The Jason Statham Action Spectacular On Max That Is Destroying The Competition

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2018’s The Meg, starring Jason Statham, is getting a second wind on Max this week with a number two ranking on FlixPatrol. This should come as no surprise, considering that this underwater epic is slated for a long-awaited sequel treatment with Meg 2: The Trench, which will be making its theatrical debut on August 4 2023.

Though The Meg found itself in “development hell” since 1996 before finally getting the green light in 2015, its upcoming follow up clearly had a much quicker turnaround, and could probably be attributed to how well its predecessor performed at the box office upon its release.

The Meg is your classic “one last job” kind of movie, but takes place in the deepest section of the Mariana Trench. Jason Statham portrays Jonas Taylor, a disgraced deep sea search and rescue diver, who is haunted by an incident in which two of his crew members were killed by an unidentified creature later revealed to be a giant prehistoric shark known as a megalodon, or “Meg.