Greenland
SCORE: 56
Ever so often I am interested in watching
some disaster movie. Greenland fit into that mold and the previews
looked interesting. This man is trying to save his family while a comet
comes crashing into Earth. The experience of the movie is so different
from those previews. I am confused by so many things that were within
the two hours of Greenland. I will try to get into those things in this
review in just a bit.
The premise within Greenland is that the government decides to save
certain people and their families based on their professions and
skillsets. John Garrity is a building designer. His wife Allison is
estranged from him. They have a son Nathan who is a diabetic. There are
way too many predictable moments within Greenland. Like when the son
drops his insulin in the vehicle. The father has to go back for it and
that separates the family.
When the soldiers find out Nathan is diabetic they refuse to allow him
to board the plane. The mother refuses to go without him. SPOILER ALERT!
Yet near the end of the movie the family gets right into the bunker with
no one checking for wrist bands or even asking about who they are. The
hubands calls and text will not go through. When the wife checks her
phone her texts did go through.
Greenland is way more about the journey than the destination. The father
is separated from his family most of the movie. We do find out that he
cheated on his wife. Thankfully they are working out the marriage and
getting back together. The parents sacrifice for their child quite often
within Greenland. People are shown to be very selfish and hateful within
Greenland.
The issues families will have with Greenland are violence, blood,
murder, death, destruction, kidnapping, fight to the death, cruge humor,
bad language, and more. Anyone with the wrist band is seen as a means to
survival for those that do not have one. SPOILER ALERT! The family finds
out about flights leaving Canada to the bunker in Greenland. They have
to become a real pain to get on the last plane.
- Paul
Graphics: 58%
Sound: 62%
Replay/Extras: 50%
Gameplay: 40%
Family Friendly Factor: 68%
System: DVD
Publisher: Universal Pictures
Developer: Thunder Road Films
Rating: ‘PG-13’ - Parents Strongly Cautioned {for intense sequences of
disaster action, some violence, bloody images and brief strong language}
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