Greenland 2: Migration review disaster sequel is disastrously self-serious

"Gerard Butler has made his fair share of sequels, but few have held as much potential as Greenland 2: Migration. The original Greenland wasn't even a traditional hit; it was released in theaters and on VOD at the end of 2020, when plenty of movie theaters remained closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it garnered some attention for being an unusually sober and thoughtful apocalypse movie, especially given that Butler previously starred in the likes of Geostorm."

"The story rejoins engineer John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his administrator wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and their now-teenage son Nathan (recast as Roman Griffin Davis) as residents of a Greenland bunker. They're lucky to have been government-selected for entry when Earth was rendered largely uninhabitable by comet fragments five years earlier; they're also chafing at the loss of freedom, tough decisions, and overall claustrophobia that comes with cohabitating underground with hundreds of others."

"The survivors are still down there because it turns out that the clearing of air mentioned at the end of the first film is spottier than they thought. John repeatedly ventures outside the bunker, but only with proper gear and to forage for additional resources. He also frets about a restless Nathan putting himself at risk to explore the greater world. This conflict is mooted when a series of earthquakes destroy the bunker once and for all."

Greenland 2: Migration returns to John Garrity, his wife Allison, and their teenage son Nathan living in a government-selected Greenland bunker five years after comet fragments rendered Earth largely uninhabitable. Tensions arise from loss of freedom, claustrophobia, and limited social bonds among hundreds of survivors. The air clearing proved patchy, forcing John to make risky forays outside in protective gear while Nathan tests boundaries. A series of earthquakes destroys the bunker, forcing a small group, including the Garritys, to search for a rumored crater in France that allegedly contains a large pocket of breathable air, launching a migration across devastated landscapes.

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