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Meg 2 blows Oppenheimer out of the water in impressive box office debut

The shark-centric sequel made a respectable $142 million worldwide amid Barbenheimer fever

Total Film

Meg 2: The Trench review – another fin mess for Jason Statham

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 Guardian - UK

Critics Have Seen Meg 2: The Trench, And They Agree On What’s Missing From The Jason Statham Sequel

Critics have seen Meg 2: The Trench, and they all seem to agree there's something missing from Jason Statham's sequel.

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The Kick-Ass Way Meg 2 Shot Jason Statham's Jet Ski Scenes

Meg 2: The Trench features a massive action sequence featuring Jason Statham on a Jet Ski, and the story behind how it was shot kicks ass.

Cinemablend

Meg 2: The Trench review – Jason Statham’s shark movie is a hook, line and stinker of a sequel

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

The Independent UK

Meg 2: The Trench review: watch a franchise eat itself alive!

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

Evening Standard

Meg 2: The Trench Review: A Big Shark Action Movie Without Nearly Enough Big Shark Action

Meg 2: The Trench clearly isn’t designed as a film that is meant to be taken too seriously… but it’s not fun enough to earn that complacency.

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The cine files: everything you need to see at the cinema in August

From Jason Statham battling the jaws of death in The Meg 2 to filthy Asian-American comedy Joy Ride, we round up the nine best films to see in August

Evening Standard

Ben Wheatley is really hoping he'll get to make a Meg 3

EXCLUSIVE: The Meg 2 director Ben Wheatley says "there's a lot more to explore" in shark-centered The Meg series

Total Film

Netflix films: 50 best original movies to watch, ranked

From ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Malcolm & Marie’ to ‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Roma’, Ed Power picks the streaming service’s best original offerings – and its worst

The Independent UK

Netflix films: 50 best original movies to watch, ranked

From ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Malcolm & Marie’ to ‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Roma’, Ed Power picks the streaming service’s best original offerings – and its worst

The Independent UK

Jason Statham Fights The Meg On A Jet Ski In The First Footage For The Meg 2: The Trench

The first Footage of The Meg 2: The Trench has been unveiled at CinemaCon, features Jason Statham on a jet ski and fighting The Meg. Needless to say, I'm pumped.

Cinemablend

The Strays to Kill List: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ashley Madekwe heads up a smart, snappy psychological thriller about escaping a murky past, while Ben Wheatley’s visceral film about a hitman really packs a punch

The Guardian - UK

All the cinema (and sequels) we have to look forward to in 2023

Ever get the feeling that time is standing still, that your life’s on repeat, that everything’s just another rerun of a mediocre TV show?

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a cruise-ship murderer is unmasked in Agatha Christie’s Hjerson

Sven Hjerson is on the case in this quirky comedy-drama. Plus: Have I Got News for You bids farewell to Boris Johnson. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Netflix’s 20 biggest critical flops, from Emily in Paris to Rebecca OLD

If you’re in the mood to hate-watch movies and TV shows – you’ve come to the right place

The Independent UK

Netflix’s 20 biggest critical flops, from Persuasion to Emily in Paris

If you’re in the mood to hate-watch movies and TV shows – you’ve come to the right place

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