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.

Wow… this is actually pretty good. There are only a couple things that aren't really good. First off, why is it called Madagascar? The first show has barely anything happening on Madagascar and now they are in Africa… what next, Europe? (*Head smacks desk hard*) FINE! How about you just call it Gallivanting New York Animal's or something? Just don't give us false hope that they are still on the island. There is also the little matter that they could of just ended it with the first and I would have been really satisfied with the ending. And now? Well, I think they could of ended it here and had everyone happy in Africa, wonder how they will work that into the next one.So, Alex has a mark on his hand that shows he's the son of the chief of in a lion group… When did he get this mark because he sure didn't have it in New York. It seems they just added it for the sake of making this movie. You know, I think the story would have been better if they didn't try to force the story to keep going. They probably could have done tons of things in Madagascar instead of coming onto the main land. Alex seemed happy there, so did the rest. They had shelter, food, and got along pretty well with the natives. Why did they still want to go back? I have no clue.I'm a little surprised that King Julian, instead of being a annoying prick, actually was able to have a bigger role in the show and give special characters a small push to keep the character arc going. Actually, a lot have a bit more info on each of the characters.The textures and everything are pretty much the same as the first, though one or two textures have changed like the small hand print thing on Alex's hand.Again, voices are pretty much the same as the first so not sure what to say here.Surprisingly though, this was better then the first movie and so I have good hopes for the next.

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.

I did like the first Madagascar film and I was expecting to like the sequel just as much, because animated sequels to kid's movies might not be as good as the original, they're never bad. Accept for this one. Everything that works in Madagascar does not work in Escape 2 Africa, starting with1. THE WAY THE STORY GETS SET UP. I know it is a kids movie but I can't believe that penguins and lemurs were able to rebuild a damaged 1940s-ish airplane that was stuck in a tree and get it air worthy. King Julien and gang enter the plane solely because kids liked them in the original. Even though none of them do anything the entire movie! 2. THE JOKES. This movie had exactly the same problem that Men in Black II did with Frank the pug and the worm guys where I have to ask "Why are these one time joke characters from the first movie doing in this movie? There is no reason besides kids liked them in the first movie!" That is exactly what I said about the old lady, the penguins and the lemurs! And in Men in Black II at least I was enjoying myself when the worm guys and Frank were on screen. These characters are stupid, the jokes are not funny and they get so much screen time that it becomes annoying and painful. 3. THE "PLOT". This movie is animals sitting around and doing nothing for the entire film. In Madagascar the best part of the writing was how the four main characters interacted with each other. In Escape 2 Africa then spend the entire film doing their own thing showing how boring these characters are when they are by themselves. This movie try's to be a parody of The Lion King and it's not a very good one. If you remove the everyone sitting around and doing nothing plot from the lion king you would still have a great movie, because you would have great music, great animation and great scenes. If you remove the everyone sitting around and doing nothing plot from Escape 2 Africa, you would have nothing. Which is what this movie left me with.