The Meg

It’s a big, loud, preposterous, silly man vs. creature action movie. There is no need to go into greater examination. It is precisely what every description says it is, for better or worse. If you want a turn-your-brain-off-and-enjoy-the-carnage movie, by gum, that’s what you’ll get. It you want background noise on a Saturday afternoon, that’s what you’ll get. And if you think it’s going to be idiotic and cliched and rote, well, you won’t be shocked to find out it’s that too. It’s a Syfy Original with a bigger budget and Jason Statham. Whatever your suspicion of it is by reading the description will almost certainly be your opinion when it’s over. I expected a minimally acceptable modern creature feature, and that’s what I got.