In the middle of the school holidays and lacking classy movies, The Meg is a typical Jason Statham action film, this time with added underwater thrills. What turned out to be just an early rescue attempt, when I thought this was going to be the main sequence, was the first in a series of typical blockbuster set pieces. All good fun, but no Jaws.
Not totally free of embarrassing scenes, Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon turn the male dominated comedy thriller double act into a surprisingly violent film for the summer holidays. On the run through Europe gives director Sussana Fogel plenty of scope for city centre chases. A buddy movie for the internet generation.
Was it sensible for Ian McEwan to adapt his book The Children Act for the big screen? So much of the screenplay is extracted from the novel that the movie loses some cinematic qualities. But this is a tremendously classy film based upon a real life case from the court of appeal. The crux of the story is when leading high court judge Fiona Maye visits a seventeen year old boy in hospital. He is at the centre of a case where the hospital authorities want permission to treat the boy against the wishes of his parents.
But why did Fiona Maye make this unusual visit when all along she has already made up her mind on the law. We are left to decide, given what follows. But what is McEwan's fascination with stalkers? I had thought that Enduring Love would have been enough. However, the movie is beautifully filmed and directed by Richard Eyre and has an outstanding performance from Emma Thomson. A very grown up movie in the desert of summer blockbusters.
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