{"id":135278,"date":"2020-12-17T03:41:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T00:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/comet-hits-earth-in-bleak-disaster-movie\/"},"modified":"2020-12-17T03:41:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T00:41:24","slug":"comet-hits-earth-in-bleak-disaster-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/comet-hits-earth-in-bleak-disaster-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"#Comet hits Earth in bleak disaster movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Comet hits Earth in bleak disaster movie<\/strong>”
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Did Gerard Butler take acting lessons from the MGM Lion? He growls and snarls just like Leo in his latest role, as an engineer trying to save his wife and young son from an apocalyptic comet\u2019s impact in \u201cGreenland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense sequences of disaster action, some violence, bloody images and brief strong language). On Demand.\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Butler\u2019s pretty bad \u2014 not horrible \u2014 but the movie itself is quite watchable, if a lot bleaker than your average disaster flick. \u201cThe Day After Tomorrow\u201d and \u201cPoseidon Adventure\u201d did not, in my recollection, have cruel kidnapp<\/a>ings of young boys or murders by hammer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a comet called Clarke approaches Earth, John (Butler) gets an automated text message from the Department of Homeland Security saying his family has been chosen for relocation. He\u2019s told to head to Robins Air Force Base in Georgia with his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), 8-year-old son Nathan (Roger Dale Floyd) \u2014 and no one else. They\u2019re confused. Is it a test? The comet had Hale-Bopp-level excitement around it.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the family turns on the news<\/a> and sees that a shard of the space rock has hit Florida. \u201cTAMPA GONE,\u201d the ticker says. Hop in the car, guys!<\/p>\n

From then on, the revelations in director Ric Roman Waugh\u2019s film are shrewdly unveiled. We learn John is one of a small number of highly skilled professionals who have been picked for survival in an underground base in Greenland: home to glaciers and a population the size of White Plains. Those not lucky enough to receive a government text turn to any method, including crime, to snag a spot on the planes. Chris Sparling\u2019s script shows humanity at its worst.<\/p>\n

Of course, it wouldn\u2019t be much of a story if Butler and Co. just caught a flight and arrived on the island with ease. Roadblocks pop up that make their journey harrowing and sad. Much of the heft is owed to the smallest cast member, Floyd, a deep-feeling child actor who has a hard-hitting scene outside another air force base. Poor kid has to cry buckets.<\/p>\n

The ending, however, is too squeaky clean and obvious to wrap up this messy story. It lacks any element of the unexpected, and we\u2019ve all seen better CGI images of destroyed cities in disaster films for years. Roland Emmerich probably has a folder on his laptop full of them.<\/p>\n

Whatever. As far as Butler\u2019s films go, \u201cGreenland\u201d could have been so much worse. \u201cThe Bounty Hunter\u201d was so awful, after watching it I felt like \u2026 a comet had just hit Earth!\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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