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The
Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African
nature reserve, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially
discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.
Directors: Eric
Darnell, Tom McGrath
Writers: Etan Cohen,
Eric Darnell
Stars:
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer
The
Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African
nature reserve, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially
discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.
—jgp3553@yahoo.com
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.
—rocknrollunderdawg
Desperate
to return to their beloved Central Park Zoo, the tame quartet of New
Yorkers--Alex, the self-absorbed lion; Marty, the optimistic zebra; Melman, the
hypochondriac giraffe, and Gloria, the curvaceous hippo--embark on a decrepit
cargo aeroplane along with some new friends. However, this time, the team
crash-lands at the flat plains of the boundless African savannah, marooned at a
special and all-too-familiar place where the memories overflow and everyone
gets the chance to broaden his horizons. Will an escape to Africa help Alex
rediscover his origins?
—Nick
Riganas
Synopsis
The
movie starts in the past, in an African reserve, when Alex the Lion was just a
little cub, being tutored in the art of being a lion, by his doting father,
Zuba, who is also the Alpha Lion. Alex is full of life and more interested in
playing the fool, by dancing around and doing the "happy face/angry
face" gag with his paw. Zuba shows him his paw, which has an Africa-shaped
birthmark on it, which Alex also has on his paw. Just then, Makunga (Alec
Baldwin), a scheming lion who wants to be Alpha Lion, challenges Zuba. Leaving
Alex alone for a while, Zuba kicks the pride out of Makunga. As the fight is
going on, Alex notices a piece of rope moving on the ground and follows it. He
goes off the reserve and is captured by poachers, who dump him in a crate and
put him in the bed of their truck. Zuba notices that his son is missing. He
sees the truck moving along the fence of the reserve and hears his son, crying
out for help. He runs and jumps on the truck. He manages to free the crate of
its binds, when one of the poachers shoots him, causing him to fall off the
truck. He doesn't notice that Alex's crate has fallen out of the truck-bed and
into a nearby river. Despite the painful hole in his ear, he mourns the loss of
his son.
Meanwhile,
in the box, Alex sits timidly. Finally, he reaches New York City and is fished
out and put in the New York City Zoo. When he sees all the people looking at
him, he starts to dance around, much to the audience's pleasure. As he vamps
for the people, behind him, a young Marty the Zebra tells a young Gloria (the
Hippo) and Melman (the Giraffe) that Alex is a show-off. Years later, Alex is
still a huge hit with the zoo spectators. Marty (Chris Rock) tells Gloria (Jada
Pinkett Smith) and Melman (David Schwimmer) that he still thinks he's a
show-off. Marty then expresses his desire to go out in the wild...which, in his
mind, means Connecticut.
Then,
we see a TV news report on the four animals' NY escapade (from the previous
movie) and their encounter with the fearsome Nana (Elisa Gabrielli). After they
were recaptured, animal rights activists demanded that they be sent back to the
wild. During their voyage, their ship went missing, much to the sadness of New
Yorkers.
Next,
in the island of Madagascar, we see that the four animals are now preparing to
go back home, thanks to the airplane that the penguins supposedly fixed. As
they climb up to the huge platform that the lemurs built, they groove to the
tune of "I Like to Move It". They exchange warm goodbyes to the
lemurs, at least most of them. King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), dressed as a
lady in a cake, and Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) are coming along. When the
creepy little Mort tries to come along, Julien turns security loose on him and
herds everyone into the plane. The two monkeys, Mason and Phil, are also there.
With the lemurs' help, the plane is catapulted into the air.
As
they fly through a storm cloud, Alex is scared by what appears to be a gremlin.
However, when the sun comes out, he sees it's only Mort. When Mort waves to
Alex, he loses hold of the wing and is blown off, leaving Alex to think it was
his imagination. Inside the plane, the animals talk about Madagascar. Gloria
mentions that, when they reach NY, she might get into the breeding program,
which makes Melman a bit jealous. She shrugs it off and puts on a mask to take
a nap. In the front of the cabin, Julien and Maurice sit in "first-class",
eating shrimp.
