Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (DVD)

A great family film Madagascar Escape 2 Africa Alex, Gloria, Marty and Melman are back! We again follows the adventures of the loveable animals. Madagascar 2 is the 2008 sequel to the 2005 movie, Madagascar. It's a cartoon animation by the wonderful talented Dreamworks studios. The film follows on in from the end of the last movie. We left Alex the Lion, Gloria the hippo, Marty the Zebra and Melman the giraffe in Madagascar after they had escaped from a New York Zoo. They had gone to Madagascar as a holiday and now want to return to New York as they were regarded as star attractions when they were in the zoo. We firstly see a ...  Read the complete review

Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa was released in December 2008. It was the much anticipated sequel to the very popular Madagascar. Knowledge of the first film isn't essential which is always a plus with sequels. Madagascar ended with Alex the lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo still stranded on the island of Madagascar. Madagascar 2 picks up the story shortly after when the penguins have managed to fix up the lemurs plane so that it is once again able to fly. King Julien and Maurice wish to accompany the four friends to New York as do Mason and Phil, two chimpanzees. (They have strangely reappeared from the first film where they did ...  Read the complete review

==Madagascar Escape 2 Africa== Facts * 89 minutes long * Directed by Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell. * Rated PG * Introduced to DVD February 6, 2009 Plot Leaving Madagascar in a "fixed" plane, the gang leaves for New York Zoo. Penguins are flying the plane. King Julien is in first class watching movies and sipping fancy drinks. All of a sudden the engines go out. They find themselves hurling downing towards some unknown land. They crash on a reservation for animals where we meet all new characters. The adventure begins when Alex finds his beginning, Melman finds his courage and Marty finally ...  Read the complete review

This is very obviously the sequel to Madagascar, a firm family favourite in this household and I believe many others therefore we were really excited to sit down and watch this together on a rainy afternoon in June. Madagascar was hilarious for adults and children alike, with the fabulous 'I like to move it' song being one of the high points of the film. It starred four friends from a New York zoo who ended up on Madagascar, home of the Lemur, and what happened while they were there aclimatising to the wild. It starts with a flashback to a Lion cub playing with his father, the Alpha-Lion on a reserve in Africa, who gets taken by hunters. Zooba, ...  Read the complete review

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman have decided to head home to New York Zoo after their adventures in Madagascar. Unfortunately, their plane runs out of fuel and the penguins piloting are forced to crash land in the African Savannah. Greeted by Alpha Lion Zuba, Alex discovers he is Zuba's long lost son. In an effort to fit in he agrees to a rite of passage and gets himself promptly exiled. Can Alex prove himself to be a true King of the jungle? Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa has bad cash-in written in big letters all over the box. From the confused, pointless plot to the poor performances and almost total lack of humor there is very little to enjoy here. The ...  Read the complete review