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Greenland 2: Migration (PG-13)
I saw the original Greenland movie (starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin) in the theater in 2019 and thought it was one of the best end-of-the-world movies ever put together. This part 2 picks up where the original ended with the occupants of the government bunker in Greenland emerging five years after the comet strike only to find the world is still a pretty inhospitable place. On a yearly cycle, the fragments of the comet are still hitting Earth, the Earth’s crust is splitting open with lava flowing, and radiation and terrible storms (understatement) are a constant threat. None of this is realistic from a scientific point of view after such an event, but as an action-adventure movie, it’s OK.
In one scene, they claim that the tectonic plates are shifting into a new formation, which is causing the massive earthquakes that are even threatening the integrity of their nuclear bunker. Tectonic plates move at about the same rate as human fingernails. Mighty slow. Imperceptible.
Years ago, I would have bet that by 2026 we would have these shaky-cam movies behind us. No such luck. Which is strange because it’s the same director who did the first one, without all this shaking going on. The constant, amateur-hour, “drunk cameraman” motion is likely the #1 reason for hordes of people to skip this one completely. If the shaky-cam filming technique bothers you, this movie is not for you. I’m not sure sensitive people would even find it acceptable on their TV for rental.
In a common theme with such disaster movies, here again, there is just enough room for a car to drive out of the city or through an area littered with abandoned vehicles. It’s so nice to know that evacuating people will always think of the future sole survivors, leaving room for them on the roadways as they perish themselves in a world-ending event.
We do get a rash of “Survivor” types of challenges, one after another, that would make most sane folks turn back from the long quest to the unknown. But it’s fun to watch this tight little group march forward toward a safe haven land that may or not be enchanted as promised. It’s also good to see that they dropped the whole insulin-dependence son plot crutch for this one.
The thing that throws cold water on most of these harrowing scenes is that you know none of the main stars are going to get even a scratch from any of it until they get close to the end and either live or die. But it’s still a pretty grim tale, so kudos to that overall theme.
The bottom line is that if you saw the original Greenland movie in 2019, you’ll probably want to see this one, just to see how this end-of-the-world story ends.
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