As
Skipper talks to a hula dancer-shaped bobblehead doll, the plane runs out of
fuel. Although Skipper initially solves the problem by smashing the warning
light with the manual, the engines give out, and the plane falls out of the
sky. As Marty, Alex and Melman scream in terror, King Julien treats it like a roller
coaster ride. Their hatch falls open, and he and Maurice are sucked out, with a
parachute deploying, causing Julien to yell out, "I can fly!" As
Marty and Alex say their goodbyes, Alex confesses that he broke Marty's iPod
back at the zoo. Marty's brief anger, however, is interrupted when Melman
blurts out that he loves Gloria. Gloria is still asleep, and he has to backtrack
on it to his friends.
Right
before they crash, Skipper orders Rico to pull up (he had been diving the plane
just for fun), and they skim the ground. The landing gear deploy, but break off
because the plane is moving too fast. The plane skids through a forest, the
wings stripping off, leaving just the airframe. When it flies off a cliff, the
penguins deploy parachutes, leaving the plane's carcass to float to the ground,
where the oxygen masks finally deploy. Finally, Gloria wakes up, and finds
Melman hyperventilating in one of the masks.
When
the dust settles, they look around, wondering where they are. Skipper and the
other penguins celebrate their landing, being able to "live with" two
unaccounted for (Julien and Maurice). Skipper tells the animals that they will
need 6-9 months, with the monkeys' help, to rebuild the plane. Alex and Skipper
initially quarrel over the repairs (with Private pulling a switchblade knife at
one point), but Alex eventually gives up and leads his friends away to
contemplate their fate.
Initially
believed to be in the middle of nowhere, they are proved somewhat wrong when a
jeep approaches, filled with tourists who click pictures, then quickly drives
off. Alex runs after the jeep, trying to get help, but is attacked by Nana
(who's on the jeep). After a brief, comical fight with her, he ends up on the
losing side. The jeep drives off, but Alex got her handbag. He takes her cell
phone and is about to call someone, when they look down the cliff they're on
and see several animals - hippos, lions, zebras and giraffes, among others.
Although Melman initially thinks again that they're at the San Diego Zoo, they
quickly realize they're in Africa. (Though it's a good thing they realize
they're "home"...the cell phone has no service.)
They
go to the watering hole, where the animals are assembled. Alex tries to make
contact with the natives, but quickly finds out they can understand him just
fine. They ask how the four of them got into the reserve. At that moment, the
Alpha Lion, Zuba, and his mate (Sherri Shepherd) approach. Zuba doesn't
recognize Alex, though Alex feels he's seen Zuba before. Suddenly, Zuba's mate
recognizes Alex and looks at his paw, with the Africa-shaped birthmark on it.
Zuba and Alex's Mom are overjoyed at the return of their son, as is Alex at
being reunited with his parents. All the animals around rejoice the return of
Alex, the "King of New York". And, surprisingly, so does Makunga. He
is going to use Alex against Zuba, to become Alpha Lion. Julien and Maurice
show up and partake in the celebrations, thinking it's for them.
Marty
meets the other zebras (who all sound exactly like him). They welcome him into
their fold. Gloria meets the other hippos and becomes the object of attraction
for Moto Moto (Will.i.Am), the hippo "hunk". Melman meets the giraffes
and asks about medications. They say that now that their witch doctor, Joe, is
dead, if any giraffe gets sick, they go into a hole and wait for death.
Horrified, Melman volunteers to become the giraffe's witch doctor.
Makunga
speaks to Zuba about banishing Alex as he has not performed the rite of passage
that all young lion cubs should perform. Alex, thinking it to be a breeze,
accepts. Meanwhile, Marty finds out that his "water-spit" trick is no
longer exclusive to him, as all the other zebras learn it immediately. He is
surprised to see that all zebras are exactly like him. Melman, after having
helped out a young giraffe with a broken leg, is informed that the brown spot
on his neck is a symptom of "witch doctor's disease" and he has 48 hours
to live.
