Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

Gerry Swallow (writer) and
Peter Gaulke (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

Kiss Your Ice Goodbye

Plot:

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit Ice Age. This time around the Ice Age is over and is starting to melt, which will destroy their valley. So they must unite and warn everyone about the situation.

Plot Keywords:

Family Relationships | CGI Film | Fall Through Ice | Squirrel | Piranha

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 3

6:00 AM

HBO

Cast

Ray Romano	...	Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Seann William Scott	...	Crash (voice)
Josh Peck	...	Eddie (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Fast Tony (voice)
Chris Wedge	...	Scrat (voice)
Peter Ackerman	...	Dung Beetle Dad (voice)
Caitlin Rose Anderson	...	Glypto Boy Billy / Beaver Girl (voice)
Connor Anderson	...	Rhino Boy / Beaver Boy (voice)
Joseph Bologna	...	Mr. Start (voice)
Jack Crocicchia	...	Elk Boy (voice)
Peter DeSève	...	Condor Chick (voice)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (USA) (trailer title)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language and innuendo.

Runtime:

91 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | Norway:7 | Singapore:G | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG (certificate #42465) | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG | Philippines:G | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/6 | Malaysia:U | Ireland:G | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:All | Sweden:7 | Iceland:L | UK:U | France:U | USA:PG | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

Crash and Eddie, the possum brothers, bear a strong resemblance and similar demeanor to Pip and Pop, the twin otter brothers in Bear and the Big Blue House.

Goofs:

Factual errors: As with the first film, most of the animals shown did not live either in the Ice Age, in the same location or the same time period.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Start: Oy, this global warming is *killing* me!
Mrs. Start: This is too *hot*, the Ice Age was too *cold*, what will it take to make you happy? Aah!
[the ice that she is sitting on cracks and she falls into the water]
Mr. Start: *This* I like!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Cartoon Wars: Part 2 (#10.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

One

As Good As The Popular First One, And Probably Better

Although it doesn't say "2" on the title, this is the sequel to "Ice Age." It's just as good as the first movie, if not better. The graphics are so clean, with all the whites and the blues, the ice and skies, that it's stunning to view in many, many scenes. Just go to a electronics store chain and see how often this DVD is played as a "demo" to show off new TV sets.

Story-wise, what is a bit different from the first movie - and this was fine with me - was more lines and scenes featuring the two funniest characters: Scat, the squirrel and Sid The Sloth. The squirrel has no lines but is hilarious, as he was in the first film. Scat is still trying to capture or hold that elusive acorn and every quick scene with him is clever. He had far more screen time in this movie.

Meanwhile, John Leguizamo has almost all the funny lines in the feature story as "Sid." I lost track how many humorous things he said, but he just makes everyone laugh out loud during this film.

We also get a lot of adventure in here as the ice is melting in the area the animals live and the have to get out the valley before the dam breaks and they are all swept away in a huge flood. There is good suspense about that, enough to just about wear you out by the end. Add to the story a romance angle with a female mammoth (Ellie) and you have another great movie with a lot to offer. You can bet there will be another sequel and if its as good as th first two, it will be another winner.