{"id":6453,"date":"2018-04-10T17:36:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6453"},"modified":"2018-04-10T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:37:56","slug":"the-meg-chomp-on-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/04\/10\/the-meg-chomp-on-this\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meg – Chomp On This"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Statham (\u201cSpy,\u201d \u201cFurious 7<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Expendables\u201d films) and award-winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing (\u201cTransformers: Age of Extinction,\u201d \u201cForbidden Kingdom,\u201d \u201cThe Message\u201d) star in the science fiction action thriller \u201cThe Meg,\u201d directed by Jon Turteltaub (the \u201cNational Treasure\u201d movies, \u201cLast Vegas<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n

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A deep-sea submersible\u2014part of an international undersea observation program\u2014has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific\u2026with its crew trapped inside.\u00a0 With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew\u2014and the ocean itself\u2014from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon.\u00a0 What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature.\u00a0 Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below\u2026bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the international main cast of \u201cThe Meg\u201d are Rainn Wilson (TV\u2019s \u201cThe Office,\u201d \u201cSuper\u201d), Ruby Rose (\u201cxXx: Return of Xander Cage<\/a>,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cOrange is the New Black\u201d), Winston Chao (\u201cSkiptrace,\u201d \u201cKabali\u201d), Page Kennedy (TV\u2019s \u201cRush Hour\u201d), Jessica McNamee (\u201cThe Vow,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cSirens\u201d), \u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson (\u201cThe BFG,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cThe Missing\u201d), Robert Taylor (\u201cFocus,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cLongmire\u201d), Sophia Shuya Cai (\u201cSomewhere Only We Know\u201d), Masi Oka (TV\u2019s \u201cHawaii Five-0,\u201d \u201cHeroes\u201d) and New Zealander Cliff Curtis (\u201cThe Dark Horse,\u201d \u201cRisen<\/a>,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d).<\/p>\n