Time: 98 Minutes
Cast:
Gerard Butler as John Garrity
Morena Baccarin as Allison Garrity
Roman Griffin Davis as Nathan Garrity
Sophie Thompson as Mackenzie Matthews
Director: Ric Roman Waugh

I enjoyed Greenland much more than I was expecting to, a surprisingly effective disaster movie that really benefitted from some restraint and with the main focus being on a family just trying to survive. That being said, I didn’t think it needed a sequel. While I ended up enjoying it, it certainly was a step down from its predecessor.

For what it’s worth, Migration does find a way to continue the story in a believable way. At the end of Greenland, the main family found a home in a bunker but 5 years later, disaster has struck again and they have to leave and find a new place. The sequel has taken Greenland from being a disaster movie to a post-apocalypse survival thriller and to its credit, it has stayed relatively grounded and committed to being about the survival of the family above everything else. The first Greenland was not the most original disaster film and was filled with lots of cliches, but it was entertaining and well executed enough that it still stood out amongst other entries in the genre. Migration isn’t nearly as strong, however. Much of the movie has the family moving from place to place quickly and largely felt empty and wasn’t that interesting, gripping or memorable.

Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis are pretty good as the central family. They share believable chemistry and do a decent enough job at conveying the more emotional scenes.

Ric Roman Waugh’s direction is fine again. There are some effectively tense survival sequences, good visual effects, and a solid score from David Buckley.

Greenland 2: Migration is a step down from the previous movie and was overall a more generic and serviceable post apocalypse and disaster flick.