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* BehemothBattle: Between one of the giant sharks and an equally huge octopus.
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* CompositeCharacter: The new Megs are Megalodons just like in the first movie but the biggest having a vast age and patchy skin makes it vary similar to The Greenland sharks that are known to live over 500 years and have survived several extinction level events in the earth’s history.
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** Some of the international trailers reveal Jonas(in typical Jason Statham fashion) fighting human combatants.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: The prehistoric opening features a steady escalation of this trope: a dragonfly is eaten by a small lizard, which is eaten by a larger monitor lizard, which is eaten by a huge ''Tyrannosaurus'', which is finally eaten by a giant ''Megalodon''.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: The prehistoric opening features a steady escalation of this trope: a dragonfly is eaten by a small lizard, which is eaten by a much larger monitor lizard, which is eaten by a huge ''Tyrannosaurus'', which is finally eaten by a giant ''Megalodon''.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: The prehistoric opening features a steady escalation of this trope: a dragonfly is eaten by a small lizard, which is eaten by a larger monitor lizard, which is eaten by a huge ''Tyrannosaurus'', which is finally eaten by a giant ''Megalodon''.
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''Meg 2: The Trench'' is a 2023 science fiction action {{Kaiju}} film and a sequel to 2018’s ''Film/TheMeg'', based upon [[Literature/{{Meg}} a novel]] by Steve Alten. It is directed by Creator/BenWheatley and stars Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/WuJing, Creator/SiennaGuillory, Creator/CliffCurtis, Creator/SkylarSamuels, Creator/SkylerSamuels, Creator/PageKennedy, Creator/ShuyaSophiaCai, and [[Creator/SergioPerisMencheta Sergio Peris-Mencheta]].
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* MythologyGag: The shot from the trailer of the ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' being attacked by the Megalodon is a reference to both the prologue of the original book as well as the cover of said book which shows it happening.
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* TemptingFate: In the trailer, an influencer talks about how the underwater chamber she is in is completely “Meg-proof”. While she is talking to her followers, the meg swims up behind the glass behind her and attacks.
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* TemptingFate: In the trailer, an influencer talks about how the underwater chamber she is in is completely “Meg-proof”. While she is talking to her followers, the meg swims up behind breaks through the glass behind her and attacks.eats her.
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* PoweredArmor: Jonas and his team brave the trench with armored diving suits with hydraulic strength enhancements. Of course, that leads to some of them becoming monster chow.
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* PoweredArmor: Jonas and his team brave the trench with armored diving suits with hydraulic strength enhancements. Of course, that leads to some of them becoming monster chow.
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* MoodyTrailerCoverSong: The first trailer uses a version of Heart's "Barracuda" with a percussion-heavy edit for the suspenseful sequences.
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* KrakenAndLeviathan: A massive eye opening in a reef, flashing colored tentacles (similar to a cuttlefish hypnotize display) before snatching a diver, and tentacles snatching a helicopter suggest ''some'' kind of cephalopod will be playing the former role in the film.
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* DepthDeception: Used to emphasize the size of the giant Meg in the trailer. You get an overhead shot of the Meg about to attack a ship and right when the shark gets to the size the others would be breaching it doesn't, and simply gets larger and closer.
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* TheWorfEffect: The trailer uses the prologue from the first novel, where a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is snatched up and devoured by a megalodon to show how much bigger and more powerful the shark is ([[AnachronismStew even though the two animals lived millions of years apart in real life]]) [[Labelnote:Note]]Later prints of the book did retcon this by having it be a film Jonas plays to emphasize a Meg's size to his students, but it's hard to tell if this holds true for the film now[[/labelnote]]
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* TheWorfEffect: The trailer uses the prologue from the first novel, where a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is snatched up and devoured by a megalodon to show how much bigger and more powerful the shark is ([[AnachronismStew even though the two animals lived millions of years apart in real life]]) [[Labelnote:Note]]Later [[labelnote:Note]]Later prints of the book did retcon this by having it be a film Jonas plays to emphasize a Meg's size to his students, but it's hard to tell if this holds true for the film now[[/labelnote]]
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* SequelEscalation: According to the characters in the trailer, the megalodon this time around is bigger than any they’ve seen before… not to mention there is a whole ''pack'' of them.
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* KrakenAndLeviathan: A massive eye opening in a reef, flashing colored tentacles (similar to a cuttlefish hypnotize display) before snatching a diver, and tentacles snatching a helicopter suggest ''some'' kind of cephalopod will be playing the former role in the film.
* SequelEscalation: According to the characters in the trailer, the megalodon this time around is bigger than any they’ve seen before… not to mention there is a whole ''pack'' of them. Not to mention what seems to be some non-Meg monsters.....
