Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa- LOL!!

Title: Madagascar 2- Escape 2 Africa
Director: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Alec Baldwin, Chris Rock and the "late" Bernie Mac, and Sacha Baron Cohen...
Plot: The "Freaks of New York" try to reach home but crash land in Africa
Bottom-line: Cant wait for the penguins spin-off.....

Madagascar is a special movie for me in terms of nostalgia. It was the first time in a long long time that i went and watched the movie in Sathyam in its splendid RDX format. Me and dad had a real laugh especially the antics of King Julian (brilliantly voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen) and the penguin quartet of Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Mason. For me the USP were these side-characters.

Watching Madagascar 2, I was initially a bit apprehensive that these characters would be a bit side-lined to accommodate other characters. But fortunately that was not the case.
The story follows the gang's journey to africa where they are united with respective herds. The film follows their exploits. Although there is a "Lion King"ish tone to this movie, one would think the creators are trying to spoof the classic. But if that were the case then that is the film's only weak point.
Schiwmmer as the hypochondriac Melman gets an extension of his role as the madly-in-love guy which he is so good at. Needless to say Sacha Baron Cohen is brilliant. Even though the lead characters are not that funny,the others characters bring down the roof.
So see this movie and enjoy because its just 90 minutes of sheer delight... Long live animation movies....

Rating: 3/5

The Penguins of madagascar rocks... Btw there is a spin-off series of these characters on Nick... cant wait to see that.. Im downloading it as i am writing this blog.....