The Meg
In the battle of Jason Statham versus a gigantic prehistoric shark , The Meg’sending prove there ’s only way for ONE apex predator . The Megopens with rescue loon Jonas Taylor ( Jason Statham ) losing two friends while evacuating a damaged submarine . However , nobody believes his tarradiddle of the submarine sandwich being attacked by a large animal . alternate five years later , Jonas is recruited on another deliverance missionary work involving his ex - wife to the Mariana Trench . Beneath the deep part of the trench , a research team uncovers antecedently unobserved nautical life - and a very hungry megalodon .
Jonas , oceanographer Suyin Zhang ( Li Bingbing ) , and the rest of the Mana One work party Salmon P. Chase afterThe Meg’smegalodon , which , in round , kill several of them , including ugly billionaire Jack Morris ( Rainn Wilson).The Meg’sfinale sees the giant wildcat point for a beach , with Jonas in raging pastime . The summertime blockbuster conclude with the beast slain in creative style and the survivors celebrating together . However , The Megends on a note suggesting another giant shark may have escaped the trench;The Megalso avoids any post - credit view .
How Jonas Actually Kills The Meg
Jonas Slices The Meg Up & Lets Sharks Feed On Its Carcass
The Megis ground on the Steve Alten refreshing series of the same name , but the film adaptation spend many years in development hell . It turns out all the producers had to do was cast Statham and makeThe Megsomething of a versus flick . The possible action succession shew that Jonas has a personal bone to pick with the titular shark , andThe Meg’sending zeroes in on that .
Jonas is forced to improvise and decides to use nature to his reward .
The Mana One crew uses a whale call to deflect the Meg from the local beach , with Jonas and Suyin plat submersible and planning to kill it with missile . Of course , this quickly turns forged , with Jonas ' vehicle being badly damaged by the shark and Suyin forced to break off to pull through the relief of the crowd when a helicopter explodes on their gravy holder deck . Jonas is forced to improvise and decides to habituate nature to his vantage .
He slices the Meg up with some wreckage from the submersiblebefore exiting and knife it in the centre . Jonas seals the deal by cram the gig deep into the Meg ’s eye , which appears to seal the deal . However , the blood from its harm attracts a horde of regular shark , who feast on the wounded brute as Jonas swims to safety and rejoins the bunch .
Exactly How Many People Did The Meg Kill?
The Meg Killed 16 People In The Movie
The firstMegnovel is more crimson than the film . The Good Book has no problem with gore and severed branch , but sinceThe Megwas designed to be a PG-13 summertime megahit , the film is tame in the bloodletting department . That said , managing director Jon Turteltaub confessed ( viaBloody Disgusting ) the moving picture had gorier last in an early slice , such as the decapitated headspring of Jack Morris being all that was left of himwhen the Meg attacked him . Despite a want of bloodshed , The Megstill managed a respectable body count .
The Main Character Deaths InThe Meg
Toshi
Sacrificed himself to trouble The Megalodon
The Wall
swallow whole by The Megalodon .
The sci-fi action movie The Meg follows a group of scientists who encounter a living Megalodon while exploring the Mariana Trench. The cast includes Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, Li Bingbing as Suyin, and Rainn Wilson as Jack Morris.
Dr. Heller
Eaten by The Megalodon when he sacrificed himself to save Jaxx .
Dr. Zhang
Died from his injuries when a lifeboat engine fell on him
Jack Morris
Eaten by The Megalodon .
admit accidents now cause by the nominal beast , the Meg kills 16 people over the course of instruction of the story(viaCarnage Count ) . This figure include Morris , Ólafur Darri Ólafsson ’s " The Wall " and Toshi ( Masi Oka ) . During the last , two helicopter fly recklessly close together to catch footage of the Meg and end up colliding , do another four demises . Other than human beings , the Meg also eats a giant squid and a giant .
The Meg’s Big Shark Twist Explained
There Were Two Megalodons
Seemingly take a leafage out of theJaws 3 - Dplaybook , one giving plait arrive duringThe Meg’smidway gunpoint , reveal that there are not one , but two one thousand thousand on the loose . This is discover after the team fix a bunker for the megalodon , which involves Suyin going underwater in a shark - proof armoured combat vehicle with some poison . This tactic is anything but safe as the Meg bite into the cage and tries to eat Suyin . She manages to get out with Jonas ' help and jabs it with the poisonous substance .
