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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 79,075 users
Metascore: 61/100
Reviews: 112 user | 162 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com The animals try to fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African wildlife refuge, where Alex is reunited with his parents. |
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Cast
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| Ben Stiller | ... |
Alex
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| Chris Rock | ... |
Marty /
Additional Zebras
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| David Schwimmer | ... |
Melman
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| Jada Pinkett Smith | ... |
Gloria
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| Sacha Baron Cohen | ... |
Julien
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| Cedric the Entertainer | ... |
Maurice
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| Andy Richter | ... |
Mort
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| Bernie Mac | ... |
Zuba
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| Alec Baldwin | ... |
Makunga
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| Sherri Shepherd | ... |
Mom
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| Will i Am | ... |
Moto Moto
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| Elisa Gabrielli | ... |
Nana
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| Tom McGrath | ... | ||
| Chris Miller | ... |
Kowalski
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Christopher Knights | ... |
Private
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The sequel to 2005's "Madagascar", in which New York Zoo animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, still stranded on Madagascar, start to leave the island. All of a sudden, they land in the wilderness of Africa, where Alex meets the rest of his family, but has trouble communicating with them after spending so much time at the Central Park Zoo. Written by rocknrollunderdawg
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Country:
USARelease Date:
7 November 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Madagascar 2 See more »Box Office
Budget:
$150,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£6,342,997 (UK) (5 December 2008)Gross:
£23,296,694 (UK) (8 May 2009)Company Credits
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Written by Jack Feldman, Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow
Performed by Barry Manilow
Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The hippopotamus who asks if Alex is dancing about a plane crash is voiced by Stacy Ferguson, better known by her stage name, Fergie. She's well known for being a member of hip hop & R&B group The Black Eyed Peas with Will i Am who voices Moto Moto. See more »Goofs
When the hunters attract young Alex to outside the reserve, the rope is very far from the fence, which means it had to be thrown from the outside to the inside of the reserve. The rope could only be thrown from the top of the fence, but when the rope is pulled back, near the hunters, we see it being pulled from the bottom of the lower wire of the fence. See more »Quotes
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The penguins kick the fishing boy off the "DreamWorks" logo. (The boy's voice is supplied by Jeffrey Katzenberg, uncredited.) See more »Soundtracks
"Copacabana (At The Copa)"Written by Jack Feldman, Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow
Performed by Barry Manilow
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I am a fan of the first Madagascar film, I know there are a lot of people who dissed it, but I thought it was cute. So when I saw the trailer for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, I was excited. I saw it on Friday and I absolutely enjoyed this fun family film. I think this even had a more coherent plot as well, plus how could you not love the penguins? They are absolutely hilarious and need their own movie, maybe a Full Metal Jacket with penguins! Anyways, I loved the characters so much, they're back and better than ever. They even ended up giving the little old lady from the first Madagascar who fought Alex the Lion, she has a bigger role and was so awesome to watch and listen too. I think the jokes were even funnier than the first Madagascar, my favorite scene without a doubt was the plane sequence in the beginning. But the whole story was just a blast to watch.
Alex, Marty, Gloria, and Melman are still looking to go back to Africa, everything seems to be a good and they start to fly back with the penguins as well as Julien. But the plane runs out of fuel and crashes, they are still in Africa, but bump into an animal pack where Alex finds his long lost parents, Marty finds out that all zebras are like him(imagine being surrounded by 1,000 Chris Rocks*shudder*), Gloria has a hunky hippo who is crushing on her, and Melman becomes the giraffe witch doctor of his group. Alex is about to be initiated into his pride, but one lion does not want him part of the group and will do anything to become leader.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is definitely worth your watch, it's not the animated film of the year, but it was a lot of fun to watch. It kind of reminded me of The Lion King a little bit, it has a similar story. It's a great family film and is fun for both the kids and the adults as well. Although I still think it's funny that Alex is voiced by Ben Stiller and his dad is voiced by Bernie Mac, but it's all good, who knows, maybe Alex's dad just had a little more soul in him. I would recommend this film, it was a lot of fun to watch and I suggest we write in a script for those penguins! They're a blast to watch on screen.
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