Directed by:
Ric Roman WaughScreenplay:
Chris SparlingCinematography:
Dana GonzalesComposer:
David BuckleyCast:
Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, Holt McCallany, Andrew Bachelor, Merrin Dungey, Gary Weeks (more)VOD (4)
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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 levelled 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. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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A down-to-earth disaster nail-biter with an unexpectedly realistic first half. After the excellent first hour it jumps feet first into the realm of Hollywood and things start to work miraculously. Vaughn approaches this in the same way as Seňor Spielberg in War of the Worlds, concentrating on an ordinary family with Butler in the role of a dad chosen to survive. It chugs along marvelously and there’s always something happening. Surprisingly, the government does what it should; the other characters are not one-dimensional; the powerful scenes with fire raining down and blast waves work splendidly. Movies like this a needed in this day and age; it makes you realize that things could be much, much worse. Covid is nothing in comparison to Clark.
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You shouldn’t be expecting a shallow action movie, Ric Roman Waugh shows us carefully measured scenes of devastation, often indirectly and with very realistic CGI, thanks to which this movie looks like a movie and not chaotic computer animation. The story focuses on a group of people just trying to survive the impact of a destructive comet, and you will them on to succeed. This is slightly damaged by some typical, predictable tropes - for example, you learn one of the characters suffers from diabetes at the beginning, so it is immediately clear this is the device that later significantly spices up the story. In other respects, however, I was very satisfied and within a specific subgenre, Greenland is a decent movie that definitely deserves attention.
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A comet is heading for Earth and Gerard Butler must save his family. Not the world or civilization, just his family. On the surface, Greenland is a very ordinary disaster movie, but what makes it different from the others is that it revolves around ordinary people trying to survive. Nothing more. Solid actors, very brisk pace and well built tension. Nothing too new, but above average entertainment.
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A very sober and rational view of disaster. Understandably it doesn't have the fun factor of Armageddon or San Andreas, but Greenland surprisingly maintains a high stamp of believability and raw reality most of the time. Too bad about some infuriatingly clichéd scenes (the ending), but thank heavens for the likeable moments that are pleasantly chilling in places and very well acted. Baccarin is surprisingly commanding, Butler is just OK. The pace is great and even though you can see that it's kind of a low budget movie, the filmmakers managed to camouflage it well. Decent and overall smart entertainment.
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It has its weaker moments (the entire final half-hour is such a clichéd Hollywood construct, completely different in mood from the previous realistic action), but otherwise it's far from Geostorm and similar recent bullshit. It's a believable look at human behaviour in extreme situations, when a planetary catastrophe brings to the surface their egotism and low instincts. The special effects are sparse, but the ominous sights of the changing sky has an unsettling charm and visually it really looks good and believable. But I expected it, Ric Roman Waugh is a smart guy, he's done it a few times already, and his latest film so far certainly doesn't deserve to be in the blue.
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