Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008 123movies

Watch: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 228,734
	64% | RottenTomatoes
	61/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 5957 Popularity: 68.863 | TMDB

Reviews:

The animation was better, there is a stronger story, there is more heart….but….
The original Madagascar was a break from the typical mold in family animated entertainment; it was fearless, didn’t slow down to teach a lesson, and was not afraid of entertaining solely on physical humor. The content was light, but it was so satisfying that it wound up being Dreamwork’s second best animated movie of them all—behind Shrek. The zany cast of characters easily exceeds the number of memorable characters in Shrek, and contained more humor and creativity than all of the other Dreamworks animated flicks before and ever since.

In the second installment, you see the writers trying to give the franchise a dosage of heart and sentimentality, which is what made Shrek the instant classic it became. A bit of heart can definitely propel an animated movie into masterpiece status (see Toy Story and Finding Nemo) however this is not the franchise to do it. Madagascar is about the cast and how they interact with each other and the conflict that is presented onto them. While the laughs are definitely here, the attempt for emotion constantly makes this film slows down and keeps it from being a superior installment when placed against the original. That being said, it’s still a fun, entertaining, and unpredictable movie that continues the zaniness that made the original a personal guilty pleasure of mine.

In Escape 2 Africa, we follow the New York zoo animals, the psychotic penguins, the monkeys, and the lemur leaders as they unexpectedly are stranded in the middle of Africa. While at first the main four (Marty, Alex, Melman, Gloria) are rather happy at their new environment, they quickly realize that it’s not all that it seems, and that their new temporary home is splitting the four apart. In the meantime, the penguins attempt to repair the plane that they accidentally destroyed. The writers did a good job in presenting all sorts of new gags and yet again refrain from referencing pop culture too much (although the Twilight Zone nod was hilarious). But, they couldn’t deliver the emotional impact because of one main reason: this franchise wasn’t meant to ever slow down in terms of pacing. Like a roller coaster, this movie moves sometimes extremely fast, and then can grind into a halt in the next scene. Lastly the main four don’t interact much with each other, but more with the environment. There literally are at least 8 plots happening at once—some of them are good, some of them aren’t.

The voice acting remains decent, but there are fewer lines by the original cast, and more from supporting characters and new characters. Bernie Mac, rest in peace, but his performance was rather bland and could have been done by anyone else. Alec Baldwin didn’t have much of a chance to lend his comedic skills either. Yet again, the penguins and Sacha Baron Cohen steal every scene they are in, no matter how mediocre the previous scene was. Cohen (as Julien) has an obvious knack for comedy, and delivers every line perfectly for two movies in a row; not bad at all. Ben Stiller had fewer chances at being funny, as they had to handle all the major slower moments. Chris Rock’s role was surprisingly limited, especially for someone who did so well in the original.

The one major improvement from the original was the animation, which was crisp, fluid, and flowed better. Surely it’s undeniably no Wall-E (Or even 2007’s Ratatouille), but it’s still respectably an improvement over previous work. The jokes themselves are hit-and-miss like the original; the only difference is this one has more misses. Plus it’s the recurring jokes that are missing; the hula girl, feisty tourist, repetitive herd, and lion-dancing bits all didn’t elicit much laughter from the audience, nor from me. We just needed much more Julien, and much more penguin-action. Maybe in the future the focus will shift; in the meantime they are just grabbing all the spotlight and attention.

Bottom Line: Exactly what Scrat did to Ice Age: The Meltdown years ago, we have minor/supporting characters becoming the main hit and running the show. While the original four characters take a backseat and add emotion to a franchise that’s too fast-paced for this sort of stuff, we have the penguins and Julien taking over the movie and keeping it from being another totally disappointing animated sequel like every straight-to-video Disney sequel, the ugly Shrek sequels, or Ice Age 2. The entertainment level is still magnificent the second time around, but it won’t age as well as the first Madagascar did. Leave the heart to Pixar, because those folks have nailed it perfectly for years. Dreamworks can serve as the escapist cinema in terms of animation, but if they continue imitating and try to outdo Pixar, it will just dampen the quality of all their movies. Madagascar 2 is the prime example of this: purely fun and entertaining until it tries to distribute family values. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is also proof that those hilarious penguins need their own movie, pretty much immediately.

Yes, right now.

Another Madagascar Winner
Well, so far “Madagascar” is two-for-two in the laughs department. This is just as good, if not better, than the first film.

It’s another good example of the “new” (last 10 years) kind of animated feature film that adults can enjoy just as much as the kids. In some cases, perhaps like this one, adults would laugh even more because many of the gags might over the kids’ heads. I’m not talking sexual innuendos, just references to things older people could recognize.

It isn’t just the writing that is excellent; the artwork is spectacular, especially on Blu-Ray. The colors and the detail are just amazing! More than once, my jaw dropped at what I was seeing on the TV screen. Like the first Madagascar, the high-def images are truly spectacular.

The combination of humor, drama, family and friendship ties and romance all make this a wonderful animated movie and the 90 minutes zip by.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 29 min (89 min)
Budget 150000000
Revenue 603900354
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Writer Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Actors Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
Country United States
Awards 4 wins & 11 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)
Aspect Ratio 1.44 : 1 (IMAX version), 1.78 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.85 : 1, 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe (prints), DeLuxe, USA (prints)
Film Length 2,439 m (Sweden), 2,467 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format Digital
Cinematographic Process Digital (source format), Digital Intermediate (master format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak), 70 mm (horizontal) (IMAX DMR blow-up) (Kodak), D-Cinema, D-Cinema (D-Cinema)