a million use up a T. king , The Megmovies are full of delightfully ludicrous consequence .
The Megmovies stick to the same precept as theFast & Furiousfranchise : if the interview is being entertain , then logical system does n’t matter all that much . These films fundamentally swap out the nitro - boosted elevator car of theFast & Furioussaga for a bunch of bloodthirsty 75 - metrical unit sharks . As both an A - list activity movie headliner and a former member of Britain ’s national diving squad , the role of a freelance megalodon slayer is the consummate fictitious character for Statham . These movie have seen Statham punch a meg in the brass , bear one off with his foot , and skewer one on the downed chopper ’s propeller steel .
repulsion and sci - fi movies plant in the rich sea are often thought of as derivative , but these 10 films turned out to be terrify movement - setters .
10A Meg Eats A T. Rex
Meg 2: The Trench is all in on its absurdity from the get-go
The opening picture ofMeg 2 : The Trenchtakes audiences back to prehistorical times as a pocket-sized dinosaur run onto a beach and gets feed by a adult dinosaur , which gets eat by an even with child dinosaur , until a T. rex get up to them at the shoreline – and then a meg emerges from the ocean , clamps its jaw down on the T. king , and drag it out to ocean . This opening night shows that the meg has been at the top of the food mountain chain for the totality of history(and makes that point in the most ludicrous way potential ) .
9Jonas Taylor Fights A Meg In Hand-To-Hand Combat (& Wins)
Jonas stabs a meg in the eye
audience went intoThe Meghoping to see one affair – Jason Statham fighting a megalodon in script - to - helping hand combat – and the movie actually bear . In the climactic battle , Jonas chases the one thousand thousand out to sea in a little submersible . He manages to injure the 1000000 with the submersible , but it ’s no longer drivable , so he hops out and literally punches the one thousand thousand in the facial expression . Jonas dig the meg in the eye , which spills its blood and attracts dozens of forward-looking sharks to pick away at its stiff . This is an awesome ( if ridiculous ) orgasm for the moving picture .
8A Bigger Meg Shows Up
It’s like Peter Griffin’s pitch for Big Jaws
Around the midpoint of the firstMegfilm , Jonas and his crew deal to entrance and toss off the meg , seemingly decide the game and ending the movie just an hour in . But then , the veridical terror emerges : an even big megalodon flare-up through the Earth’s surface of the oceanand adopt a ball out of the smaller million ’s corpse . The Apocalypse of a bigger meg is exchangeable to Peter Griffin ’s pitch for aJawssequel about the Orca crew teaming up with the original Jaws to oppose “ Big Jaws . ”
7Jiuming Fights Dinosaurs With A Shovel
No one in Jurassic Park thought to fight back with a shovel
InMeg 2 : The Trench , the one thousand thousand are the least of anyone ’s difficulty . The continuation also waken a kraken and a cluster of dinosaur . The dinosaur make it onto the farming in packs , so Jonas ’ crew is n’t just in risk on the urine . When Jiuming is environ by vicious , hungry dinosaurs , he decides to fight them off with a shovel , like a substantial - life game of Whac - A - Mole . No one in any of theJurassic Parkmovies intend to nibble up a shovel and take a swing at the dinosaurs .
6Jonas Holds Back A Meg With His Foot
He also had a well-placed chain helping him out
Towardthe terminate ofMeg 2 : The Trench , Jonas is give chase up a boardwalk by a meg . Not only does Jonas manage to outrun the meg on foundation ; when the meg smashes through the boardwalk and vacate Jonas up on a ramp into its open mouth , he holds it off with his foot . There are a couple of chains on the wharfage that help Jonas give off the million , but the image of Jonas keep back a 1000000 with his foot is one of the most joyously silly shot in the franchise .
5Meg Vs. Kraken
Meg 2 threw a kraken into the mix, because why not?
Traditionally , krakens in blockbuster movies are confined to thePirates of the CaribbeanandClash of the Titansfranchises , butMeg 2 : The Trenchbrings a kraken into the innovative long time . There ’s an awing fight scene between a one thousand thousand and a kraken . The meg guide out humans effortlessly , butfighting the kraken presents a real challenge . The kraken very nearly kill the one thousand thousand as it constricts it with its tentacles . But the 1000000 manages to split free and sting into one of those tentacle , give way it the upper hand in its fight against the kraken .
4Jonas Literally Jumps The Shark (On A Jet Ski)
Three megs are no match for Jonas on a jet ski
In the climactic battle ofMeg 2 : The Trench , Jonas literally jumps the shark – or shark – as he takes to the sea atop a jet ski . While everyone else is fleeing from the million , Jonas dauntlessly heads toward them . Armed with a fishgig with the great power to disable a meg , Jonas rides a wave into a inner circle of angry 1000000 . When one of them pop out of the water , he simply does an epic stunt jump to avoid them . This moving picture threw realism out the windowpane long before its terminal set - slice , but this scenery takes the subsequence to fresh levels of absurdity .
3Jess Is Eaten Through “Meg-Proof” Glass
Ben Wheatley can always be counted on for morbid slapstick
Ben Wheatley was a capital pick to lead theMegsequel , because he can always be count on for some morbid slapstick gags , and theMegfranchise is the perfect lieu for them . When Jess is show off the new undersea facility and gas about the “ one thousand thousand - proof ” Methedrine , she sets up her own ironic death . Seconds after that brag , a one thousand thousand slams through the glass and devours Jess in one bite . Despite being spoiled in the house trailer , this joke is one of the grownup laugh inMeg 2 : The Trench .
2An Explosion Pushes Jiuming To Safety
Mac takes off with the helicopter still attached to a fuel pump
One of the dim action flick figure of speech is the perceive rubber of an explosion . In countless action at law movies , the force of an explosion will discombobulate a eccentric safely outside the blast radius . That happens to Jiuming inMeg 2 : The Trenchwhen he ’s hear to outrun a pack of dinosaurs and join Mac aboard a whirlybird . The helicopter is still sequester to the fuel pump as it takes off , and Mac lights the fuel to muff up the dinosaurs . The resulting explosionconveniently pushes Jiuming onto the whirlybird with Mac . All action celluloid expect the interview to freeze their disbelief , but this may be a pace too far .
1Jonas Skewers A Meg On A Downed Helicopter’s Propeller Blade
Wheatley saved the best meg kill for last
The whole climactic set - piece ofMeg 2 : The Trenchgradually work up to the jaw - dropping final meg kill . The kraken takes down Mac ’s chopper , leaving its detached propellor blades up for grabs . So , when a meg is bearing down on Jonas , he picks up the steel , carry it out , and Pierce through the back of the one thousand thousand ’s head . This is easily the most badass meg kill of the entireMegfranchise . AnypotentialMeg 3will have a problematical time topping it .
