Butler makes predictable return in 'Greenland 2: Migration'

Gerard Butler is the Prince of January.

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You could print calendars now with the knowledge that the Scottish actor will invariably open the year with some kind of action bombast, ranging from the goofy (last year’s “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera”) to the earnest — this year’s disaster movie sequel “Greenland 2: Migration.”Butler reunites with his “Kandahar,” “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh for the film, and much like “Den of Thieves 9,” the film sees our star setting out for the south of France, under, of course, very different circumstances.

In the surprisingly effective 2020 film “Greenland,” Butler's John Garrity and family just barely survive a comet named Clarke, which destroys 75% of the planet on impact. Five years later, when “Greenland 2: Migration” takes place, they're living in a nuclear fallout bunker in Greenland, sheltering from radioactive storms with a group of survivors. This little society has to make a choice: stay put in a relatively safe but increasingly untenable place, or make a move for (possibly) greener pastures. Those potential pastures are in Clarke's impact crater, where a scientist, Dr. Casey Amina (Amber Rose Revah), believes that new life may have sprung, shielded from the toxic air.