Greenland: Migration

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, Greenland: Migration follows the Garrity family (Gerard Butler’s John, Morena Baccarin’s Allison, and Roman Griffin Davis’ Nathan) as they attempt to build a life for themselves in the wake of the original movie’s extinction-level event. Filmmaker Waugh, armed with a script by Chris Sparling and Mitchell LaFortune, delivers a solid sequel that does, for the most part, live up to the promise of its compelling predecessor, and it’s clear, certainly, that the picture benefits substantially from the terrific, engaging efforts of its stars and a recurring emphasis on exciting digressions and set-pieces – with, in terms of the latter, Waugh packing the episodic narrative with one gripping, engrossing sequence after another. (This is particularly true of the protagonists’ tense and thoroughly enthralling efforts at crossing a makeshift bridge.) By the time the unexpectedly affecting finale rolls around, Greenland: Migration has confirmed its place as a superior followup that essentially (and effectively) tells a complete story about these three central characters.

***1/2 out of ****