Meg 2: The Trench | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Why is Li Bingbing not in the Meg 2? ›

The best explanation is that Bingbing may have quietly taken a step back from acting to pursue other interests. If she has retired from acting, Suyin's death in Meg 2: The Trench makes a bit more sense. The film was released in 2023 and she has no acting credits since 2022.

Martin Scorsese referred to Marvel movies as not being cinema, but rather “theme park rides.” Nothing better sums up “The Meg” series and that is what makes it such a pleasure to watch. I certainly recommended the original over the sequel.

FAQs: Is there going to be Meg 3? While The Meg and The Meg 2 had a five-year gap between their releases, The Meg 3 could potentially hit theaters as early as 2026 if it receives the green light and enters production in late 2024 or early 2025.

Jaxx is ultimately taken to safety after surviving the Meg's attacks, but like many of The Meg's supporting cast, it seems one close encounter with a monstrous shark was enough for her.

Just like the first entry, Meg 2: The Trench is a Chinese-American co-production. Accordingly, the film is geared towards the Chinese market just as much as international audiences, which includes having a major Chinese star like Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior) in a lead role.

It is no surprise there is little scientific accuracy in the film, beyond the fact that megalodon is alive and well. Perhaps most bizarrely, the deep trench is now inhabited by a species of what was once an air-breathing reptile.

Meg 2: The Trench

But Suyin had died sometime in 2021. Although the exact cause of her death was never stated; but it is possible that; she had died from illness or perhaps one of her dives had gone wrong. After her passing, Jonas and her brother, Jiuming assume custody of Meiying, looking after her in Suyin's absence.

Meg 2 marks the franchise's first sequel, and despite pulling in a lower $395 million, still made a more-than-respectable return on its investment. As the leading man of Meg 2's cast, Jason Statham landed a nice payday reprising the role of Jonas Taylor, reportedly earning more than he did for the first movie.

The current writers' strike is in part about the use of AI in script-writing; Meg 2 has all the hallmarks of having been assembled by a computer (despite three screenwriters receiving credit alongside novelist Steve Allen).

Meiying Zhang is a supporting character in the thriller/sci-fi film The Meg and the tritagonist in its 2023 sequel Meg 2: The Trench. She is the daughter of Suyin, the niece of Jiuming, granddaughter of Dr. Zhang, and the step-daughter of Jonas. Meiying is portrayed by Shuya Sophia Cai.

What happened to The Meg at the end? ›

The Mana One crew learns that Morris lied and no one is coming to help them. They decide to kill the meg themselves. The meg attacks a crowded beach in Sanya Bay in China. Jonas manages to wound the meg with his submersible and stabs it in the eye; its blood attracts a shiver of modern sharks that devour the dying meg.

The Meg was a female megalodon and the titular antagonist of the 2018 science fiction film, The Meg.

In one scene, Jonas blows the "air out of his sinuses" to allow him to swim in the pressurized depths of the ocean without a suit or oxygen of any kind... And it works! Of course it does.

The producers haven't provided an official reason for McNamee's exclusion from the Meg 2 cast. Lori is never mentioned in the sequel, so her status remains a mystery. It's possible that during the writing process, the screenwriters simply found that there wasn't room for Jonas' ex-wife in the sequel story.

According to a recent edition of Vogue China in March 2022, just one month after she exited Meg 2, Li Bingbing separated from her long-term boyfriend of several years, Hsu Wen Nan. Focusing on her mental health during a time of emotional duress might have impacted her decision to make fewer films.

Li Bingbing has established L.O.V.E, a charitable organization dedicated to the promotion of a positive, environmentally responsible lifestyle.

8 Curtis Suffers a Killer Headshot

After the Trench is breached, Jonas' team has to walk on the ocean floor to find an escape pod and get back to the surface. Unfortunately, Curtis' helmet is hit. Sadly, it cracks in a race away from predators down below. This sets the stage for who dies in Meg 2.

Meg was voiced by an uncredited Lacey Chabert for the first season, and by Mila Kunis in subsequent seasons after Chabert became busy with school and her role on Party of Five, although some of her work became second season episodes due to production order.

Gracie (Whale) - Torn in half and eaten by The Megalodon. 37 Small Sharks - De-finned by shark hunters off-screen, bodies seen.