Movie review: 'Meg 2: The Trench'

By Courtney Lanning,

Kyle Kellams

Published August 4, 2023 at 3:03 PM CDT

"Meg" was released in 2018 and now, "Meg 2: The Trench" is in the theatres. Courtney Lanning, film critic for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, said the movie is a bait-and-switch.

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Courtney Lanning

Courtney Lanning is a film critic who appears weekly on <i>Ozarks At Large</i> to discuss the latest in movies.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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