Toby Symonds
OF all the films denied cinematic release in the past 11 months, the ‘big ol’ stupid blockbuster’ has likely been the hardest hit.
These are the films whose monumental explosions and stunts belie a deficit of muscle in the brain department. Popcorn thrillers that demand the biggest screens and the loudest speakers to distract viewers from the very worst of scripts. Films like Ric Roman Waugh’s Greenland.
Starring Gerard Butler - alarm bells ringing already - as structural engineer John Garrity, Greenland tells the tale of one man’s mission to find sanctuary for his estranged wife and diabetic son as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth.