Overview
- Lionsgate releases the sequel in theaters on January 9, following a broad wave of same‑day reviews.
- Set five years after the comet strike, the story follows the Garrity family leaving an untenable bunker to seek a rumored haven in Europe.
- Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin return, with Nathan now portrayed by Roman Griffin Davis.
- Critics praise tense set pieces and an emotional focus, while detractors call the film predictable, meandering, or a dull step down from the original.
- Director Ric Roman Waugh frames the film as a study of moral choices and how people treat one another after catastrophe.