Meg 2: The Trench premiered on August 4, 2023, and the sequel to the 2018 Jason Statham film has received scathing reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Meg 2: The Trench is the follow-up to 2018's The Meg, and while the first movie received mixed reviews, critics have harshly judged the sequel, resulting in a lower Rotten Tomatoes score than the original. The 2023 science fiction action film features the return of Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor as he and his new team come face to face with not one but three Megalodons, as seen in the trailer.
Although The Meg didn't receive raving reviews when it was released, its impressive box office numbers were enough to convince Warner Bros. Pictures to greenlight a sequel. However, it's possible that the box office won't be able to save the action movie this time. Many critics are not fans of Meg 2: The Trench, as indicated in the film's awful Rotten Tomatoes score, so perhaps the sequel will be Statham's last outing as the Megalodon slayer.
Meg 2's Rotten Tomatoes Score Is Almost Half As Bad As The Meg's 46% As of the writing of this article, Meg 2: The Trench's Rotten Tomatoes score is 27 percent, which, as anyone could imagine, is not a great indication of the film's quality. Of course, on many occasions, audiences love a movie more than critics do, but only time will tell if that is the case for Meg 2: The Trench. Meanwhile, The Meg's Rotten Tomatoes score is 46 percent five years after its release.
Why Meg 2's Reviews Are So Much Worse Since Meg 2: The Trench's Rotten Tomatoes score suggests that it is half as bad as The Meg, there must be a few reasons why the sequel's reviews are significantly inferior to the original film's reviews. For one thing, sequels generally don't live up to the hype of the first movie.
Most reviews also complained about the excessive runtime and pointed out that the first hour was wasted on exposition. As a result, half of the movie is boring. Overall, some critics believed that Meg 2: The Trench was a replica of The Meg, just with two more Megalodons and dinosaurs, which is why its Rotten Tomatoes score is so bad compared to the original film — the first one did it first and did it better.
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