Greenland 2: Migration info:
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writer: Mitchell LaFortune and Chris Sparling
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis
Hello and welcome to another week here at 1guysmindlessmoviereviews.com. This is week two of 2026 and review number 2 as well. Congratulations to all of this year’s Golden Globe winners. I was lucky enough to see quite a bit of the nominees last year. I hope your New Year’s resolutions are still intact, and you had a smooth transition back into a full week of work. I know the first few days back after time off are always tough for me. What better way to start the year than with a good old post-apocalyptic or disaster movie?
I have to be honest, “Greenland,” which came out in 2020, was way better than it should have been. I just recently re-watched it and will stand by those comments. It has plenty of intense moments, action, but the core of the story is the Garrity family and their fight for survival. So, I was excited to watch “Greenland 2: Migration”. I wanted to see what they could do with the story. But before I dig into it too much, I don’t want to cause a disaster and spoil the movie for you. So, if you don’t want to know what happens, then go check out some of my other reviews here first, then come back.
Ok, so “Greenland 2: Migration” is directed by Ric Roman Waugh. He not only directed the original, but he has also worked with Gerard Butler quite a bit. It’s weird to say that I had high hopes for a sequel film to a disaster movie… so I won’t say it. But I went into it feeling the same way I did when I watched the original six years ago. Not expecting much. Only this time, I wasn’t quite as pleasantly surprised. This one still has some dramatic moments, but this time they are forced. The family moments are there, but don’t hit the same as they should. Some new characters are introduced and either die too quickly or play no significant role in the plot’s movement.
When it starts, five years have passed since the Garrity family has made it to the bunker in Greenland. John (Butler) is on the crew that goes out and looks for tools and supplies in abandoned ships. Allison (Baccarin) is on some sort of committee that makes decisions for the community, and Nathan (Davis) is trying to be a normal teenager by going to school and attending social events with his family. But things quickly go awry when the aftereffects of the Clarke asteroid eventually take their toll on the bunker.
The Garrity family is forced to leave and slowly start to make their way to the impact site of Clarke in Southern France. Rumors of it being an inhabited place with lots of resources are too good to pass up. Their journey starts on a boat, where they slowly end up in Europe. This is where it starts, that almost every new character who is introduced is killed off. Some by the military, some by insurgents during a war (I will get to that in a moment), and the rest by environmental forces. Yet somehow, through everything, the three main characters remain mostly unharmed (until the end).
Each step along the way, they somehow narrowly evade being separated, hurt, or put off course. Now, even though lots of the events that happened were very oddly timed, that didn’t make them any less edge-of-your-seat inducing. The underwater Liverpool scenes are good, and the CGI looks real. But the most entertaining scene in “Greenland 2: Migration” has to be the ravine crossing at the English Channel. Once again, looking past the ill-timed tremors, it’s still a palm-sweating scene as they try to cross the loose rope bridge and the rickety ladder bridge.
The bad part is, unfortunately, the final third of the film. I just can’t wrap my head around the whole war part. I totally understand why there would be a war there, but how a group of four “friendlies” could safely navigate a war zone is a little wild. But even more so, they were allowed to do it just because John said please to the guy in charge. I guess good manners still serve you well in a ruined future.
Once they get through that, you’d think it would be safe travels all the way to the crater, but when they are attacked, John, for some reason, tries to fight back and is shot. His whole thing for the entire length of the film was just to make it to the crater. Why take the risk of fighting a guy with a gun? It was already projected that he was going to die as soon as we found out he was sick, but this is still a silly way to go.
The oddest part about “Greenland 2,” though, was the reasoning for the Garrity family to take Camille with them. Other than talking to the military guy, she served no purpose for the duration of the film. I thought she was going to be some sort of love interest for Nathan, but that didn’t even happen. So, she makes it to the crater with the rest of the Garritys after John dies, and it ends like that.
Are they planning on making a part 3? Is that what they were setting up? I really wonder how long that crater can last with a war going on just over the mountain from it. Eventually, someone is going to show up and try to take the place over. Overall, it had some fun moments, and I normally like post-apocalyptic films. This one had plenty of fun scenes and dramatic moments. But it was also filled with too many ill-timed moments, unnecessary deaths, and a way too over-the-top war that couldn’t have played a bigger role in their journey. I wanted to like this more, but I can’t give this any higher than a 6 out of 10.
Watch or wait? Greenland 2 edition…
This is a tough one because normally I would say yes. This sort of end-of-the-world movie is normally a lot more fun on the big screen. However, if you weren’t a fan of the first one, then you definitely wouldn’t want to spend your money to see “Greenland 2”. Personally, I’m glad I did, but I can see how lots of people won’t like this very much.
That’s it for me this week. That means it’s your turn now. Have you seen “Greenland 2: Migration” yet? If so, what are your thoughts on the progression of the story? Did you see John’s death as a definite thing? Were you wondering why Nathan’s being diabetic was pretty much a non-issue even though it was a huge driving force in part 1? Let me know your comments below, and I will be back next week with another mindless movie review of some sort.