Meanwhile,
the penguins hijack safari jeeps to use to fix the plane, rendering many of the
tourists (including Nana) stranded in the African reserve. The monkeys bring a
whole bunch of monkeys as extra help for fixing the plane. Nana (having just
gotten her beloved handbag back) leads the stranded tourists, who are all from
New York, and tells them that, as New Yorkers, they can survive anything.
Alex
prepares for the rite of passage, thinking it to be a dance-off. As he
prepares, Makunga comes along and talks him into choosing Teetsi, who Alex
thinks will be his dance partner. When the time comes for the rite of passage,
Alex does indeed choose Teetsi, who turns out to be something like the
Incredible Lion Hulk. Alex still thinks it's a dance-off and dances around, to
the confusion of his father, until Teetsi levels Alex with a punch. Now that
Alex has been defeated, Makunga says that Alex should be banished. Unable to do
it himself, Zuba tosses away the Alpha Lion scepter and abdicates. Makunga
obligingly decides to become Alpha Lion. Alex is made to wear a ridiculous
fruit hat, as his punishment.
Zuba
berates his son for shaming him. Alex walks off in a huff. In the wreckage of
the plane, Alex, Marty and Melman sit, moping. Alex is sad about being banished,
Melman is distressed that he has only 2 days to live and Marty is upset he's
exactly like all the other zebras. Gloria comes along happily and gloats about
the great time she's having. When she mentions Moto Moto and his interest in
her, Melman gets jealous and they quarrel and stalk off in separate directions.
Alex and "Marty" are left behind, until the real Marty comes along,
and is offended that Alex could not tell the two zebras apart. Accusing Alex of
only thinking of himself, he walks away.
As
Melman sits inside a giraffe death hole, Julien and Maurice come to him. Julien
advises Melman to tell Gloria how he feels. Gloria is at the hippo's watering
hole, being charmed by Moto Moto. She asks why he likes her. Besides her
plumpness, he can't answer anything else. Melman comes over and sees them
together. He tells Moto Moto to take care of Gloria, and expresses his love for
her in a way far more profound than the male hippo is capable of, before
leaving, having shocked Gloria with his feelings.
Inexplicably,
the watering hole dries up, leaving only a tiny amount. Makunga comes along and
suggests that the animals fight each other for the remaining water. Alex shows
up and says that he will go and look for the reason for the water stoppage,
which is off the reserve. If any animal goes off the reserve, it is fair game
for hunters. Makunga, hearing the dissent among the other animals, says that he
will confer with Zuba. Before leaving the reserve, Alex goes to the zebra herd
and looks for Marty. Unable to find him, he shouts out that he's sorry.
However, he recognizes Marty (the only one not facing him, revealing the scar
left from his bite mark in the last movie) and asks him to accept his apology.
Having made up, Marty accompanies Alex into the woods outside the reserve.
Meanwhile, Makunga tells Zuba and Mom that Alex has gone out of the reserve.
Zuba runs off immediately in search of his son, while Makunga laughs evilly.
At
the watering hole, Moto Moto tries to dig for water, but only finds diamonds
and gold. Julien and Maurice show up and declare that an animal sacrifice to
the volcano will please the water gods. They need a volunteer. Melman, thinking
that he has less than a day to live, volunteers. Cheering, the animals lift him
up and take him to the volcano. Gloria protests, trying to talk Melman out of it,
but he has made up his mind.
Alex
and Marty go through the eerie woods and come up to the source of the water
blockage - a dam erected by the New York tourists, led by Nana. They are
suddenly attacked by spear-wielding tourists. Alex is caught in a rope trap. He
tells Marty to go get help. Marty runs off.
At
the volcano, Melman stands shakily at the edge of the precipice, overlooking
the red-hot magma. Suddenly, the old witch doctor, Joe, shows up. He says that
all giraffes have brown spots, so there's no such thing as "witch doctor's
disease". Gloria runs up to Melman and tells him not to jump. However, as
she runs up to the precipice, she stumbles and cracks it. Melman starts running
towards her, past the crumbling precipice. She grabs him by his horns. They
profess their love for each other. Just then, Marty runs in and tells them that
Alex is in trouble and they need the plane.
