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The Meg

STARRING JASON STATHAM, LI BINGBING, CLIFF CURTIS, RUBY ROSE DIRECTED BY JON TURTELTAUB

WHY WATCH IT: It’s Jaws meets Jurassic Park! that’s about 23m long. It’s been extinct
THE LOWDOWN: A team of researchers — for more than 5 million years, but in the
including Li Bingbing and Ruby Rose — are movie, based on a series of books by Steve
trapped at the bottom of the ocean by a monster Alten, one manages to dodge the wrath-of-
shark, and only one man can save the day. And evolution bullet. Said director Jon Turteltaub
he’s Jaaason Staaaatham! (National Treasure): “Our fish found a haven
THE BUZZ: Jason Statham has faced off many in the unexplored ocean, and has only been
formidable on-screen foes: The laws of physics disturbed after this time.” I’m still waiting for
(The Transporter), terrorists (The Expendables), the trailer but I have a hunch it’s going to be
James Franco (Homefront), and Dwayne a trashy, thrashy creature feature not unlike
Johnson’s pythons (Fast & Furious 8). So it’s Deep Blue Sea or The Shallows. Can’t wait
about time, actually, long overdue, that the Stath for The Stath to make sushi out of the giant PHOTOS: WARNER BROS
fights a shark. And it’s not just any garden variety shark. A man can dream, can’t he?
shark — it’s a Megalodon, a prehistoric predator OPENS: AUG 9

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