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Cast

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Jason Statham

Jonas Taylor

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Cliff Curtis

James 'Mac' Mackreides

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Wei Yi

Awesome Kid on Beach

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Vithaya Pansringarm

Thai Boat Captain

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Mark Trotter

Injured Sailor

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James Gaylyn

David E. Jordan

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Andrew Grainger

Morris' Lawyer

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Steven A. Davis

Speedboat Crewman

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Glen Levy

Speedboat Mercenary

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Edwin Wright

Morris' Helicopter Pilot

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Tim Wong

News Camera Operator

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Yoson An

News Helicopter Pilot

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Yao Yao

Dude on Raft

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Leand Macadaan

Filipino Fisherman #1 (uncredi...

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Boaz Magege

Launch Controller

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

CN, US

Budget

$150,000,000

Revenue

$530,517,320

Reviews

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A review by Per Gunnar Jonsson 6

December 24, 2018

Well, when the credits started to roll I cannot say that I felt it had been a waste of time and money. I did indeed have some enjoyment watching this movie. However, it could have been a lot better.

For starters, what is the point of making a movie about a bloody “dinosaur shark” and aim for a PG-13 rating? Whoever made that incredibly stupid decision obviously missed the mark big time. I think this was the biggest fault with the movie. There were so many missed opportunities. The enti...

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A review by John Chard 5

May 25, 2019

Child friendly horror...

You have to take in to context the post release statements by director Jon Turteltaub and lead actor Jason Statham. The Meg is not the film they either read on the page or filmed as a course of grisly schlock entertainment. This was meant to be a proper schlocker, a bloodletting monster of the deep on the loose picture, sadly the suits at the helm didn't see that as a viable money making exercise and had this cut to be a "12" friendly bums on thea...

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A review by Gimly 5

August 12, 2020

It's nice to see a Shark-led Creature Feature that's actually got some money behind it, but The Meg is still really nothing special.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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A review by CinemaSerf 5

August 31, 2023

This is one of these international co-productions that has way too many producers and vested interests behind it, so it's no great surprise that what we do end up with is such an hybrid of so many other films, It's actually quite hard to be objective when writing about it. The obvious comparisons are with "Jaws" (1975) and "Deep Blue Sea" (1999) but this is a distinctly poor relation. Even on an IMAX screen, it moves along with all the pace of a milk-float even des...

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A review by r96sk 6

April 10, 2025

'The Meg' almost succeeds in being a fun action blockbuster, though for me it comfortably falls short of doing so. To put it bluntly, I simply got bored whilst watching it. I like the cast, but that's about it in terms of positives. The effects and story just didn't do it for yours truly.

'Jaws' (obviously) and even 'Piranha' did it better, this one doesn't have anything fresh to add to the subgenre of man-eating fish. It k...

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