Director Ben Wheatley’s 'Meg 2: The Trench' is well served by deliriously dialing up the camp factor.

About halfway through “Meg 2: The Trench,” this self-serious sequel suddenly becomes funny. The moment arrives when DJ (Page Kennedy), a mouthy techie who miraculously survived the first movie, tells

When The Meg was released in 2018, it did strongenough international business to warrant a sequel. Although not entering blockbusterterritory, it crossed the $100M mark in both the United States and China, reassuringproducers that the multinational ...

Jason Statham stars, Ben Wheatley directs this toothless shark-infested sequel

Jason Statham and Wu Jing face off against megalodon sharks in "Meg 2: The Trench." Ben Wheatley directs. Review.

This shark attack is less wack.

More ridiculous and far more boring than the first film, this shark sequel shows the limits of silly CG action. Our Meg 2: The Trench review:

Jason Statham returns in a sequel that's more over-the-top but still sounds like it was written by AI.

This thing just has no teeth.

The follow-up to The Meg is a "very distant, shabby descendant of Jaws", writes Caryn James, with some glimmers of meta wit but also plenty of "leaden dialogue and predictable action".

It's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again

Movie review, 'Meg 2': This shark sequel doesn't quite deliver on its silly premise.

Sequel to the blockbuster 2018 film is two thirds boredom, one third aquatic chaos

Two great British talents – Statham and lo-fi horror director Ben Wheatley – bring plenty of prehistoric monsters but little panache

The summer shark movie should be silly. It should know exactly what it is: a B-movie with a bigger-than-expected budget, a bankable star, and unlimited scenes of sharks eating people in absurd ways. Meg 2: The Trench, a follow-up to 2018’s hit The Meg, oscillates between its B-movie sensibilities and a self-seriousness unnecessary for this

Ben Wheatley’s prehistoric shark sequel comes adrift in a surfeit of new lizardy threats, a clunking screenplay and a total lack of onscreen chemistry

“The Meg” was agreeably silly, with a better business plan than a script: A mashup of “Jaws” and “Jurassic Park,” the movie paired Jason Statham with an international cast to boost its global appeal, particularly in China.

Meg 2: The Trench review: Jason Statham survives a swim in choppy waters

Jason Statham is back fighting prehistoric giant sharks, environmental criminals and bad dialogue with plenty of intentional cheesiness. 

An awful sequel that relies too heavily on copying far better executed genre films.

Despite a few good gags, ‘Meg 2’ is a waste of Jason Statham and Wu Jing as headliners

Jason Statham returns to defend the world from giant, prehistoric sharks in The Meg 2: The Trench, an even-worse thriller that fails to do that premise justice.

Jason Statham stars in Meg 2: The Trench, a giant shark movie scientifically engineered for an August premiere. Read our review here.

Ben Wheatley's "The Meg" follow-up is an outsized shipwreck with bad CGI and poor writing

Jason Statham and Chinese action superstar Wu Jing team up in 'Meg 2: The Trench,' Ben Wheatley's prehistoric shark sequel.

Watching Jason Statham stick it to a prehistoric shark has never been less entertaining

This sequel has all the ingredients for a super fun, ridiculous B-movie. Why, then, does it mess things up so badly?

Jason Statham, Wu Jing, and Sophia Cai gamely star in Meg 2: The Trench, Ben Wheatley’s lackluter sequel to 2018’s giant-shark extravaganza, The Meg.

Psychedelic auteur Ben Wheatley casts himself off from his usual fare with a so-so Jason Statham sequel in 'The Meg 2: The Trench'