Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

A few stolen moments from Lion King, but identity plays its role in Madagascar 2! A worthy sequel, but doesn't live up to the first.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a great movie with a very well written storyline and a terrific voice cast.The movie is a very fresh sequel to Madagascar that I think is just as good,in fact probably better,than the first one.Its filled with more interesting characters and each of the four main characters are given their own story,which I really liked.I liked seeing all four of them dealing with a new life in Africa,particularity Marty as we see him hanging around a ton of Zebras who look and sound exactly like him,I thought this was a funny set up and seeing how sensitive Marty was about being unique,it was a good choice.Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a very enjoyable movie that fans of the first one will definitely enjoy. As they fly back to New York,the animals crash land in Africa,where Alex is reunited with his parents,although he must fight to prove he is worthy to stay.Meanwhile,we see the rest of the gang get use to a new life in Africa.

The gang try to leave Madagascar and fly back to New York. Of course, the penguins' plane completely falls apart and they crash land in Africa. There they are reunited with Alex's family.This is a much better movie than the original. There are more penguin screen time. The jokes are funnier. It's a brighter happier movie. This time around, there is no more of that uncomfortable predator prey relationship.The family aspect of Alex's story is just much more compelling and much more poignant. The idea of him trying to fit into his father's expectations. There are big ideas here.

This half piece of nothing is a COMPLETE knock off of The Lion King just LIKE Disney's CGI flick The Wild. Alex finds out he has a dad,the dad owns the land,his evil brother doesn't want him to rule the land blah blah blah.The story picks off right after the first one and Alex(voiced by Ben Stiller) and his gang(Jada Pinkett Smith as the Hippo Gloria,David Schwimmer as the giraffe Melmon,and Chris Rock as Marty the Zebra)end up in Africa where Alex finds out that he has a father (voiced by the late actor Bernie Mac) but his evil brother (voiced by 30 Rock's Alec Baldwin) doesn't want him to rule the land and so he comes up with a plan to get rid of Alec's dad.The animation is great,the charcthers are great but seriously though is Dreamwork's TRYING to become Disney?? like Disney trying to be Pixar or Dreamwork's for that matter with the animation in CGI form.Yeah if I were you guys i'd skip this one and watch the original instead.