The Meg (2018)

Jason Statham: Jonas Taylor

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• Jonas Taylor : [to himself while swimming out to the shark]  Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

• Jonas Taylor : Chew on this, you ugly bastard.

• Jonas Taylor : Hey, I mean no offense, Dr. Zhang. I mean, if there was two people on this planet that could get me back into the water, it's probably you two. But you can't. You're gonna tell me your problem and I'll say no. You're going to offer me money. I'll still say no. You're gonna appeal to my better nature and I'm gonna say no. Because I don't have one.

• Jonas Taylor : Meg versus man isn't a fight... it's a slaughter.

• Jonas Taylor : You know a lot.

  Meiying : Eight-year-olds hear everything.

• Jonas Taylor : Hello, skipper.

  Meiying : You must be the crazy guy.

  Jonas Taylor : Now who called me that?

  Meiying : My mom. Dr. Heller.

  Jonas Taylor : Yeah, well, I'm not crazy. I've just seen things no one else has.

  Meiying : That's the definition of crazy.

• Lori : Mac told me about you and Suyin.

  Jonas Taylor : [Smirks]  Nothing to tell.

  Lori : Well, maybe there could be.

  Jonas Taylor : You and Mac are unbelievable.

  Lori : How about you just try something new. So the rest of your life isn't a vast wasteland of misery and solitude.

  Meiying : [Smiling; returning with 2 sodas and a juice box]  I think that's a good idea.

  Lori : You do, huh?

  Jonas Taylor : [Repeating what Meiying told him earlier]  Eight-year olds hear everything.

  Meiying : Jonas...

  [Motions with finger to come closer] 

  Meiying : My mom likes you too.

  [Meiying raises her eyebrows a few times, causing Lori to laugh] 

  Jonas Taylor : This is possibly the worst moment of my life.

• Suyin : My God! It's a shark. It's like, 20, 25 meters long.

  Jonas Taylor : It's a megalodon.

  Dr. Minway Zhang : Impossible.

  Jonas Taylor : So glad I'm not crazy.

• Heller : He's in perfect shape.

  Jonas Taylor : Just like the last time you examined me.

  Mac : [walks in the medic bay]  Suyin took a glider 15 minutes ago. She's planning on taking the Origin back up.

  Jonas Taylor : Take me to the sub.

  Heller : We're not done here.

  Jonas Taylor : Yeah, we are. Lori's running out of air and we're in international waters, which means legally I can beat the ever-loving shit out of you and get away with it.

  Mac : It's true. Legally, I mean

• Thai Boat Captain : You drink too much.

  Jonas Taylor : Hey, now you're only saying that because I literally have a beer in my hand.

  Thai Boat Captain : You always have a beer in your hand. You know why?

  Jonas Taylor : Because I drink too much?

• Dr. Minway Zhang : Mac, have Dr. Heller meet us in the medical bay.

  Jonas Taylor : Heller?

  Mac : Did I not mention that?

  Jonas Taylor : [as the elevator door shuts]  You mother...

• Mac : This tracker rifle only has a 100-foot range.

  Jonas Taylor : Hundred feet?

  Mac : Get really close before you shoot.

  Jonas Taylor : Great.

  Mac : If you want me to get it instead, I will.

  Jonas Taylor : I got this, Mac.

  Mac : Okay, good, 'cause I was lying. Be safe.

  Jonas Taylor : Yeah, thanks, pal.

• Suyin : You couldn't bring Toshi back? Why not?

  Jonas Taylor : He closed the hatch. He saved us.

  Suyin : You left him. You left him because that's who you are. You are the guy who leaves people behind.

  Jonas Taylor : You go that deep, you take your life in your hands. It was your choice to send them down.

• Jaxx : [to Dr. Zhang as he, Mac and Jonas depart the arriving helicopter]  Sir, we've got a new problem.

  Jack Morris : It's your daughter.

  Jaxx : She took a glider to try and save them.

  Dr. Minway Zhang : Why did you let her go?

  Jaxx : Trust me, I didn't let her do anything.

  Jack Morris : I was sort of under the impression you're supposed to try to save people who are dying on the bottom of the ocean.

  Jonas Taylor : [to Mac]  Who's he?

  Jack Morris : I'm the guy who paid for all this!

  Jonas Taylor : [Continues looking at Jack while walking ahead]  Uh-huh.

  Jack Morris : [to Dr. Zhang and Jaxx]  You know, he looks heroic and he walks fast, but he's kinda got a negative attitude.

  Jonas Taylor : What's the window?

  Jaxx : It'll be close.

  Jonas Taylor : Who are you?

  Jaxx : I'm the one that designed all this.

  Jonas Taylor : So, my life's in your hands?

  Jaxx : Pretty much.

  [Smiles] 

  Jaxx : That a problem?

  Jonas Taylor : Nah. You look like you might actually know what you're doing.

• Jonas Taylor : [Lori looks up with disbelief to see Jonas, her ex-husband, is her team's rescuer. He looks down at her with a big smile]  Tell me this isn't the world's best "I told you so."

  Lori : [chagrined]  You came all the way here just to tell me that, didn't you.

  Jonas Taylor : [still smiling]  Pretty much.

• Mac : Suyin, be advised. Evolution is now en route. Request you return to Mana One immediately.

  Suyin : Negative. He can give us an escort on our way up.

  Jonas Taylor : Tell her to get out of the way, Mac. More people means more risk and she's in way over her head.

  Mac : Jonas, you just told her yourself.

  Jonas Taylor : What?

  Mac : The little green button on your intercom, that's for single channel communication.

• DJ : You said it was impossible for it to get up here.

  Suyin : It should have been.

  Jaxx : You guys take a look at this. When the glider came up, the thermocline was intact, so it was one degree Celsius.

  Mac : Yeah.

  Jaxx : But a minute later, when the Evolution came up, the temperature increased by 25 degrees. A shark could come right through there. Twenty sharks for that matter.

  Jonas Taylor : When the meg hit the Origin, it slammed into a thermal vent.

  Dr. Minway Zhang : Those can release millions of gallons per minute. The heat from that vent cleared the path through the freezing cold layer.

  Jack Morris : Are you saying we opened up a superhighway for giant sharks?

  Mac : Not exactly. It seems it was a transitory event. The temperatures are returned to normal and the gap is closed.

  DJ : Yeah. But not before a massive prehistoric killing machine decided to come up and say "Hi."

• Jonas Taylor : Remind me again why this a good idea.

  Jaxx : What? It's a shark cage.

  Jonas Taylor : Plastic shark cage.

  Jaxx : I'm gonna ignore that you just said that. This beautiful thing is polycarbonate, specifically designed not to crack, not to break, but to deform. And in this case, at this thickness, it would take 20,000 pounds per square inch. And you're talking about breaking, that's eight to nine hundred thousand.

  Jonas Taylor : I don't like it.

  The Wall : Doesn't like it.

  DJ : I wouldn't get in there.

• Jonas Taylor : You sure about this?

  Suyin : [after nodding enthusiastically]  Not really...

• Suyin : We've got nothing left.

  Jonas Taylor : Almost nothing.

  Mac : How you gonna kill it?

  Jonas Taylor : Evolution. I wanna make this thing bleed. Suyin, what you said before, you were right. It's not about the people you lose... it's about the people you save. Signing off.

• Mac : How're you gonna kill it?

  Jonas Taylor : Evolution. I'm going to make this thing bleed.

• [first lines] 

  Jonas Taylor : [on radio]  Look at the sonar. Let me know what you find.

  D'Angelo : So far nothing new, my friend. It just keeps getting worse.