Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

★★½
Unexpectedly, I enjoyed this sequel to Greenland (2020), though only to a certain extent. The story again follows a family's journey through chaos in search of safety, but this time the whole thing just comes together in a much more satisfying way. Oh, I have issues with some ridiculous plot developments and questionable science, and I'll get into all that. Greenland 2: Migration is not the best example of this genre. It is, however, serviceable in delivering the goods, and it features a passionate performance by Gerard Butler that makes him better suited to high-concept disaster movies over Dwayne Johnson.

The Garrity family has been living in the Greenland bunker for five years after a comet decimated the planet. Food is running low. Outside the bunker, the radioactive atmosphere requires protective suits. As the movie opens, John Garrity (Butler) goes out to investigate and find supplies, but a storm turns him back. Life continues inside the bunker, and the leadership discusses the possibility that the ground zero crater in southern France might be habitable. Soon after, a devastating earthquake destroys the facility, and the Garritys are thrust into the world once again.

The trek leads from Greenland to the U.K. using an unlikely course, since Thule Airbase sits on the western shore of Greenland, which would add many hundreds of miles for the lifeboat to sail. The survivors eventually land at a flooded Liverpool. There are survivors here and some form of organized security, though it is precarious at best. The journey passes through a continent with almost no infrastructure and replete with lawlessness. A few allies are found along the way. The suspense stems from whom the Garritys can and can't trust. There are good Samaritans, but there are also gangs out to take what they can.

The U.K. and French countryside appear foreboding in their destroyed states. Areas of stability are surrounded by active gunfire. There is a suspenseful crossing of the former English Channel, which features a clear path to navigate it, but an earthquake timed just as our heroes take their turn was an unnecessary swerve. The tools to cross a large chasm look to have been in place for several years, and I dislike how it all gets destroyed simply because the Garrity family shows up. The discussion regarding radiation mitigation at ground zero lacks clarity and does not provide an adequate explanation for the location's safety.

The idea that the impact crater would flourish appears implausible. It would just be a big hole in the ground that would have been superheated by the initial impact. There is also no guarantee it is out of harm's way, as meteor showers are still a threat from the orbiting debris as we saw earlier in the film. Even more unlikely is the functioning hospital in London, where the Garritys stay with an old friend who put up decorative lights that would pointlessly drain electrical resources. The first installment didn't get a theatrical release in the U.S. due to the 2020 pandemic. Maybe Greenland 2: Migration is an attempt to make up for that. This is a superior movie, but it isn't good enough to justify a return to this setting.

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