Don Reviews "Greenland 2: Migration"

There are many movies and famous quotes about the extinction of the planet, and one of my favorites is “dinosaurs had their shot and nature selected them for extinction”.  With technology, would the human species be able to survive natural events that would wipe out other species?  With Greenland 2: Migration, this question is approached by its cast.

Ric Roman Waugh (who also handled the first film) directs here with a cast that includes Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Trond Fausa, Roamn Griffin Davis, Gina Gangar, and Tommie Earl Jenkins.  Taking place a few years after the original film, John Garrity (Butler) and his family are living in a bunker in Greenland but are forced to find a new place to live, as the changed climate has taken its toll on it.  John and his family journey to Europe to try to find a new place to live, and there is peril along the way.

Waugh and Butler have worked together many times before, and I could tell how much of a comfort level they have, especially the level of freedom that Butler has in his performance, which enhanced it for me.  The rest of the cast are fine and work for this type of film, but no one really stood out on that front.  Davis does well as the teen son, given his limited film resume.  Another of the upsides for me is the cinematography, really illustrating how the planet has changed from one location to another on both sides of the spectrum.

Greenland 2: Migration is roughly one hundred minutes long, which I felt is about right to take the audience on this journey, but the plot itself could have been done better.  There are quite a few scenes that do not seem to add to the story itself and could have been left out with no differences. The closest I can think of to illustrate what I am talking about (but actually did this the right way) was The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, so take from that what you will.  Basically, Greenland 2: Migration is OK at the best, so I will recommend it only at home as a home streaming service.