Review: As giganto-shark thrillers go, 'The Meg' could be a lot sharper

Should you see "The Meg"? The movie itself seems a little doubtful, frankly. At one point in this silly, stilted, moderately jolt-inducing giganto-shark thriller, one character turns to the others and asks, "Don't you guys ever watch 'Shark Week'?"

Maybe you do, maybe you don't. As a rule, though, you should be wary of any movie - particularly one being dropped in mid-August - that's insecure enough to name-drop a superior programming alternative.

Then again, there's something refreshing about