Greenland 2: Migration Review: Alright, let’s talk about Greenland: Migration — or Greenland 2: Migration, depending on which title card you believe. And honestly, that confusion kind of sums up the whole movie.
I watched this as someone who actually liked the first Greenland (2020). Not loved it. Not defended it on Twitter. Just… genuinely enjoyed it more than I expected. So I walked into this sequel with decent goodwill.
That goodwill did not survive the runtime.
My Rating: 2.0/5
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Movie Title | Greenland: Migration |
| Also Known As | Greenland 2: Migration |
| Release Year | 2026 |
| Genre | Post-Apocalyptic, Disaster, Thriller |
| Director | Ric Roman Waugh |
| Writer | Chris Sparling |
| Lead Actor | Gerard Butler |
| Supporting Cast | Morena Baccarin |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | Approx. 120 minutes |
| Prequel | Greenland (2020) |
The Story
Post-apocalypse movies live or die on one thing: urgency. The first Greenland understood that. The clock was ticking. The comet was coming. Every decision felt heavy. This sequel? It forgets all of that.
The movie opens five years after the comet impact. Humanity survived… kind of. Our main family has been living in an underground bunker that’s now falling apart, so everyone needs to migrate to the comet’s impact crater because, apparently, that’s where life will magically restart.
Sure. Fine. I’ll go with it. But here’s the thing: the moment they step outside, the movie collapses under its own logic.
The Big Problem: None of This Should Exist
The first movie sold us a world-ending event. Cities wiped out. Shockwaves crossing continents. Now suddenly:
- There are surface survivors
- Armed groups fighting wars
- Organized checkpoints
- Crowds arguing about clearance passes
I kept sitting there thinking, How are these people even alive? At one point, Europe looks like a full-blown war zone with active firefights. Not scavengers. Not desperate survivors. Full-on combat. So either:
- The comet wasn’t actually world-ending, or
- The sequel just didn’t care
The movie never picks one.
It’s Not Bad Because It’s Loud — It’s Bad Because It’s Boring
This is the part that surprised me the most. A Gerard Butler-led apocalypse sequel should at least be watchable chaos. Instead, it’s slow. Flat. Weirdly lifeless. Most of the film is just:
- Walking through wastelands
- Running into generic hostile people
- Moving on to the next location
There are a few cool geographical ideas, dried ocean floors, and reshaped landscapes, but they’re barely explored. The movie shows them, nods, and keeps moving.
No tension. No discovery. No sense of danger. I never felt like the characters were racing against time. And in an apocalypse movie, that’s deadly.
Characters Exist Because the Script Says So
Marina Baccarin’s character being on a governing council makes zero sense. No explanation. No setup. She’s just… there. The movie keeps doing this. People have authority, weapons, resources, and information without any effort put into why.
It feels like a sequel that was never planned, written backwards from the idea: “Let’s send them outside again.” And it shows.
The First Movie vs This One
The original Greenland worked because it was intimate. A family trying to survive. Small emotional moments in the middle of chaos. This sequel trades all of that for the most basic post-apocalyptic checklist imaginable. No zombies, but it might as well be discount Walking Dead.
At one point, I genuinely thought:
“This is The Land Before Time… without dinosaurs.”
Just people migrating toward a hopeful place that may or may not exist.
Good vs Bad
What Works
| Good | Why It Still Matters |
|---|---|
| Gerard Butler | He’s committed, even when the script isn’t |
| A few landscape ideas | Dried oceans and reshaped Earth are interesting |
| Concept on paper | Migration after extinction could work |
What Doesn’t
| Bad | Why It Hurts the Movie |
|---|---|
| No urgency | Kills all tension |
| Broken world logic | Makes everything feel fake |
| Generic storytelling | You’ve seen this movie before |
| Forgettable moments | Nothing sticks after it ends |
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Final Thoughts
By the time the credits rolled, I wasn’t angry. That’s worse. I was indifferent.
This is the kind of movie you forget by the time you reach your car. The kind where you struggle to explain the plot the next day. The kind that exists only because the first one did better than expected.
If you liked Greenland (2020), stop there. That movie did its job. This one doesn’t add anything meaningful to the story, the world, or the characters. january movies have a reputation for a reason — and Greenland: Migration proudly joins that tradition.
⭐ Rating: 2 / 5. Watch the first one. Skip the migration.