I went to see The Meg on a whim and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it despite the negative reviews. Even though the sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, also received negative reviews I thought it would still be a lot of fun so I went to see it last night. Unfortunately, it has too much intrigue and not enough megalodons. Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) exposes environmental crimes part time and, since Suyin Zhang has apparently died, he works with her brother Juiming Zhang (Wu Jing) on the Mana One research station while caring for her teenage daughter Meiying (Shuya Sophia Cai). Jonas and Juiming lead another expedition to the Mariana Trench along with Meiying (who stows away) and a few other expendable crew members and, once again, they are trapped and, once again, their escape allows several megalodons to reach the surface as well. However, this time the megalodons are not the only threat. Our heroes must also contend with a villainous financier (Sienna Guillory) who wants to use Juiming's technology for deep sea mining, an eco-terrorist (Sergio Peris-Mencheta) with a grudge against Jonas, and other prehistoric creatures that have escaped from the trench. What made the first movie so much fun is all of the silly and campy action set pieces but, other than some dark and messy CGI sequences set on the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the first two acts of this one are incredibly dull and boring with way too much exposition. It does get a bit better in the final act when Jonas and crew must save the tourists on Fun Island (the best scene involves Jonas fighting a group of megalodons with harpoons while on a jet ski because it is just so ridiculous) but it is too little and too late. I was a bit disappointed with this and recommend giving it a miss.
Note: Pippin makes another appearance and, honestly, that was the high point for me.
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