At
the crash site, the monkeys are on strike, Mason and Phil are negotiating with
Skipper, and demanding maternity leave (even though the monkeys are all males).
Gloria, Marty and Melman run up and tell them to get the plane ready
immediately, but Skipper can't until he "breaks the union". However,
Phil comes up with "incriminating" photos of Skipper and his
bobblehead doll. Skipper grants their maternity leave, and the monkeys get
right to work.
Alex
is taken to the tourists' colony, where they plan to roast him for dinner. Just
then, Zuba shows up and frees Alex. Seeing that the tourists are New Yorkers,
Alex starts doing his famous dance. The tourists recognize Alex, who they
thought was dead. At first bewildered, Zuba also joins in the fun. However,
Nana still wants to eat them and aims the shotgun at them. Suddenly, the plane
flies overhead and drops a bucket down, with a monkey-chain (several monkeys
holding hands) holding onto it. The lions get inside and, thanks to some
miscommunication up the monkey-chain, the penguins are ordered to take out the
dam. Nana stands on top of the dam and tries to shoot the plane down. One of
the bullets goes through the plane's windshield and blows off the bobblehead
doll's head, prompting Skipper to scream for a medic (Private with duct tape).
Out of bullets, Nana waves her hand bag right before the bucket strikes the dam
like a wrecking ball, smashing it and sending the water back down the river.
Meanwhile,
at the volcano, Julien and Maurice stand alone at the precipice, wondering
about the sacrifice. Suddenly, along comes Mort, who survived the fall and the
ocean, and is currently trying to survive the huge, scary shark that's followed
him inland. As the shark lunges at the lemurs, they hang off the edge of the
precipice, while "Jaws" plummets to a fiery death below. At that
moment, they see water flowing towards the watering hole, leading them to believe
that the sacrifice worked.
The
parched animals are overjoyed to see the water back. They are happier when they
see Alex and Zuba standing proudly on the capsule, floating on the water
towards them. Makunga comes along and haughtily tells them that, though they
brought the water back, Alex is still banished. Alex tells him that he has a
gift for him and gives him Nana's handbag. Makunga takes it happily, but the
gift has an accompaniment inside the capsule - Nana! Seeing her handbag around
Makunga's shoulder, she screams "Bad kitty!" and attacks him, leading
him away by the ear. Zuba picks up the fallen scepter and offers it to Alex.
Alex refuses, but Zuba insists they at least share it, both as Alpha Lions, as
the animals rejoice.
We
then see the animals at a wedding. Although initially Gloria and Melman are
seen in the center of the wedding party, it eventually pans down to the real
couple: Skipper the penguin and his hula dancer bobblehead doll, her head held
to the body with duct tape. Melman comments off-hand that the marriage will
never last. The penguins and monkeys fly off in the plane for a honeymoon in
Monte Carlo, to be paid for with the earlier-found diamonds and gold. Alex,
Marty, Melman, Gloria and the lemurs are content to wait in Africa until they
return. Alex tells Zuba that they'll be staying with them. Zuba has an angry
look on his face, but does the "happy face/angry face" gag, with his
paw. They all laugh. Melman and Gloria look lovingly at each other, and Melman
blubbers about what he loves about her. Marty ribs Alex, saying he's not Marty.
Alex laughs, but just for confirmation, looks at Marty's behind for his bite
mark again, causing Marty to bump him. They walk towards the watering hole.
Taglines: Still
together. Still lost!
Genres: Animation |
Adventure | Comedy | Family
Motion
Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated
PG for some mild crude humor
Details
Country: USA
Language: English |
Italian
Release
Date:
7 November 2008 (USA)
Box
Office
Budget: $150,000,000
(estimated)
Opening
Weekend USA: $63,106,589, 9 November 2008
Gross USA:
$180,010,950
Cumulative
Worldwide Gross: $603,900,354
Company
Credits
Production
Co: DreamWorks
Animation, Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Technical
Specs
Runtime: 89 min
Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby
Digital | SDDS | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)
Color: Color
Aspect
Ratio:
1.85 : 1
