Watching the ancient beasts, making stormy waves, and counting them in summer!

Nyasia 2022-03-23 09:01:52

This summer's cinema film can really be described as an explosion. Just sent off the hot July, and ushered in August with many surprises.

Among the many "potential stocks" that will be released in August, "The Megalodon" caught my attention for the first time——

The chilling "shark mouth escape", there is wood!

"The Megalodon" is adapted from the science fiction novel of the same name by American author Steve Orton.

At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the talented international marine scientific research team launched an extremely adventurous deep-sea exploration operation, but unexpectedly alarmed the prehistoric giant shark located in the deepest seabed.

Jonas (Jason Statham), a former U.S. Marine Corps deep-sea diving expert, teamed up with Chinese female scientist Zhang Suyin (Li Bingbing) to successfully rescue the trapped project team members.

Unfortunately, this rescue operation accidentally caused the megalodon to escape the deep sea, bringing an unprecedented disaster to the surface area.

Speaking of "megalodon", how terrible is this creature?

The average megalodon is 20 meters long, weighs 60,000 pounds, and has a mouth that is 3 meters long.
Its mouth is densely packed with deadly jagged giant fangs, with more than 270 fangs, each 18 centimeters long, larger than a human palm. With a mouthful of blood, you can easily bite off the bones of a whale.

Comparison between megalodon and dinosaur

Such an aggressive giant creature actually broke into the living area of ​​human beings? !

It's terrifying to think about...

| Chinese and Western lineup

From "The Expendables" to "The Fast and the Furious", Jason Statham, a tough guy who has been called "playing all over the world" by countless fans, is coming to China this time!

Jonas, played by Jason Statham, shouldered the mission of "savior" in "The Megalodon" and fought with the Megalodon many times.

Jason Statham once said in an interview: "When I got the script from the very beginning, I imagined in my mind how to play against such a giant beast, which requires strong skills. The traditional action scene has been sublimated, becoming more entertaining and entertaining. Although underwater shooting will encounter many unprecedented problems, the more difficult the process, the sweeter the result will be.”

Throughout the scientific expedition, Jonas was the absolute force.

The Chinese female scientist Zhang Suyin played by Li Bingbing in "The Megalodon" is a strong and independent single mother.

Since most of the episodes related to Zhang Suyin took place underwater, Li Bingbing, who had never had deep diving experience, went through unimaginable pressures and tests during the filming.

The pressure brought by the diving suit and the oxygen cylinder made Li Bingbing exhausted while shooting

In addition to Jason Statham and Li Bingbing, the members of the deep-sea research team in "The Megalodon" can be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon——

Ruby Rose from "Orange Is the New Black"

Masi Oka from "Heroes"

Of course, our male god Zhao Wenxuan is indispensable

| Shocking visual effects

It is said that the filming of the film was completed as early as January 2017. After that, it was in post-production for up to a year.

A megalodon weighs the equivalent of ten African elephants, and is more lethal than a Tyrannosaurus rex.

As a species that has never appeared in the movie, how to truly restore the appearance of the megalodon and present it on the big screen?

The special effects production team of this film is the world's top Scanline VFX.

They have provided special effects support for Hollywood blockbusters such as "2012", "Iron Man 3", "Doomsday" and "Batman v Superman".

"Our special effects team not only presented a splendid and huge underwater world, but also went through a long process in the creation of Megalodon. We finally designed the Megalodon based on sampling research and motion capture of various sharks. The stance and movement of the shark."

In the trailer that was finally released, the image of Megalodon's "Ferocious Big Boss" was about to jump out of the computer screen.

If you can watch the whole film in theaters, it will be even more shocking!

| Hero's team, team's hero

The same is to save teammates, and it is also to fight against the crisis. This time, the "heroism" seems to be different from the past.

In a team, everyone abandons previous hatreds and performs their own duties for a goal.

Different from many movies with similar themes in the past, "The Megalodon" embodies more of the strong cohesion of the submarine scientific research team in the face of disaster.

If the "Jurassic" series 25 years ago reproduced prehistoric terrestrial creatures, then today's "The Megalodon" moved the prehistoric underwater world to the big screen.

Are you looking forward to the "Ocean Feast" that will be released globally on August 10?

Megalodon (2018)
5.7
2018 / United States, Mainland China, Hong Kong, China / Action Science Fiction Thriller / Joe Deterdubar / Jason Statham and Li Bingbing

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Extended Reading

The Meg quotes

  • [first lines]

    Jonas Taylor: [on radio] Look at the sonar. Let me know what you find.

    D'Angelo: So far nothing new, my friend. It just keeps getting worse.

  • Dr. Minway Zhang: Since 1875 we've all believed the Mariana Trench was the deepest place on Earth. I've had a theory that we think is the bottom might actually be a layer if hydrogen sulfide. Beneath that cloud, and a freezing cold thermocline there could be a completely different world.

    Jack Morris: Wow.

    Suyin: The Origin is about to see if my father is right. If there is warm water below, that means we're going to be the first to see it.

    Jack Morris: And what if you're wrong?

    Dr. Minway Zhang: Then you have wasted $1.3 billion.

    Jack Morris: [laughs] You're kidding. He's kidding, right?