Overview
- The Lionsgate release opened Jan. 9 with Ric Roman Waugh directing and Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis reprising the central family roles.
- Set five years after a comet strike, the story follows the Garritys as they leave a failing Greenland bunker to seek a rumored safe zone in southern France.
- Reviewers praise several large-scale sequences—including a collapsed bunker, a tidal wave, a flooded Liverpool and a perilous English Channel crossing—while others label the follow-up routine.
- Butler’s protective-father performance is frequently cited as a strong anchor, even as some critics find the emotional and narrative beats inconsistent.
- The film is rated PG-13 and runs about 98 minutes, marking an exclusive theatrical rollout unlike the first installment’s pandemic VOD debut.