Greenland

Name: Greenland
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: December 18, 2020
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Alan Pietruszewski, Andrew Bachelor, Brandon Quinn, Claire Bronson, David Denman

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CatchPlay | Release Date (Streaming): December 18, 2020 | PG-13

Starring: Alan Pietruszewski, Andrew Bachelor, Brandon Quinn, Claire Bronson, David Denman, Gary Weeks, Gerard Butler, Joshua Mikel, Morena Baccarin, Nicola Lambo, Randal Gonzalez, Rick Pasqualone, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, Scott Poythress

Summary: A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’sA family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity while they battle the increasing panic and lawlessness surrounding them. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.… Expand

Director: Ric Roman Waugh

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 119 min

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Barry Hertz

Feb 4, 2021

If you want a movie to nail-gun you to your seat, then you must visit Greenland. Read full review

Empire Chris Hewitt (1)

Feb 5, 2021

Butler’s best star vehicle in years, what could have been a bombastic bunch of boulders is, instead, a refreshingly clear-eyed and compelling affair. One of the best disaster movies in years. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Dec 16, 2020

Things grow a bit squidgy whenever Waugh goes in for the money shots, but his eyes are seldom bigger than his wallet in a film that mines little suspense from the Garritys’ far-fetched race to safety, and a lot from their scramble to reunite whenever they get separated. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Dec 16, 2020

Butler’s pretty bad — not horrible — but the movie itself is quite watchable, if a lot bleaker than your average disaster flick. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 21, 2021

Greenland doesn’t often surprise, but it never disappoints. Read full review

Alonso Duralde

Dec 16, 2020

For most of its running time, it has a palpable B-movie energy that gives a little oomph to the umpteenth cinematic portrayal of humanity’s end. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Dec 18, 2020

Much of Greenland features chaotic crowd scenes. The real disaster is how quickly mankind descends into dismaying depravity. Read full review

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Caste

Dec 19, 2020

Way better than expected.
One of the top disaster movies out there. Good cast, thrilling pace and beliable situations.
If you like the genre and you have 2 hours to spare, you'll enjoy this one!

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Highlander2

Jun 18, 2022

Okay, this is a great on the edge of your seat movie. Even though the end of days is coming, the movie focuses on humans and what they would really do to survive. Will make you think. Can't wait for part two if they make it. Hope they do

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TVJerry

May 10, 2021

In a well-realized and truly scary scenario, a rouge comet starts to break apart and crash into Earth, raining down city-destroying firestorms and threatening a “planet-killer” event. Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin set aside their marital estrangement to travel thru an incredible gauntletIn a well-realized and truly scary scenario, a rouge comet starts to break apart and crash into Earth, raining down city-destroying firestorms and threatening a “planet-killer” event. Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin set aside their marital estrangement to travel thru an incredible gauntlet of obstacles to save their marriage and son. Every time they overcome one setback, yet another erupts to make their journey even more challenging (while stretching credibility a bit). Director Ric Roman Waugh, who also worked with Butler on Angel Has Fallen (my review), has crafted an even more gripping action film, while ramping up the emotional moments. Add this harrowing disaster and the fallout (literal and physical) and the result is a highly involving sci-fi survival adventure.… Expand

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imdbsupport

Feb 11, 2021

It’s an adequate, involving enough afternoon watch (faint praise: better than Geostorm) and for those with a certain destructive itch that still needs scratching, this should do the job.

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Ralfbergs

Sep 11, 2021

The movie was ok but some of the story seemed a bit dumb, some of it was interesting to see though what would happen in such type scenario. Acting was great, but I don't see why critics praise this movie so high in general. Not bad movie, but nothing incredible

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

YorkMan

Feb 8, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Apocalyptic, end of the world stuff... Yawn!

I can take these kinds of movies if they are created and made simply to entertain, and aren't intended to be some moralistic pedantic 'togetherness conquers all' crap...

But that's exactly what this film is, one that asks the audience to get invested in characters who are bland and annoying, inside a narrative that (to anyone with even the slightest level of intellect) makes literally no sense.

It's par for the course, story-wise....
Mass fragment comet predicted to miss Earth instead, at the last moment, is skewed in our direction and predictions come in of an Extinction Level Event (ELE). Main characters (Husband, Wife and 7 year old (Diabetic) Son) are chosen to go to an airforce base for evacuation as husband is a high level civil engineer.
However, the son loses his Insulin in the car, forcing Husband to go back for it leaving Wife and Son at the base. But, Son's Diabetes was only very recently diagnosed and prevents wife/son from getting on plane.
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So, all three are tasked with going to wife's father's house... And from there to Canada to get a plane to Greenland where the military planes are heading...
Will they make it? Of course they do, but we have to spend 90+ minutes watching them do it.

The film isn't truly terrible, it barrels along at a steady enough pace. The problem is the aforementioned presupposition that everyone in the audience will simply believe the scientific nonsense the film requires them to.

Nothing makes sense and, above all, the ending is just ludicrous.
Most of the run-time of the film revolves around making sure husband brings along a three month supply of insulin... Thus, if the family come out of the bunker after nine months... Son should have been long dead, but of course he isn't! Also.. Nine(!!) months for the particulates in the atmosphere to dissipate? Nine months after a Nine mile wide chunk of rock hits Western Europe at several thousand miles per hour! Even the grossly stupid must have realised such an impact would have caused a Nuclear Winter that would have lasted decades, if not centuries!… Expand

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max1c

Mar 20, 2021

The most astounding Hollywood propaganda film. The USSR would be proud. Enjoy.

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