The primary trailer for Meg 2: The Trench is right here, and it seems to be prefer it’ll be precisely the form of OTT B-movie that the primary Meg ought to have been (however fell barely in need of). The sooner movie was only a tad too straight-faced for a film the place nobody will imagine Jason Statham {that a} large shark resides beneath a particular layer of ocean and can eat them quickly.
However Meg 2 will not be straight confronted. Or, at the least, not Meg 2‘s trailer, which begins with dinosaurs and ends with Jason Statham utilizing a jetski to surf on prime of a wave so he can assault the large shark.
Meg 2 is launched in theaters on August 4th, and can possible come to HBO Max after that, as a result of it is a Warner Bros. manufacturing. Will it rank amongst our greatest HBO Max films? Nicely, here is the trailer – make up your personal thoughts.
One of many issues that intrigues me concerning the film is that it seems to be prefer it’s taking inspiration from assorted variations of King Kong, the place a bunch of scientists/documentarians journey to a wierd land filled with terrifying creatures. Just about each model of the film contains this, from the ’30s and ’70s variations to Peter Jackson’s 2000s model, all the best way to Kong: Cranium Island.
There’s often some form of Kong vs dinosaur battle, and Kong is considerably ambiguous in these early phases – scary, but additionally a savior. And it seems to be like Meg 2 goes for a little bit of this too, opening with a megalodon treating a T. Rex like a Kong… however as within the canine toy, not the ape.
Then we get photographs of an expedition right down to (presumably) the ditch of the title. As individuals stroll round in house – sorry, sea – fits with weapons (that work underneath water, I assume), it seems to be like they’re about to get attacked by a large octopus or squid hidden within the ocean mattress. We do not see a lot of what occurs subsequent, however who desires to guess a sure large-scale shark will transform the factor that retains them alive?
I am undecided how lengthy my King Kong analogy will maintain up previous this level, although. I do not suppose the ’70s King Kong included mech fits or a scene of Charles Bronson using on prime of a bi-plane with a spear in hand, however extra’s the pity.
I would not be shocked if I am not studying an excessive amount of into the trailer and it truly is nodding in King Kong‘s course – director Ben Wheatley will not be averse to tackling a basic: his 2015 film Excessive Rise is an adaptation of JG Ballard’s novel, and he directed Netflix’s model of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. And truly, my subject with that Rebecca film was that it wasn’t intense or bizarre sufficient, however Meg 2 seems to be lots intense and bizarre, so I am on board. So to talk.
If you happen to’re searching for higher-brow fare, you may desire the most recent trailer for Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic, Oppenheimer. However I am going to take each, thanks.
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