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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Widescreen Edition) (2008)

Ben Stiller , Chris Rock , Eric Darnell , Tom McGrath  |  PG |  DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (282 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
  • Writers: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Etan Cohen
  • Producers: Lorne Orleans, Mark Swift, Mireille Soria
  • Format: Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: DreamWorks
  • DVD Release Date: February 6, 2009
  • Run Time: 89 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (282 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001NCDFTW
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,802 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Widescreen Edition)" on IMDb

Special Features

- Filmmakers' Commentary
- It's a Family Affair: The Cast of Escape 2 Africa
- The Making of Escape 2 Africa
- Crash Landing
- African Adventure
- Jambo Jambo: Swahili Speak
- "Move It, Move It" Music Video
- "Big and Chunky" Music Video
- "She Loves Me" Music Video
- “The Traveling Song Sing Along” Music Video
- Alex's Dance Off
- DWA Jukebox
- Test Flight of Air Penguin Game

Editorial Reviews

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The sequel to the animated movie Madagascar gives more of everything audiences loved in the first movie: More of the penguins; more of Julian, king of the lemurs; more musical bits of classic rock; and many, many more lions, zebras, hippos, and giraffes. In the first film, a quartet of coddled zoo animals found themselves shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar in a misguided effort to return them to the wild. InMadagascar: Escape 2 Africa, a failed attempt to fly back to New York maroons Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) in an animal preserve on the African continent, accompanied by the four deranged penguins and the lunatic lemur king (deliriously voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat). By wild coincidence, this is where Alex was born--and where his father is still the alpha lion, and where his malevolent uncle seeks to take over (let's call this an homage to The Lion King). The other beasts have their own story arcs, but really it's all an excuse for daffy comic bits. Though the result is disposable, it's also entirely entertaining. The action sequences pop with dizzying spectacle; though some jokes are mainstream fodder, more often they're surprisingly quirky and engagingly oddball. This is the best kind of cotton candy filmmaking--it dissolves into nothing, but it's oh-so-sweet to the taste. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

All of 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. They find themselves in the wildest place of all – the vast plains of Africa – where our zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind for the very first time. While discovering their roots, they quickly find the differences between the concrete jungle and the heart of Africa. Despite long-lost relatives, romantic rivals and scheming hunters, Africa seems like a great place...but is it better than their Central Park home?

Customer Reviews

Like the other movies it is entertaining for the kids and has good humor for the adults. jungleboyj  |  71 reviewers made a similar statement
I purchased this movie for my Kindle Fire and my 2 year old son loves watching this movie all the time. Nitaya Washington -. Powell  |  67 reviewers made a similar statement
The DVD was received very timely and the quality was great. A. D. Warren  |  17 reviewers made a similar statement
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars More heart, humor than the first February 8, 2009
Format:DVD
Dreamworks' animated films have not been able to hold a candle to caliber of Disney/Pixar films, but let's face it: who can? That said, Madagascar 2 is learning from Pixar at the very least. Animated films work when they are able to successfully blend humor, heart, and a good story to keep the audience sustained for at least 90 minutes.

Madagascar 2 starts in the right direction by presenting a very nice opening featuring a brief origin of Alex and how he got to New York. It's probably less than 5 minutes, but already set the tone for the heart of the picture, which focuses chiefly on Alex fitting in with his fellow lions. The other chief characters are also stumbling as they interact with their own in Africa.

Also back is the humor. I sometimes feel like the movies would be funnier if the penguins had more screen time, but they are still funny in whatever scenes they're in. The granny who beat up Alex in the first film is also back for some humor. The humor is better and more consistent than the first.

The only flaw in the film is that it is fairly predictable. The chracters are a little bit better here than in the first and it has a good heart, but sometimes they don't spend as long on the emotional aspect as they could. It's still good entertainment and I like to see Dreamworks progress with their films.
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36 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars penguin adventures February 1, 2009
By bob
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
note: this blue ray includes the nick penguins episodes available in the dvd 2 pack
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Another awesome BD with all the extras February 5, 2009
Format:Blu-ray
Wow. One could spend some serious paragraphs dissecting all that is great about this one. Clarity, picture, colors, sounds, extras - they are all there.

As listed earlier, the much sought after Penguins episode is included on this BD, along with four music videos, fun games, trivia and plenty of material to give the kids some additional insight about all the that is Madagascar - and all in hidef! Oh yeah, the story is funny and has lines to keep both the adults and kids entertained.

The movie has been a hit in the store and shows off any HD display beautifully. The sound and music are mixed very well but the animation clarity even shows through enough for kids to say how "totally cool" it looks. Just had a pre-school class of girls visit the store for a field trip and all 7 of them loved it.

