The Meg

The Meg is a 2018 science fiction action thriller film about a group of scientists who encounter a 75-foot-long (23 m) megalodon shark while on a rescue mission at the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Written by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. Based on the novel by Steve Alten.

Opening Wide.  (taglines)

Jonas Taylor

• My God, it's a megalodon.
• That thing's out there. We need to find it and kill it.
• Just keep swimming.. Just keep swimming..
• Chew on this, you ugly bastard!

Suyin Zhang

• It was the largest shark that ever existed.

Jack Morris

• He's kidding, right?
• What you people discovered is bigger than we ever thought possible.
• He looks heroic, but he's kind of got a negative attitude.
• Why don't you just put a tracker on it? Don't you guys ever watch Shark Week?

hi

Jaxx Herd

• A living fossil.

Meiying

• There's a monster outside, and it's watching us.
• Eight year olds hear everything.
• [to Jonas after he returns with Meiying's mother] Thanks for keeping your promise.

Dialogue

Jonas Taylor: You're going to tell me your story and I'm going to say no. You're going to offer me money and I'm going to say no. You're going to try to appeal to my better nature and I'm still going to say no because I don't have one.

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Dr. Minway Zhang: Thought to have been extinct for over two million years.

DJ: Wrong.

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Jonas Taylor : You sure about this?

Suyin Zhang: (after nodding enthusiastically) Not really...

Taglines

• Before chasing sea monsters, check your place on the food chain.
• Chomp on this.
• If you see her coming...it's all you'll have time to say.
• The most feared predator in history...is no longer history.
• Opening wide.
• Pleased to eat you.
• She's the biggest thing you never saw coming.
• They went to hell to build the world's largest aquarium; now they're going even further to stock it. They'll need a bigger boat...much bigger.
• The ultimate Lady Killer.
• Where the Meg comes to life. (Dolby Cinema poster)

Cast

• Jason Statham – Jonas Taylor
• Li Bingbing – Suyin Zhang
• Rainn Wilson – Jack Morris
• Ruby Rose – Jaxx Herd
• Winston Chao – Dr. Minway Zhang
• Cliff Curtis – James "Mac" Mackreides
• Shuya Sophia Cai – Meiying
• Page Kennedy – DJ
• Robert Taylor – Dr. Heller
• Ólafur Darri Ólafsson – The Wall
• Jessica McNamee – Lori
• Masi Oka – Toshi

External links

• The Meg quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Meg at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Meg at Metacritic
• Official website