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Meg 2: The Trench Movie Review: Jason Statham Is Suffering From The Dwayne Johnson Syndrome, This Makes ‘The Meg’ Look Like ‘Jaws’


Jason Statham is suffering from the Dwayne Johnson syndrome & no matter in whatever movie he is, it feels like he’s coming straight out of the Fast & Furious franchise!
Star Cast: Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, Cliff Curtis

What’s Good: This makes ‘The Meg’ look like it’s Jaws!
What’s Bad: It follows Kong’s formula of “put everything wild in the mix & make it look fun”, except it messes up with the ‘fun’ part

Loo Break: Yes, whenever you want to, and you won’t miss a thing
Watch or Not?: If you’re on a flight and this is the only movie they’ve to show, get some sleep

Available On: Theatrical Release
Runtime: 116 minutes

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Five years after punching the bad shark in its face, Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is back to once again go “It’s a Megalodon” on us. Suyin Zhang (Li Bingbing) is dead, and her daughter Meiying (Sophia Cai) is now being a pain in Taylor’s a** asking him to show her the trench as if it’s Disneyland.
Her uncle Jiuming (Wu Jing) plays the nepotism card replacing Suyin and inhabiting a Meg named Haiqi, who, of course, escapes his captivity to eat some rich Americans on a private island. But wait, that island isn’t just attacked by multiple megs but also many otherworldly lazily-sketched characters that attack from the jungle. How Taylor over smarts the Shark once again by killing almost the entire supporting cast and coming out alive is what this film is all about.
Meg 2: The Trench Movie Review: Script AnalysisThe same trio responsible for the prequel has handled the story and the screenplay here, Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber. They reach a position where you start feeling that you can’t probably milk every film’s success out there. Its predecessor Meg, standalone is a fun film that you’d watch and forget it ever existed.
The idea of milking it with a sequel and ruining it so bad that you make a book from 1999 look cooler is where the makers lost the chance of any redemption. Okay, let’s for a moment, think that some production house thinks it’s a great idea and starts looking for people who will support this, at least find a good creative team that would sugarcoat this sour casserole making it into something edible.
Nope, from Haris Zambarloukos’ camerawork to Jonathan Amos’ editing, everything is just on autopilot. You have a book that is now over two decades old, you have a first film to refer to and retain things that worked for it, yet you come out with things that aren’t enough even to keep anyone hooked for more than a few minutes. The shark-action screen space is so less compared to all the corporate espionage bullsh*t that starts to bother you sooner than later.
Meg 2: The Trench Movie Review: Star PerformanceJason Statham is suffering from the Dwayne Johnson syndrome, and no matter what movie he is, he feels like he’s coming straight out of the Fast & Furious franchise. His “It’s a Megalodon” still gets me but the monotonous nature of his character hasn’t done him any favours.
Wu Jing as Jiuming Zhang gets the worst character arc out of all the supporting cast. He gets that character which the makers want the viewers to somehow build an emotional connection with.
Sophia Cai as Jonas’ step-daughter, never gets the substance her character should have, with the kind of humane treatment it could’ve got. Sophia boils down to be the sweet kid she is, nothing more, nothing less.
Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels & Cliff Curtis don’t leave any memorable mark to even mention anything
Meg 2: The Trench Movie Review: Direction, MusicThe last notable thing this film’s director Ben Wheatley directed was Tom Hiddleston’s High-Rise in 2015 (this was the first time I’m hearing about this film though). It’s been quite a few years, and I feel High-Rise will remain to be the last notable thing this director directed.
Harry Gregson-Williams’s background score doesn’t add any curiosity to the already dragging scenes. There are no ‘teeth on the glass wall’ kind of sound design examples, which earlier led to some decent jumpscares.
Meg 2: The Trench Movie Review: The Last WordAll said and done! This Jason Statham starrer joins the bandwagon of creating something unique in the grossly popular sub-genre of Hollywood films, i.e. Shark films; the makers not only don’t add anything new but also ruin the legacy set by part 1.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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