Watch out Jaws, there’s a new shark in town and this one’s brought its pals along for the ride.
Jason Statham sequel Meg 2: The Trench has landed in cinemas following an audacious trailer that teased more tooth-based action.
The summer blockbuster is the follow-up to the unexpected 2018 hit The Meg which saw Statham take on a 75-foot-long shark.
Grossing more than half a billion dollars worldwide, The Meg was the best performing solo film of Statham’s career and was also a big hit in China.
Read on for everything we know about Meg 2: The Trench.
Meg 2: The Trench release date
Thanks to the success of the first film, the sequel was greenlit shortly after its release and confirmed in 2020.
Meg 2: The Trench plot
Meg 2 is based on the novel The Trench by Steve Allen which continues the adventures of Jonas, a paleobiologist who had to defeat a megalodon.
In the book, he discovers another prehistoric monster called a Kronosaurus which was thought extinct which he must battle and defeat.
Meg 2: The Trench reviews
The reviews for Meg 2: The Trench are in, and the sequel hasn’t caused quite as big of a splash as its director Ben Wheatley or star Statham might have hoped.
Digital Spy’s write-up claimed that the movie needs “to focus more on the sharks and less on the humans,” while Variety had harsher words for its clunky screenplay, saying: “If you want to know what a movie would sound like were it written entirely by AI, look no further than The Meg 2.” Ouch.
