I did watch the first film when it was in the cinema, and it was actually quite a fun movie…one that didn’t require much thought and was actually pretty engaging. So when I saw the second movie advertised, I was immediately interested in going to see it.
Firstly, I have to say that the trailer wasn’t fully accurate to the movie. From the trailer, the movie seemed like a very different one to what I actually went to see. That’s not to say that the movie was bad, because it was actually pretty good…but it wasn’t all about the megs escaping the trench and going after humans, even if that was part of the plot.
The movie opens with a prehistoric scene, showing a fairly typical ‘there’s always a bigger predator’ scene involving dinosaurs. The rating of this movie was actually surprisingly low…and I think it could perhaps it could have done with showing a bit more of the reality. Since the movie didn’t really shy away from showing animals eating each other (and humans), there was a very small amount of blood and gore, which didn’t really fit with what was showing.
There was actually quite a lot of tension in this movie, at least at the point when Jonas and the others took an expedition down into the trench. I was fascinated by the idea that there was this whole other world that no one had seen before…and while the events surrounding the characters needing to walk across the ocean floor were pretty far from ideal, I really liked the fact that I got to see more of the underwater world, even though it was fraught with tension and there were very dangerous animals down there.
I did think that the strongest part of this movie was the relationship between Jonas and Meiying. I liked that he’d taken on more of a father role with her and that she was his priority…although I did think it was all a bit predictable with the rebellious teenage girl sneaking on board the submarine she’d been told not to go on. I also found Jiuming an interesting character, even though I thought he made some incredibly stupid choices when it came to the megs…and I definitely wouldn’t have trusted a meg enough to swim with it, even if it had been raised by humans.
On the whole, the movie was entertaining and there was a lot of tension throughout. I also enjoyed the relationship between the core main characters. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch the movie a second time, but I wouldn’t mind seeing it again.
Ink of Blood 