‘The Meg’ Review: Giant Shark Movie Could Use More Bite

It’s hard to imagine getting mad at a movie like The Meg. Jon Turteltaub’s adaptation of Steve Alten’s novel is pretty much what’s been promised by the trailers: a blockbuster B-movie featuring a gigantic shark. There’s no bait and switch here, and while the movie does become perilously slow at some points to build unnecessary tension, when it unleashes The Meg, it becomes a giddy ride thanks to the premise and Jason Statham operating a Maximum Statham. If the movie were just a little leaner and a little meaner (the PG-13 rating hamstrings …

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