Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	November 7, 2008
On DVD:	February 6, 2009
Genre:	Family, Comedy
Director:	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Writer:	Etan Cohen
Cast:	Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, Will.i.am
AKA:	Madagascar: The Crate Escape, Madagascar 2
Studio:	DreamWorks Pictures
Official site:	madagascarmovie.com
Running Time:	89 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG for some mild crude humor

All the loveable characters are back - Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins - in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa." Left marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plan - sort of. Once aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just...

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa arrived on DVD yesterday, much to my delight. The original Madagascar was surprisingly entertaining, and there was no reason why its sequel - which was a given as soon as the first one surpassed the $150 mark - would be in any different. Unless DreamWorks hired a new writer and that man stayed up all night drinking to come up with a good idea, and that good idea was to rip off The Lion King.

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