Greenland movie review: Gerard Butler's Amazon Prime disaster film is smarter and more unsettling than most

Rated MA15+, 120 minutes, Amazon Prime
Disaster movies, by and large, are not about disasters. They’re about the triumph of the human family when faced with overwhelming odds. When was the last disaster film you saw where everyone, including the main stars, actually died? Imagine a big new screen movie about Pompeii that told the truth – ‘no survivors’ isn’t a great selling point.
Gerard Butler in a scene from the Amazon Prime film Greenland.
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Greenland is better than that, while still respecting the rules of the genre. It has more brains than I expected from a disaster film, because it’s about some real and present dangers. Gerard Butler, with his firm Scottish jaw, is a reassuring leading man, although it was once going to be Chris Evans. Who’s better, Captain America or the guy who has saved more presidents than Clint Eastwood?

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