Greenland 2: Migration Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		5.0
Audio		5.0
Extras		1.5
Overall		3.5

Greenland 2: Migration Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman March 25, 2026

Note: In a kind of perplexing marketing regimen, Lionsgate's PR arm is evidently not promoting this film's precursor's debut in 4K UHD and re-release in 1080, both of which have the same (ostensible) official release date as this one. Making things even stranger is that Lionsgate first announced they would be sending their 4K / 1080 combo pack of Greenland 2: Migration for review purposes, only to at a very late date revise that to announcing they'd only be sending the standalone 1080 release. When I went to order the 4K version for review purposes, I was surprised to see it was shipped to me immediately, despite a supposed March 31 release date. My (also ordered) copy of the first film in 4K and 1080 has not shipped as of the writing of this review, but reviews of the 4K and 1080 releases of the first film will post as soon as possible.

The first Greenland was not a box office blockbuster in the traditional sense of the word, with a theatrical exhibition severely hobbled by the effects of the pandemic. Interestingly, Greenland took off on this side of the pond via streaming services (I know, I know), which may help to explain why the decision to move ahead with a sequel may not have been that risky of a proposition, despite official "ticket sales" numbers. This sequel begins with what amounts to a "previously. . .on Greenland" montage that gives a quick summary of major plot points of the first film. There's a great old science fiction book that was "YA" before that idiom was really a "thing", Robert Silverberg's Time of the Great Freeze, which posited a new Ice Age (so to speak) which forced Mankind to tunnel underground in order to survive. Much the same gambit informs the first (perhaps overly lengthy) part of Greenland 2: Migration, with John Garrity (Gerard Butler), wife Allison (Morena Baccarin) and son Nathan (Roman Griffin Davis) among a cohort of meteor survivors consigned to a heavily fortified subterranean bunker.

John has been assigned (outside) scouting duties, a plot point that ends up having some significance down the line, and his hikes around the area reveal an absolutely devastated landscape, though rather interestingly "ghost ships" wash up on a nearby shore, something else that ends up having some significance down the line. Daily life in the bunker as well as the family dynamics of the Garrity clan are explored in the film's opening act, but given this is at least a "disaster film" adjacent property, suffice it to say that aftereffects from the incursion of the comet known as Clark forces the Garrity family and several others to escape the bunker and try to find safety elsewhere. And that's really the complete underpinning of this sequel's plot.

While there are supporting characters hanging around the margins of the tale, this is really focused pretty solidly on John, Allison and Nathan, something that actually redounds to the benefit of the emotional content the film provides. The Garrity trio go through a variety of adventures in order to get to an ostensible "Promised Land" that is reportedly healthy and on the road to recovery much more than anywhere else. That allows the film to offer an apocalyptic travelogue of sorts as John and his brood trek through areas including Liverpool, London, the "English Channel" (you'll know why that's in quotes when you watch the film), and France. In an unavoidably "Biblical" formulation in the screenplay, John, a veritable Moses leading his family (and a late addition) to safety, has a fate that echoes both Moses' and the famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. which cited Moses' destiny.

Director Ric Roman Waugh, who helmed the first Greenland along with a couple of other outings with Butler, is on hand in a supplement stating he wanted the "situational" foundation of the story to provide a structure for the emotional content involving the family, rather than making it a centerpiece in and of itself. Waugh probably mostly succeeds in that endeavor, and there's no denying the "lump in the throat" quality of the film's closing moments. But that still can't hide the fact that Waugh also wants to indulge in all sorts of "disaster movie" mayhem, and frankly that's arguably where Greenland 2: Migration actually provides the most excitement.

Greenland 2: Migration Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Greenland 2: Migration is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.39:1. Captured with Sony CineAlta Venice 2 cameras and finished at 4K (both data points courtesy of the IMDb), this delivers everything most videophiles will want from an "apocalyptic epic", with a number of extremely well detailed vignettes in a variety of devastated locations, though I'll cut to the chase and certainly recommend those with the appropriate equipment to opt for Lionsgate's Greenland 2: Migration 4K release, as both fine detail levels and palette nuances have some improvements in that format. CGI is arguably a bit more believable at this resolution than in 4K, but overall all of the VFX work is admirably woven into the practical side of the shoot. If there's arguably some slight variability in the FX shots, the practical side of things typically offers excellent fine detail throughout, and a very healthy palette.

Greenland 2: Migration Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Greenland 2: Migration features an impressively robust Dolby Atmos track. The recurrent use of Clarke's fragments descending precipitously throughout the story offers several standout moments that clearly emphasize height, but accompany a lot of those sequences are very forceful explosions that kind of simultaneously engage the subwoofer for some really boisterous LFE. The glut of the tale unfolds outside, which allows for consistent engagement of the "traditional" surround channels for well placed ambient environmental effects. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Forced English subtitles accompany some late material in French, but otherwise optional English and Spanish subtitles are available.

Greenland 2: Migration Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Rebuilding (HD; 8:01) is an interview with Ric Roman Waugh.


• Pushing Forward (HD; 9:47) is an interview with Gerard Butler.


• Heart and Soul (HD; 7:07) is an interview with Morena Baccarin.


• What We Leave Behind (HD; 3:12) is an interview with Roman Griffin-Davis.


• Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:30)

A digital copy is also included and packaging features a slipcover.

Greenland 2: Migration Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Greenland 2: Migration does a good job of balancing up close and intimate personal stories with the more epic scale of a disaster movie. The story is pretty rote, frankly, but it's handled with a good deal of visual and audio flare, both of which are standouts on this release. Recommended.