Hilary Driscoll was the CEO of X-Pletandum Technologies and a financier of the Oceanic Institute, but discreetly used the company's access to the Mariana Trench to secretly mine rare-earth metals worth billions of dollars. To keep the whole operation under wraps, she hired a team of mercenaries led by Montes and a spy named Jess to prevent the Mana One crew from discovering it. She is the central antagonist of the 2023 science fiction film Meg 2: The Trench.
Biography[]
Meg 2: The Trench[]
Driscoll was a wealthy CEO who led a technology company called X-Pletandum Technologies and eventually became a financier for the Oceanic Institute, a marine institute founded by Chinese businessman and oceangrapher who acquired his father's company and merged it with his own following the death of Jiuming's father and sister, Minway and Suyin Zhang.
She attended Jiuming's presentation of Haiqi and their new technology to go under the Mariana Trench to research the area, thanking him and the presentation-goers for being a part of protecting the ecosystem of the ocean.
During a Mana One mission to explore an uncharted area of the trench, she had Jess take over command to oversee it while in reality, to secretly exploit it to illegally mining the trench and exploit the rare-earth minerals there for huge profits. She also had Montes kill several mine workers to cover up the mission.
When Jonas, Meiying, Jiuming, and Rigas discover an illegal mining operation that was originally owned by Montes before, alongside finding escape pods, they find a recording of Jess, who had been overseen by Hillary back at her place revealing her true colors. After the first escape pod is launched, Rigas, ordered by Jess under Hillary's orders, is tasked with killing Jonas in exchange for Meiying's life being spared, but she refuses. This results in the second escape pod being launched as well. She was then put on recording, revealing her true nature that she was only interested for money and that the mining operation was funded illegally to make billions, angering Jiuming as he told her that "karma will get her" before he smashed the recording in anger. Hillary then ordered Jess to send hired mercenaries to Mana One to cover up their activities and kill anyone inside before she activated a flood and left Jonas, Meiying, Jiuming, and Rigas to die, but Jonas was able to successfully deactivate it after a scuffle with Montes.
Driscoll later then spoke to Jess via phone that three Megs have escaped as well as their next plan to make a good cover story of the operation about it. Despite Jess claiming that she was behind a Meg-proof glass, she was unexpectedly devoured by a Meg.
Upon finding out that Jonas and his crew have escaped, as well as that the mercenaries were killed, she orders Montes to kill Jonas and his crew at a location which turns out to be Fun Island, as she boards a helicopter. Arriving there, she orders Montes and his mercenaries to find Jonas' team and kill them, albeit quietly. During their mission to find Jonas, they are unexpectedly encountered by Snappers, who kill off most of the mercenaries. Montes orders her to get back to the chopper. Whilst hiding in the chopper, hearing most of the crew being killed, she calls for Montes before grabbing a gun from a dead mercenary and hiding in the chopper. However, she encounters a Snapper and despite trying to kill it, it drags her before another one devours and kills her.
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Trivia[]
- Hilary was an original character; who was created for the film.
- Hilary is the primary antagonist of Meg 2: The Trench.
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