The Meg (2018)

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson
Runtime: 113 minutes

Synopsis: After an expedition deep underwater goes wrong, a giant shark is set loose and starts attacking everything that stands in its way. 

Performances: 3/10
Screenplay: 2/10
Special Effects: 6/10
Costumes/Makeup: 4/10
Editing: 4/10
Cinematography: 3/10
Score/Soundtrack: 5/10

Verdict: Your enjoyment of "The Meg" will entirely depend on your expectations going in. If you're approaching the film expecting it to be 2018's "Jaws", you'll be massively disappointed. But if you enter the theaters with a turned off brain hoping for a silly blockbuster à la "Piranha 3DD", then like me, you'll find it to be quite decent and even amusing at times. "The Meg" is not a movie that should be taken seriously and understands it. Yes, the acting is awful, the plot nonsensical, and the dialogue laughable, but in the end, that was exactly what I was expecting from a movie with a tagline that says "Pleased to eat you". My only issue with it is its rating. Even though I understand the decision to rate it PG-13 from a business viewpoint, it certainly would've been much more entertaining with a lot more blood and curse words. So yeah, I, along with almost everybody present in the theaters with me, found "The Meg" to be a perfectly fine August release that is worth checking out on the biggest screen possible and in 3D.   

Final Grade: 5/10