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 entire scene at the beach at the end of the movie was just wasted for example.

The script was of course somew... read the rest.

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 theatre seats cash grabber. Shame on them.

What we get is a run of the mill creature feature that although once viewed does... read the rest.

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.

This is such a hybrid of so many other films, it is hard to be objective when writing about it. The obvious comparisons are with "Jaws" and "Deep Blue Sea" but this is a distinctly poor relation. Even on an IMAX screen, this moves along with all the pace of a milk-float; the acting is typically banal and but for the very effective use of CGI this would achieve laughs not gasps. Can't wait for the sequel....