The trailer for the giant-shark movie The Meg is a wild clash of tones and bodies
The first trailer for the Jason Statham giant shark action movie The Meg is out, and... surprise! It turns out it’s a far-future science fiction movie set in a high-tech deep-sea research station that strongly resembles a space station. The tone is grave and serious, like Alien mixed with the better parts of Sphere. There are some shocks, but clearly, this is a tension-packed, grim future-horror movie.
Or wait, no. That’s just the first half of the trailer. The second half reveals it’s actually a wacky mega-monster movie along the lines of Sharktopus, complete with dog reaction shots and one-liners. Also, Bobby Darin is singing his swinging, upbeat rendition of “Beyond the Sea” for some reason.
Or wait, given the visual references to J...