Greenland 2: Migration Shows Everything Can Go Wrong on the Journey to Safety
Written by Lara Rosales
If you didn’t watch Greenland (2020), do not worry, because you can still watch Greenland 2: Migration and understand everything that happens. The film does a great job of explaining what happened to planet Earth and its inhabitants in the first movie. It also shows and tells how the people living in Greenland adapted to their new reality, how they are struggling with it, and what it’s like to be running out of hope when the planet is still under attack.
This movie is your typical post-apocalyptic film. It depicts exactly how the planet would react if a natural disaster replicated what happened to the dinosaurs once upon a time. While the aftermath of the comet strike is terribly dangerous and scary, people’s behavior is even more terrifying. The fact that they go out of their way to kill one another, steal the very few resources they have, and selfishly continue to fight against their own well-being is the scariest part of the film.
However, it very well could be the reality. Not too long ago, people were fighting over toilet paper. Do we really believe they wouldn’t be fighting to make it to a crate that would allow life to be reborn? Greenland 2: Migration depicts the cruelest side of humanity without straying too far from the truth. Nevertheless, it’s terrifying to think most people would turn into killing machines if the world were to begin its (our?) destruction.
But in the same manner that the film shows the worst in people, it perfectly represents the sacrifices parents would make to guarantee the safety of their children. John (Gerard Butler) knows he is dying well before he is shot, and uses the last bit of his strength to make sure his son arrives at the crate. Denis (William Abadie) sends his daughter off with strangers because it guarantees she will have a chance at life, something he cannot provide in their bunker.
In a world that is full of selfishness and anger, these two men sacrifice everything they have for the safety and the lives of their children. Without these sacrifices, neither Nathan (Roman Griffin Davis) nor Camille (Nelia Valery) would have survived or gotten the chance to actually have a life after the comet. It gives viewers hope, knowing that, as terrible as the world is, there is still love and companionship that can help them thrive and survive.
Hope is absolutely something John and his family need, because no matter where they go or what they do, they seem to be followed by every bit of tragedy and disaster possible. They get stranded in the middle of the ocean, witness people being shot in front of them, get shot themselves, witness more particles of the comet hitting Earth, and nearly fall into the abyss, crossing rope-made bridges. Everything that you could imagine happening at the end of the world happens to this family. At one point, it feels ridiculous that they keep facing dangers.
By the time the insurgents take over their final bus, viewers roll their eyes. Is this really necessary? Do we really need to watch John get shot? We already know he is dying, so why force a quicker end to his life? While it is magnificent that he arrives at the crate and his soul can be at peace knowing that he got his son and wife (Morena Baccarin) to safety, there was no need to kill him with a gunshot wound rather than the consequences of the radiation.
Greenland 2: Migration is a ridiculous yet quite real representation of the end of the world. While the camera movements may land the viewer in a state of dizziness, it helps the viewer feel everything these characters experience as they travel to safety. There is no need to push more than ten dangers on these characters, but it does make for quite an entertaining ride.
Greenland 2: Migration is now available to rent or buy at home.
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