Ever seen one of those “Giant Comet 2020” joke political bumper stickers? That’s essentially the premise of “Greenland,” a disaster thriller starring Gerard Butler, helmed by his “Angel Has Fallen” director Ric Roman Waugh. The set up is basic: Butler is John, a structural engineer in a generic American city (Atlanta, to be exact). While some choose to party or pray in anticipation of Clarke’s devastation, speeding toward Earth bearing an “extinction-level” event, others loot or lie in wait. One wouldn’t expect a Gerard Butler action thriller to reflect ourselves and our experience of this year, and in the end “Greenland” does wander into fantasy while purporting that a man (or at least a Gerard Butler) might outrun an extinction-level event.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 16, 2020 20:38 UTC