Will Smith Movie:

		List Price: $39.99		Label: Dreamworks Animated Salesrank: 5568 Released: February 6, 2009
		Our Price: $14.98
		Used Price: $9.54
		MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/06/2009 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Pg

Description of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Blu-ray]:
The sequel to the animated movie Madagascar gives more of everything audiences loved in the first movie: More of the penguins; more of Julian, king of the lemurs; more musical bits of classic rock; and many, many more lions, zebras, hippos, and giraffes. In the first film, a quartet of coddled zoo animals found themselves shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar in a misguided effort to return them to the wild. InMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa, a failed attempt to fly back to New York maroons Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) in an animal preserve on the African continent, accompanied by the four deranged penguins and the lunatic lemur king (deliriously voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat). By wild coincidence, this is where Alex was born--and where his father is still the alpha lion, and where his malevolent uncle seeks to take over (let's call this an homage to The Lion King). The other beasts have their own story arcs, but really it's all an excuse for daffy comic bits. Though the result is disposable, it's also entirely entertaining. The action sequences pop with dizzying spectacle; though some jokes are mainstream fodder, more often they're surprisingly quirky and engagingly oddball. This is the best kind of cotton candy filmmaking--it dissolves into nothing, but it's oh-so-sweet to the taste. --Bret Fetzer

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Blu-ray] Reviews:
widescreen - dvd - Madagascar II
2009-11-24 - I ordered two copies of this DVD because my daughter, grandson and I love this movie. However, it is not widescreen. I could tolerate that but the DVD does not allow me to skip the previews, nor does it stop at the end of the movie. The DVD returns immediately to the beginning of the movie and restarts itself. We enjoy that feature but also realize DVDs are not supposed have that feature. So, while the movie is hilarious and entertaining, the DVD was a disappointment.

Thank you.

African Cotton Candy from Dreamworks!
2009-11-15 - The movie starts as a prequel and gets the audience caught up to a modified airplane that gets shot out by a slingshot and away we go! Even before the movie begins, the Dreamworks logo with the boy with the fishing line was cute until he gets attacked by penguins. Hilarious!

The movie has an overall theme a'la The Lion King, where Alex discovers the tribe he originally came from, complete with an "origin of". The greedy uncle, creepily voiced by Alec Baldwin, tricks Alex and his dad and ends up getting everyone kicked out. The story is pretty predictable but I think younger kids will like it.

The penguins and the crashing plane scene is worth all four stars, funny! I don't want to spoil the jokes but the whole thing was played out so well. The head Penguin's love affair with his spring doll is kinda silly too.

The DVD has other sprecials -- tons of classic rock sung by our favorite Dreamworks characters from their earlier films (Shrek, Madagascar, Bee Movie, etc.) that I think younger kids will like. A silly penguin game is added which was probably programmed for very young children -- Halo it's not!

Really enjoyed the director and crew's take on the film, what they thought of it, the scenes in studio watching the actors get in character was fun and interesting to watch as well, if you are interested in the filmmaking process, storyboarding and scripting and so on.

I would have liked a bit more screen time with the penguins and the monkeys. The Gloria love affair with her Moto Hippo was kinda bizarre. Move-it, Move-it with the plot all ready!

Not a bad package: Movie, games, several animated rock videos and several "making of". Can't go wrong with this one.

Dreamworks stuff:

Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition)
Shrek (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Madagascar (Widescreen Edition)



great deal
2009-11-05 - the movie was like new condition when it came. My family and I love it.

Not quite up to the cut of the first.
2009-10-26 - Funny movie that had some great parts for kids and adults. Not a side-splitting funny movie, but worth to watch if there's nothing else on.

SOLID SEQUEL FUN FOR KIDS AND ADULTS!
2009-10-02 - I am a sucker for a good animated film and the original Madagascar was a very good example of the genre. This sequel retains the charm of the original even if we feel we've been there before. The animation is stellar and the voice work inspired in this colorful film. I love the pop culture references and sometimes wonder if these films are made for adults or children. Fortunately this film works for both!