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Name: The Meg
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Genre: action, horror, science-fiction
Released: 2018
Duration: 1 h 53 min
Rating: 5.7

The Meg has an iRankMovies score of 52.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Meg (2018)

Pleased to eat you.

Release:2018

Runtime:1h 53m

Country:China

Director:Jon Turteltaub

Language:English

Genre

ActionHorrorScience Fiction

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Keywords

BeachBased On Novel Or BookDeep SeaUnderwaterSharkOceanic ExpeditionKaijuAnimal Horror

iRank53

The Meg rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.7/10· 226K votes

Rotten Tomatoes47%

Metacritic46%

TMDb6.248/10· 8K votes

With 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.7/10 on IMDb and 46/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Meg

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

Cast of The Meg

Jason Statham
as Jonas Taylor
Li Bingbing
as Suyin
Rainn Wilson
as Morris
Cliff Curtis
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Ruby Rose
as Jaxx
Jessica McNamee
as Lori
Masi Oka
as Toshi
Winston Chao
as Zhang
Shuya Sophia Cai
as Meiying
Page Kennedy
as DJ
Robert Taylor
as Heller
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
as The Wall

The Meg facts

Budget: $150M
Box office: $530.5M
Collection: The Meg Collection

Our take on The Meg

Jon Turteltaub's 2018 blend of action, horror and science fiction sends a deep-sea submersible pilot back to confront his old fears in the Mariana Trench, where he accidentally frees a seventy-foot ancestor of the great white shark long thought extinct. What follows is a big, glossy creature feature that leans into oversized spectacle rather than genuine scares, pitting human ingenuity against a prehistoric predator on an epic scale. This is popcorn entertainment for viewers who want a monster-movie premise played mostly straight, with wide-open ocean set pieces. Don't come for depth or terror; come for the simple, knowing pleasure of an enormous shark and the people scrambling to survive it.

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Creature-feature spectacle delivers entertaining summer blockbuster entertainment
•Beach and aquatic settings provide visually appealing action backdrop
•Lighthearted tone embraces B-movie sensibility without excessive pretension