Many, many times bigger than Bruce the “Jaws” shark, Meg is the mighty undersea Megalodon that helped make “The Meg” a hit 2018 monster movie. “Meg 2 ... the bloody body count begin!

The British filmmaker Ben Wheatley, who steps into the director’s chair for “Meg 2: The Trench,” has racked up stomach-turning body counts ... the movie get to full-blown parody?

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gets overshadowed by a less surefire non-sequel (“Full River Red,” “Operation Red Sea,” “Hi, Mom”). Still, even a frontloaded run will give “The Meg 2: The Trench” a likely $100 ...

The original adaptation was written by Dean Georgaris, Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber, who have also written “Meg 2.” Ben Wheatley is the director of the new sequel. Watch the full trailer below.

“The Meg 2” could play like a local Chinese blockbuster, as in grosses between on par with “Too Cool to Kill” ($413 million) and “Moon Man” ($460 million) or “Full River Red” ($673 ...