Fasten your seatbelts and check your brain at the dive cage door. "The Meg" is a B-movie with an A-budget, a star who knows how to throw a punch and a quip, and a shark that eats everything in its path. It is loud, proud, and deeply silly. And honestly? That’s why we love it.
On the other hand, takes enormous creative liberties. The film suggests the shark survived in a "hidden pocket" of the Mariana Trench. Biologists argue that a creature of that size requires a massive caloric intake, which the nutrient-poor hadal zone (the deepest part of the ocean) simply cannot provide. Furthermore, the pressure differential between the trench and the surface would likely kill a shark instantly—a detail the film famously ignores in favor of a cool visual of the shark exploding. The Meg
: A sequel that "supersizes" the action with multiple Megs and new prehistoric threats. Fasten your seatbelts and check your brain at
A sequel, The Meg 2: The Trench , was released in 2023, featuring more Megs (and even other prehistoric creatures). And honestly