(L-R) Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd and Gerard Butler star in âGreenland.â (Image Courtesy of STXfilms)
I think most of us can agree that âjarringâ is a pretty good word to sum up 2020 ⦠at least in terms of non-profane words.
For the past few months, I truly believed Iâd seen every astonishing moment the universe could throw at us. But leave it to mid-December end-of-the-world thriller âGreenlandâ to get one more good jab in before the New Year.
It might be hard to believe, but the year is 2020 and Gerard Butler has a lead role in a non-animated movie that isnât terrible.
Review: Greenland focuses on human side of a global disaster
Gerard Butler stars as a husband and father trying to get his family to safety after a comet wipes out most of humanity
In Greenland, a comet from outer space crashes to Earth causing an extinction level event, so it s not quite the holiday pick-me-up as, say, Mariah Carey s Magical Christmas Special.
The best parts of this action epic are the ways in which it scales down and brings its global terror home; in a way, Greenland is a domestic drama in the guise of a disaster movie. It begins with a bang, but a flabby midsection and a few too many unlikely coincidences dull its overall impact.
What to stream this weekend: Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, Mandalorian
UPI News Service, 12/18/2020
Chadwick Boseman s final performance in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian and Kristen Wiig returning to Saturday Night Live as a guest host, are happening this weekend.
ADVERTISEMENT In addition, Gerard Butler deals with an extinction-level event in Greenland, Disney explores the School of American Ballet in On Pointe and Creepshow presents a horror-themed holiday special.
Here s a rundown on some of the films, television shows and holiday specials that will be released this weekend.
Film Ma Rainey s Black Bottom Netflix
Those going into the new Gerard Butler disaster movie epic “Greenland” expecting a cartoonish romp along the lines of his previous foray into the genre, the mind-bogglingly idiotic “Geostorm,” are likely to come away from it surprised. And in some cases, a bit annoyed. Instead of the over-the-top spectacle you might rightfully expect from such a project, the film, at least for a good portion of the time, employs an approach that is slightly more grounded than other films of its type. The result is still pretty dopey in spots, but even if it s not worth watching when all is said and done, it s at least a little better than one might assume it to be.