The Meg Movie's Most Ridiculous Death Scenes

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for director Jon Turteltaub’s The Meg, in theaters now.

Jason Statham is back in action, and this time he's taking on an enormous prehistoric shark in The Meg.

While it's an adaptation of Steve Alten's 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, the film feels more like an homage to Jaws, often viewed as the be-all and end-all for shark films. Yet, there's no denying there's a certain level of ridiculousness that places The Meg in its own category, while also paying homage to films that came before.

That's one of the film's strongest aspects: It isn't afraid of increasingly ludicrous deaths, fully embracing it's B-movie status. With that said, we take a look at the most ridiculous scenarios in which people, and creatures, meet their ends in The Meg.

5. What Happened to the Mother?

There are some deaths in The Meg that were expected. Unfortunately, two of those were none other the mother whale and calf we met early on in the film.

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As Rainn Wilson's character Morris is brought on board the Mana One for the first time, Winston Chao's Zhang take him on a tour of underwater research facility he has invested in, and the beauty of their surroundings. During the tour, Zhang and his daughter, Suyin, introduce him to the two whales as they swim in front of the display windows, almost on cue. These whales are being introduced -- heck, they even had names -- for a reason, which becomes abundantly clear later on when members of the crew are forced to watch as the Meg eats the calf moments after killing its mother. It's brutal, ridiculous and heartbreaking all the same.

4. The Meg Goes Down

It's not the best death scene in the film -- surprisingly! -- but the death of the (second) Meg is probably one of the best, and most absurd, moments within the film. This scene probably would not have worked nearly as well had any other actor been in the lead. Thankfully for The Meg, though, Statham's career of insane action films works in its favor, so you totally believe it's possible when his character slices the Meg in half with his glider before stabbing the creature in its side and then puncturing it in its eye. All without a scratch.

Oh, but that's not all! Because just as the Meg looks like it's ready to attack again, Statham's character is saved by a school of (normal-sized) sharks that arrives to feed on the carcass as it floats to the bottom of the ocean. Is it terrible? Yes. Is it also enjoyable? Abso-freakin-lutely.

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3. You're Gonna Have to Be Quicker Than That

In what's easily one of the funniest death scenes in The Meg, we learn an all-important lesson: Don't play with bubble balls in the ocean, folks.

To be fair, though, Ball Guy did kind of deserve his fate. Watching as his fellow beach-goers try to escape the water, the guy attempts to run over the people while inside the giant ball, hoping to reach the sand before the shark can get him. Unfortunately for him, however, his distress only helped to draw the Meg's attention, and he's easily eaten as the creature pops the ball. (If that sentence doesn't make you laugh, then well, The Meg probably isn't for you ... because that's the level of ridiculousness you're getting when you enter this movie.)

2. Say Hello to My (Not So) Little Friend

What do you do when your heroes seemingly kill off the deadly Megalodon while skirting death themselves? You introduce a second Megalodon, of course!

For most films, this level of insanity would falter -- after all, things continually working out at the very last second can become tiresome. And yet, in this instance the appearance of the second Meg out of (virtually) nowhere makes complete sense. We watch nearly the entire team barely escape the clutches of the first Meg before Statham's Jonas Taylor saved Suyin from the failed shark dive, so when the second Meg arrives out of the blue and actually succeeds in taking down some of the team, it's a welcome change, as messed up as that may sound.

1. Morris' Whale of a Death

Look, we all expected something bad to happen to Rainn Wilson's billionaire character, especially after how he left the Mana One team stranded. However, it's safe to say his death was unexpected.

Seriously. Who could have predicted he would be eaten while clutching onto a whale carcass?! It's absolutely ridiculous and over the top, but that's what makes it so perfect. We watched as not even 10 minutes earlier, he gave hope to the crew of the Mana One that they were not only being evacuated to safety, but that they were no longer left to face the Megalodon on their own. So, to see as he took off to safety with dynamite in hand, hopeful to cover up the Meg's existence for his own sake, it only made sense that his character met his end at the jaws of the very creature he tried to outsmart.

In theaters nationwide, director Jon Turteltaub’s The Meg stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Masi Oka, Cliff Curtis, Page Kennedy, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao and Rainn Wilson.