Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

The penguins were the best thing about the first Madagascar movie and they are once again the stars of this sequel. While the main characters Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippo go searching for themselves, the Penguins are all business. They salvage and rebuild the plane that they crashed in Africa and have hired a crew of monkeys to work for them. The Penguins' special forces personas and their rapid-fire dialogue and joke delivery make them the funniest thing in Black & White since The Three Stooges. They totally outshine the other characters, especially the main character Alex, who's unfunny and conceited in an uninteresting way.

Now, the self-centered character of King Julien the Lemur, he's a different story. He's the source of many laughs; hilariously voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Twilight Zone fans will find another tribute gag, this time "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is parodied with a little lemur being spotted hanging off the flaming engine of the wing of the plane (remember the first movie had a panicked lemur yelling "It's a cookbook!" while the cover read, "To Serve Lemur").

I haven't been overly impressed with DreamWorks animation's offerings but have enjoyed the "Madagascar" movies. Their light-hearted approach and funny gags are enjoyable, especially compared to Pixar's recent efforts, which have been beautiful to look at but I've found to be a little preachy and aloof in their execution.

DreamWorks + real comedians, always equals funny movies

Personally I think this is better than the first film. Very entertaining but sometimes I just lost focus, there were times when I just lost interest in what was going on.

Plus I was really happy to see Mort again, lil' cutie.

7/10
31/03/2019

I love this movie a lot younger, and it still holds up really well today for a sequel. I think I've watched this more than the original movie, and I just love the setting the characters are in. I think this is my personal favorite movie from the trilogy.

Not quite as good as the first. It has basically the typical sequel issue - more of the same without adding much. That doesn't mean it's bad, though. Still very funny. The penguins in King Julien still get more laughs then the others.

I almost died laughing in the part where Alex the lion, Marty the zebra and Melman the giraffe were screaming their heads off when the plane was plummeting towards the ground, and Gloria the hippo slept through the whole damn thing! I love "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa!" It's fun, it's the best movie I've ever watched in my life.