Of course Ben Wheatley had a monster movie in him.Before he directed “Meg 2: The Trench,” Jason Statham’s second “giant prehistoric shark threatens the world” outing, Wheatley proved himself capable of floating between genres with a remarkable ease.
Nasty, head-splitting horror movies like “Kill List.” Pitch-black comedies like “Sightseers.” Impossible literary adaptations like “High-Rise.” Slick streaming remakes like “Rebecca.” And then there are his memorable episodes of “Doctor Who.” It was only a matter of time before he made a massive studio-funded B-movie (a term used here with love) where one of the great modern action heroes goes mano-a-sharko with a beast big enough to devour a boat in a single bite.
To call this the natural evolution of one of the most interesting modern filmographies would be an understatement. I sat down with Wheatley over Zoom ahead of the film’s release.
Naturally, we talked about monster movies,…
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