10 Terrible Movies With Awesome Endings

10. Meg 2: The Trench

The original Meg wasn't a great movie, but it knew precisely what it was and delivered the goods accordingly - albeit within the confines of a gore-free PG-13 rating.

It performed well enough for Warner Bros. to greenlight a sequel, and when acclaimed horror filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Kill List, In the Earth) was announced to direct, curiosity was stoked to see how his unique sensibilities would translate to a mega-budget blockbuster.

The truth, sadly, is that the majority of Meg 2: The Trench is a strangely dull, low-energy follow-up in which Wheatley gets to flex barely an ounce of his fierce filmmaking muscle.

Even with the eminent charms of lead Jason Statham, far too much time is spent on snoozy human dramas and not enough on, well, the Megs.

That is, until the third act arrives, and the action shifts from the muddy depths of the Mariana Trench to Fun Island - a resort that becomes overrun with Megalodons, quasi-dinosaur creatures called Snappers, and - best of all - a giant freakin' squid.

At this point all manner of mayhem ensues, evoking the vibe of 2010's surprisingly great Piranha 3D - albeit, again, accepting the restrictions of a PG-13 rating.

Meg 2's third act is basically what the entire movie should've been - wanton carnage without all the tiresome chit-chat that bogged down the first hour-plus.