Modern Australian

The Meg is a horror story but our treatment of sharks is scarier

  • Written by Vivienne Westbrook, Honorary Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia
The Meg is a horror story but our treatment of sharks is scarierThe Meg: Jaws, but considerably larger. IMDB

After 20 years of development hell, the film The Meg opens in Australia this week. The screenplay is based on the first of Steve Alten’s six-book, horror sci-fi series. The film has been pitched as an action-packed thriller, centring on our hero, naval captain and diver Jonas Taylor (played by...