* SequelEscalation: According to the characters in the trailer, the megalodon this time around is bigger than any they’ve seen before… not to mention there is a whole ''pack'' of them. Not to mention what seems to be some non-Meg monsters.....
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* TheWorfEffect: The trailer uses the prologue from the first novel, where a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is snatched up and devoured by a megalodon to show how much bigger and more powerful the shark is ([[AnachronismStew even though the two animals lived millions of years apart in real life]]).
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* TheWorfEffect: The trailer uses the prologue from the first novel, where a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is snatched up and devoured by a megalodon to show how much bigger and more powerful the shark is ([[AnachronismStew even though the two animals lived millions of years apart in real life]]).life]]) [[Labelnote:Note]]Later prints of the book did retcon this by having it be a film Jonas plays to emphasize a Meg's size to his students, but it's hard to tell if this holds true for the film now[[/labelnote]]
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* CallBack: The trailer shows a dog once again fleeing the threat of the meg.
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The film sees Jonas Taylor (Statham) leading a dangerous expedition to the trench that housed the megalodon sharks that menaced him and his allies in the past. Once again, of course, a pack of the sharks escape to the sea and he and his crew must put an end to them once again. The film will release August 4, 2023.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The trailer opens in prehistoric times, with title cards talking about how one species ruled the planet. There is a shot of several creatures fleeing a Tyrannosaurus rex on a beach… right before a meg appears from the sea and eats it.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The trailer opens in prehistoric times, with title cards talking about how one species ruled the planet. There is a shot of several creatures fleeing a Tyrannosaurus rex ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' on a beach… right before a meg appears from the sea and eats it.it.
* TheWorfEffect: The trailer uses the prologue from the first novel, where a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is snatched up and devoured by a megalodon to show how much bigger and more powerful the shark is ([[AnachronismStew even though the two animals lived millions of years apart in real life]]).
* TheWorfEffect: The trailer uses the prologue from the first novel, where a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is snatched up and devoured by a megalodon to show how much bigger and more powerful the shark is ([[AnachronismStew even though the two animals lived millions of years apart in real life]]).
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''Meg 2: The Trench'' is a 2023 science fiction action {{Kaiju}} film and a sequel to 2018’s ''Film/TheMeg'', based upon [[Literature/{{Meg}} a novel]] by Steve Alten. It is directed by Creator/BenWheatley and stars Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/WuJing, Creator/SiennaGuillory, Creator/CliffCurtis, Creator/SkylarSamuels, Creator/PageKennedy, Creator/ShuyaSophiaCai, and [[Creator/SergioPerisMencheta Sergio Peris-Mencheta]].
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''Meg 2: The Trench'' is a 2023 science fiction action {{Kaiju}} film and a sequel to 2018’s ''Film/TheMeg'', based upon [[Literature/{{Meg}} a novel]] by Steve Alten. It is directed by Creator/BenWheatley and stars Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/WuJing, Creator/SiennaGuillory, Creator/CliffCurtis, Creator/SkylarSamuels, Creator/PageKennedy, Creator/ShuyaSophiaCai, and [[Creator/SergioPerisMencheta Sergio Peris-Mencheta]].Peris-Mencheta]].
The film sees Jonas Taylor (Statham) leading a dangerous expedition to the trench that housed the megalodon sharks that menaced him and his allies in the past. Once again, of course, a pack of the sharks escape to the sea and he and his crew must put an end to them once again. The film will release August 4, 2023.
'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/dG91B3hHyY4 Trailer 1]]
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The film sees Jonas Taylor (Statham) leading a dangerous expedition to the trench that housed the megalodon sharks that menaced him and his allies in the past. Once again, of course, a pack of the sharks escape to the sea and he and his crew must put an end to them once again. The film will release August 4, 2023.
'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/dG91B3hHyY4 Trailer 1]]
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''Meg 2: The Trench'' is a 2023 science fiction action {{Kaiju}} film and a sequel to 2018’s ''Film/TheMeg'', based upon [[Literature/{{Meg}} a novel]] by Steve Alten. It is directed by Creator/BenWheatley and stars Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/WuJing, Creator/SiennaGuillory, Creator/CliffCurtis, Creator/SkylarSamuels, Creator/PageKennedy, Creator/ShuyaSophiaCai, and Creator/SergioPerisMencheta[[Creator/SergioPerisMencheta Sergio Peris-Mencheta]].
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''Meg 2: The Trench'' is a 2023 science fiction action {{Kaiju}} film and a sequel to 2018’s ''Film/TheMeg'', based upon [[Literature/{{Meg}} a novel]] by Steve Alten. It is directed by Creator/BenWheatley and stars Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/WuJing, Creator/SiennaGuillory, Creator/CliffCurtis, Creator/SkylarSamuels, Creator/PageKennedy,Creator/PageKennedy, Creator/ShuyaSophiaCai, and Creator/SergioPerisMencheta
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