This was a must on my list as soon as I saw it advertised. After being traumatised by watching Jaws at a young age, I tend to lean more towards slightly different shark movies these days. Avoiding ones like The Shallows and going more for Deep Blue Sea. Haven’t quite got round to watching Sharknado yet, far more good films to get through first.

The Meg (2018) wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, I wasn’t expecting much but possibly just a bit more. Stratham was his usual self which always brings a bit of comedy, but they seem to want you to have feeling towards the characters very early in without laying any foundations. You didn’t have to wait long for some action, but for me it fell flat. I wanted the drama of Deep Blue Sea, the tension of Jaws and the beach goers but with the size of the Meg. Not that I wanted more people to fall foul of the shark, but it seemed comedy by the time they got to the beach scene. No real tension. I have a fossilised Megalodon tooth and can appreciate how big these creatures were – so my expectation of havoc and carnage was higher. Sometimes laughable (on purpose), and entertaining enough. Watching it a second time didn’t really hold my attention though.

I guess I wanted Jaws, but bigger.