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Movie Name: Greenland 2: Migration
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, Gordon Alexander, Peter Polycarpou, William Abadie, Tommie Earl Jenkins, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Rachael Evelyn, Sidsel Siem Koch, Alex Lanipekun, Nathan Wiley
Genre: Action, Thriller
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Release Date: January 09, 2026
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Languages: English
Production House: STXfilms, Anton, Thunder Road, G-BASE Film Production
Budget: $90 million
The surviving Garrity-family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker and embark on a perilous journey across the decimated wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Greenland 2: Migration – Overview
Greenland 2: Migration is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic survival thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Chris Sparling and Mitchell LaFortune. It is a sequel to the 2020 film Greenland, and will be released by Lionsgate.
In June 2021, it was announced a sequel titled Greenland: Migration was in development. The following month, STX acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the film for $75 million at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It was put into bankruptcy protection, most of the cast returned, and while Morena Baccarin was initially reluctant, she eventually agreed to return for the sequel. Roman Griffin Davis replaced Roger Dale Floyd in playing Nathan Garrity. In May 2024, Lionsgate acquired the United States distribution rights for the film.
Principal photography began on April 29, 2024, in Shinfield Studios and Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom and Iceland. Filming wrapped in July 2024.
Greenland 2: Migration is scheduled to be released in the United States on January 9, 2026. It was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on March 28, 2025, Greenland 2: Migration’s release was later postponed indefinitely. The 05/21/25 weekly CARA/MPA Film Ratings Bulletin, which features the official MPA ratings and rating reasons, lists Greenland 2: Migration as PG-13.
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Movie Review:
A journey through ruins that rarely finds its pulse
Story:
John Garrity and his family leave their failing bunker in Greenland to find a safe place in a ruined world. Their journey across Europe is filled with danger, loss, and difficult choices.
Review:
When a movie carries a title like ‘Greenland 2 Migration,’ it sets up expectations of big sights, tight suspense, and a story that grips you from the beginning to the end. This film manages to meet the expectation only partially. The sequel picks up years after the comet strike that shattered Earth and follows the Garrity family as they leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland to find somewhere liveable in a world that has grown hostile and uncertain. This film is very different from the first ‘Greenland,’ moving away from the intense fight for survival to a slower, wandering journey of hope and hardship. The change in tone is clear from the moment it starts, and it also affects how the whole film lands and, in the end, fails to engage.
John (Gerard Butler), his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and their son Nathan (Roman Griffin Davis) learn that their shelter can’t support them anymore, so they head toward rumours of a safe zone in southern France. Along the way they cross strange versions of familiar places, run into groups of survivors with their own rules, and grapple with the dangers of a world falling apart. The perilous journey takes them through strong visual landscapes and some intense sequences, like crossing a crumbling bridge or slipping past armed groups. They cross England and finally move to France, where they meet Denis, his wife Julia, and daughter Camille. Denis provides them shelter and asks them to take Camille along as he stays back to care for his ailing wife. Tragedy strikes when John suffers a bullet injury during the journey.
‘Migration’ struggles because it tries to balance seriousness with spectacle but does not succeed at either. The pacing is uneven. Sometimes the story moves too slow, sometimes it jumps too fast, and there is often a sense that the film is ticking boxes rather than building tension. Much of the journey feels uneventful, with long stretches of walking or talking that only pick up during action scenes.
The story often drifts from one problem to the next without building a strong emotional pull toward the ending. Ideas about life under constant threat or rigid systems in a broken society feel interesting but remain underdeveloped.
Gerard Butler carries John with a quiet toughness that feels fitting for a man who has already lived through the end of the world once. He isn’t the loud, larger-than-life action hero so many disaster films lean on; instead, he feels worn down, tired, and sometimes unsure of what to do next. Morena Baccarin as Allison remains the emotional heartbeat of the film. Her Allison feels fiercely committed to doing the right thing, even when the easy choice would be self-preservation. Roman Griffin Davis as Nathan brings a youthful angle to the story, curious, unsettled, and sometimes frustrated by the adult decisions that shape his world. The chemistry between the three feels genuine.
It’s a film that has its moments, strong visuals, committed acting, and clear ideas about what life after disaster might look like, but it’s also a film that feels like it lost its way between the world it wants to build and the story it wants to tell. The film makes you feel the weight of survival and the hope that keeps people moving forward. At its weakest, it wanders without purpose and leaves you thinking it could have said more. This film can be described as an imperfect sequel, worth watching for the family at the core of the story and some striking set pieces, but not quite the great follow-up it promised.
