Every once in a while, I forget the movies I’ve seen in the past – especially when a sequel trailer crops up a few years later.
Such was the case of “Greenland 2: Migration” - its trailer previewing ahead of several movies in the last few months and barely registering in my memory banks.
Naturally, I had to re-watch the 2020 original to make sure I hadn’t missed anything and I’m happy to announce that the review was unnecessary.
In fact, Greenland 2 just continued its predecessor’s tradition of being just as dull and predictable – it feels like every other end-of-the-world movie you’ve possibly ever seen.
I feel like the characters and unfortunate situations they’re thrust to endure isn’t groundbreaking or kept much of my attention throughout the entire movie.
The only thing that’s remotely worthwhile was the scenic sets across Iceland and the United Kingdom.
Migration is an American post-apocalyptic survival disaster thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Chris Sparling and Mitchell LaFortune.
The film stars Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin reprising their roles from 2020, alongside Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, Gordon Alexander, Peter Polycarpou, William Abadie, and Tommie Earl Jenkins.
While it’s only 98 minutes long, the movie is rated PG-13 for some strong violence, bloody images, and action.
Five years after the Clarke interstellar comet destroyed most of Earth, the planet remains in periodic violent tectonic and volcanic chaos, as sudden electromagnetic storms can unpredictably form, along with lingering radioactive fallout.
The Garrity family has survived the initial Clarke comet catastrophe for more than five years in a Greenland bunker alongside several dozens of other refuges.
Unfortunately, resources are dwindling, communication with other bunkers is spotty at best and the surface-level environment is still unpredictable and dangerous.
Now, Allison (Baccarin) is a leader, John (Butler) a scout and engineer maintaining the bunker facility, and their 15-year-old son Nathan (Davis) a student who wants to become a scout.
Increasing earthquakes collapse the Greenland bunker and force an emergency evacuation – where most survivors are killed by a subsequent tsunami and the facility is lost.
The Garritys and Dr. Casey Amina (Revah) have escaped on a small ship with a handful of survivors, barely making it to Liverpool in England, out of fuel, water and food.
In Liverpool, the remaining Greenland survivors are separated when a gun battle among survivors trying to enter another rescue bunker breaks out.
A geomagnetic storm sends survivors rushing for cover and John barters for a ride to London to escape the storm and to continue their trek to the Clarke crater in southern France.
The family and Amina reach London, recuperate with a family friend, and continue onward toward Dover and ultimately France in a borrowed vehicle.
The Garritys and Amina believe that the Clarke crater in what used to be the Gulf of Lion and the Mediterranean Sea is where humanity has begun to rebuild.
Rumors on survivor networks have said the area is heavily defended by military, and that something about the crater’s properties have settled the tectonic and radiation danger locally.
The family learns that John is dying from radiation exposure due to his scouting work, and Amina is shot and killed by bandits en route to Dover.
Things truly look bleak for the Garritys by the time they reach Dover and it really doesn’t get much better as the movie progresses.
For me, the journey to the end of the movie wasn’t worth matinee ticket pricing, but, you can judge for yourself.
