Greenland 2: Migration – Review

This sequel brings new disasters and action sequences for the Garrity family, who were lucky enough to escape an incoming comet cataclysm in the original film. Five years later, the underground bunker Thule Airbase in Greenland is facing survival and supply issues, while the face of the planet is scarred with damage and uninhabitable regions. Rebuilding has yet to work, and most colonies have been forced back underground into shelters. While some world regions do appear to support regrowing of trees and plants, most of the surface does not.

John Garrity (Butler) spends his time inside the bunker as an engineer, as well as outside the bunker as a scout in a hazmat suit braving the radiated countryside. On the surface, he attempts to avoid powerful electromagnetic storms while searching the local surface areas for electronics or other usable goods. His wife Allison (Baccarin) is with the community government managing resources while his son Nathan is bored as a 15-year-old student.

So, what happens when an earthquake threatens the bunker’s integrity, and forces the Garritys outside to find a new inhabitable zone? Chaos and danger are what pops up, of course. As the Earth shakes with tremors, and the sky blasts lightning, it is all the family can do to survive their journey to Europe, and to the impact crater of the original comet, where there are rumors of humanity rebuilding.

Greenland 2: Migration is an okay sequel, but it loses a bit of the sense of dread that the first had, as well as some of the emotional connection. There is plenty for the eyes to feast on with some action sequences, but they feel a bit less tense than the first, despite the journey element of this film being somewhat similar. Typical themes of nature vs. humanity and humanity vs. itself shine through the script, but they do not present much that hasn’t been seen before in other films, or done better in the first.

Still, that being said, this is not a terrible sequel. The acting is sound and there are some exciting and tense moments sprinkled in. The directing accounts for some decent shots, and the short flick moves along well with no pacing issues. While this may not reinvent most anything, or quite hit the previous film’s standards, it is watchable.