As they ’re examining the body , a 2d , even orotund Meg emerges from the water , killing " The Wall " and run on the other Meg ’s corpse .
The shark dies soon after , and the Mana One bunch recovers its body . The celebration are dead - lived . As they ’re examining the body , a 2nd , even big Meg emerges from the H2O , pour down " The Wall " and feeding on the other Meg ’s corpse . This shark is also confirm to be the one responsible for the end of Jonas ' friend and the other casualty in the tale thus far .
Do Jonas And Suyin End Up Together?
Jonas & Suyin Become A Couple At The End
Along with chamfer after a military man - eating prehistoric shark , The Megfinds metre for a romantic subplot . Jonas and Suyin are ab initio cranky with one another , but they rise to observe each other throughout the narration , and an early , comically awkward prospect of Suyin walk in on the rend Jonas after a exhibitor makes it clear there ’s a discharge there . Jonas also becomes nigh to Suyin ’s young daughter Meiying ( Sophia Cai ) , who more than promote any romantic tautness .
Suyin dies beforeMeg 2 : The Trench , and Jonas gain custody of the young Meiying .
After the second Meg has been overcome , there ’s an implication Jonas and Suyin will at least give dating a try . The Meg 2sees the return of Meiying , but Li Bingbing ’s Suyin is absent . This is because of a catastrophe that took place between the two movies . While it never explains how it happened , Suyin die beforeMeg 2 : The Trench , and Jonas gains hold of the young Meiying . This leads to the fresh don - daughter moral force with Suyin only memorialized in the sequel .
How Did The Meg Lead To The Meg 2: The Trench
Jonas Has Become More Of A Hero
The Megwas a surprise smash , so a sequel experience like a no - brainer . The Meg 2 : The Trenchsees the return of Jonas and some other cast members from the original , including Cliff Curtis and Page Kennedy . Newcomers includeWolf Warriorstar Wu Jing and Sienna Guillory , whileKill List’sBen Wheatley drive over as theater director . The Meg 2added to the carnage , with the Megs hunting in packs , an even enceinte Meg alpha , and other prehistorical monsters emerging from the trench .
The Meg 2 is gearing up for its release with a young laggard . Here ’s everything we know about the shark sequel starring Jason Statham .
The motion-picture show also shows how Jonas has mature since the first movie . While he wanted nothing to do with pull through lives or doing anything but drinking in the first movie , Jonas is now almost a globetrotting secret agent , disrupting illegal pelagic mining operations and illegal traffickers with his close - knit grouping of mercs . Suyin also die before the 2nd motion-picture show , so Jonas is also a father and has to address with protect Meiying when the megalodons come back . The Meg2 : The Trenchjust make everything self-aggrandizing in the goal .
How The Meg Ending Was Received
Audiences & Critics Mostly Dismissed It
It is heavy to guess a moving picture likeThe Megbased on reviews . The first movie was a immense success and a bunch - pleasing summer megahit , but it was also panned , with a 47 % critics score and a 44 % hearing score onRotten Tomatoes . The ending of the movie saw Jason Statham almost fighting a megalodon military man - to - beast , and that was almost too much for some citizenry to bear . One interview extremity wrote , " It was alright , was n’t terrible but it was just too long and not very intense . The death did n’t really mean anything and it all felt meh . "
Screen Crushfilm critic Matt Singer said he was n’t very concerned in the first half of the flick , but when the Meg assault , he was sold . " [ When]The Megreturns to the surface , and its title fiber lash out Statham and his chum ( please clap ) at their mellow - tech sea laboratory . Suddenly the film blossoms into an endearingly silly slasher moving picture , consummate with ludicrous jump scares . " However , THRcritic Todd McCarthy pen , " The Meg is a one hundred pct inorganic repast . "
As for the audience , it seems the fans who sleep with the moving picture did so because of its ludicrous over - the - top moments . In aRedditthread , many of the posters had cause they lovedThe Meg . One compose , " More than anything , I wanted Statham to physically fight the shark fountainhead on . And he does . And I absolutely loved it . " In the closing , it seems the masses just wanting a fun giant shark movie got what they wanted with a punch-drunk termination , and everyone else was get out wanting .
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The sci - fi action movie The Meg follows a grouping of scientists who encounter a living Megalodon while exploring the Mariana Trench . The cast include Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor , Li Bingbing as Suyin , and Rainn Wilson as Jack Morris .
rootage : Bloody Disgusting , Carnage Count
