The Stream: A meandering mix of post-apocalypse cliches.

The Big Screen: A good-looking movie with decent visual effects.

The Final Bill: Greenland 2 does not live up to what made Greenland interesting.

– Trip Fontaine
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writers: Mitchell LaFortune, Chris Sparling
Stars: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis,
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: PG-13 for some strong violence, bloody images, and action.
Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
Production Companies: Anton, G-BASE, STX Entertainment, CineMachine Media Works, Thunder Road Pictures
Platform: In theaters January 9, 2026
Notable Trailers: The Odyssey, Wuthering Heights, Shelter, I Can Only Imagine 2, Michael

Hey, Streamers! The doldrums of the January movie season continue where it’s either a leftover Oscar hopeful from 2025 or some throwaway schlock to fill in empty theaters. Greenland 2: Migration falls into the latter camp despite being a sequel to a pretty good disaster flick from 2020. In Migration, it’s five years after the Clarke interstellar comet destroyed most of Earth and civilization with it. The Garrity family and others that escape the destruction of the comet in North America are living in the bunker in Greenland with John (Gerard Butler) and Allison (Morena Baccarin) having prominent roles in dealing with the bunker’s dwindling resources. Of course, when disaster strikes again, John must do all he can to brave the elements of the destroyed world in order to get his family to safety. Aftershocks and intergalactic falling debris hijinks ensue.

Greenland 2: Migration is generally an entertaining disaster movie, but it’s really nothing special. Where Greenland felt like it was using disaster movie cliches to tell a more visceral story, this sequel is not doing anything more than moving its characters from point A to point B with post-apocalyptic cliches forcing the story along. The sequel even looks more typical than its predecessor. In fact, Migration hits a lot of beats one would expect from a movie like this. If you’ve seen any post-disaster flick, then you know what to expect which makes this movie a little tedious. I will acknowledge that the visual effects throughout are good. There is one scene with a underwater town that’s not very convincing, but most everything else is eye-catching. Beyond that, there are some truly harrowing action sequences that seem to come one right after another. Luckily, this movie has a short runtime and moves at a fast clip. Nothing lingers long enough for too much thought or boredom to creep in. Greenland has a better emotional arc even though Migration tries.

Ultimately, Greenland 2: Migration is fine as disaster movies go, but it doesn’t live up to the novelty and excitement of Greenland. Migration has a simple story and good special effects. It is relentless as the family moves from one calamity to the next, which helps hold the audience’s attention. This would be a good streaming movie, but I’d caution you from spending too much on a trip to the theater.