Jonas Taylor is the husband of Suyin Zhang and the stepfather of Meiying Zhang. Jonas was a former rescue diver who witnessed a prehistoric megalodon and was disgraced after a botched rescue mission. However, he was sought out by Minway Zhang five years after to help the workers of Mana One hunt down two megalodons following their escape from the Mariana Trench. He is the main protagonist of the 2018 film The Meg and its 2023 sequel Meg 2: The Trench.
Personality[]
On the surface, Jonas Taylor seems like the typical tough-as-nails action hero. However, he is shown to care for others such as his ex-wife Lori and love interest Suyin Zhang altogether.
History[]
The Meg[]
He is seen for the first time during a rescue mission with two friends of his own, in a nuclear submarine wreck 12,000 feet below. Although he managed to save eleven people, including two friends, were left in the wreckage and died there in an explosion caused by a shark Jonas decided to leave them there rather than allow all the survivors to perish. After this, Jonas was disgraced by Dr. Heller, who didn't believe his experiences with a prehistoric shark during the mission and thought he was a coward. As a result, Jonas left everything behind after the mission and spent all his time in Thailand.
Five years later, Jonas was contacted by Mac, an old friend, and Dr. Minway Zhang, the director of Mana One who needed him for another rescue mission in which, Lori, his ex-girlfriend was involved. Jonas accepts and brings Lori and The Wall back, but a third member, Toshi sacrifices himself for them. Zhang's daughter Suyin believes he has abandoned Toshi, which annoys Jonas and who refuses to mission again. However, Heller finally believes Jonas after this incident and the latter only asks him to heal Lori so they are even.
It was then that the team realized that the Meg (a species supposed to be extinct) returned to the surface and destroyed several boats. Everyone goes to the scene and they kill a giant shark they think is the Meg. The real monster then shows up, devours Heller and The Wall and seriously injures Dr. Zhang. The survivors take the remaining canoe to reach the station and Zhang dies in front of Suyin and Jonas. After Suyin tells the news to her daughter Meiying in the evening, Jonas comforts his friend who is delighted to have him by her side.
That night, Morris, who was trying to eliminate the Meg himself, was killed and managed to plant a tracker to locate it. Jonas and the others learn that the shark is heading for Sanya Bay and decides to destroy it once and for all.
Suyin and Jonas start an underwater fight against Meg in which they win. They and the last survivors celebrate their final victory on a wedding boat. It is unknown if Jonas and Suyin got together but it is certainly the case after what they experienced together.
Meg 2: The Trench[]
Suyin and Jonas got married not long after the events of the first film, and sometime in 2021, Suyin died of unknown circumstances; leaving Jonas alone to care for her daughter Meiying.