Hope you enjoy...forgot to mention: I laughed out loud more than a few times, those penguins are great ("...you're all males..") - gotta love it.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A strong sequel February 27, 2011
By D. Knox
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Surprisingly Madagascar Escape2Africa is as enjoyable as the first film, which these days of shoddy sequels of a feat unto itself. The Bluray transfer is excellent. Picture 5/5 Sound 4/5 (Because it is 5.1) My wife and kids loved the first film and were just as entertained by this one. Also the decision to include DVDs and not digital copies was a wise choice. Every other digital copy I try to download into iTunes fails because they are expired. Why oh why do the studios do this. Digital copies are splashed over the covers of DVDs and now Bluray. So kudos to Dreamworks for including proper DVDs. For those of us that have children and travel, at least me, love having a DVD to play in the minivan and my portable DVD player.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything and More February 6, 2009
Format:Blu-ray
After the Furious Five fiasco, Dreamworks has decided to give you all the goodies--and more--in the Blu-Ray release of Madagascar 2. Not only do you get the behind-the-scenes, commentary, and other extras of the DVD, you also get the two Penguin cartoons from the 2-pack DVD bundle...and...

Easter Eggs! Go to the Penguin episodes menu. Highlight an episode. Move the directional controller on your remote and a penguin appears! Each episode will let you slide off the menu to two penguins, for a total of four extra "short" animations that launch when you select the penguin.

The Penguin episodes (and shorts) are hilarious. The quality of the Blu-Ray version is eye-popping: while Kung-Fu Panda produces lots of color and detail, Madagascar 2 goes it one step further with some pretty amazing depth of focus. Some of the panning shots, for example, seem to pop off the screen.

In addition to all this, BD Live will connect you to other extras: we watched a pretty good short documentary about lions, for example. The way the menu is built makes me think there might be more to come.

If you haven't seen this movie yet, Madagascar 2 is a bizarre and hilarious sequel. It introduces new characters, keeps the favorites from the first, and adds yet more movie spoofs and references for the grown-ups, some of them obvious (the Lion King) and some more obscure (The In-Laws). If you're buying for a small child, chances are they might not follow the nuances of blu-ray: the DVD will upscale enough on most players. But for the best experience, this blu-ray is the version to buy.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as toddler friendly the first one January 9, 2013
Format:Amazon Instant Video|Amazon Verified Purchase
My husband and I enjoyed this but our son just keeps wanting to watch the first one. This one is more adult, the opening scenes were a little troubling for our son (lion cub kidnapped by very scary poacher types - daddy tries to save him and is shot by the poachers - then baby lion screams for daddy as baby lion floats in a box down a river alone...)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The popular castaways of "MADAGASCAR" are back! February 19, 2009
Format:Blu-ray
Hilarious and extremely entertaining! If you enjoyed "MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA" in the theater, you're going to enjoy the picture and audio quality on Blu-ray! Fantastic!

The popular castaways of "MADAGASCAR" are back!

In the first film, we learned about how the popular animals that came from a New York zoo ended up in Madagascar but now, the gang try to return back to New York but things don't go quite as planned.

"MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA" is a very entertaining film and the animation just screams of CG awesomeness that can be seen from the hair on Zuba with the white strands among the darker strands of hair to the water and the physics of water and just the beautiful landscape of how the animators really tried to capture the beauty of Africa from its weeds, the hills, the trees especially the clouds.

Also, what was amazing is the number of talent used in this film and I didn't know until watching the special features is that "MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA" was the final film which featured popular comedian Bernie Mac before his death and that it was screened for the family and even included a dedication for him in the ending credits.

The voice acting was very well done by each talent and again, I am totally impressed by the storyline and how beautiful the film looked and how great it sounds on Blu-ray.

VIDEO & AUDIO:

The film is featured in 1080p High Definition (AVC-encoded) transfer that is beautiful! Needless to say, when it comes to picture quality, DreamWorks Entertainment has not let anyone down. If anything, I think there is a high anticipation that the film look great on Blu-ray and the animators successfully have done so.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Mad 2
This is pretty much for my kid. Although, I did enjoy having a few laughs here and there. Family time. thanks
Published 6 days ago by luis
5.0 out of 5 stars Kids loved this one!!
My kids love the Madagascar movies. This one is one of their favorites, along with the 3rd one. They really like the "Move it, Move it" song.
Published 7 days ago by Jonathan Hefner
5.0 out of 5 stars My son and I both adored this movie
Rented this to watch with my three year old now that he is getting more into movies and had already sen Madagascar 3 on HBOGo. Super cute movie!
Published 8 days ago by Roxanna S.
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
The first Madagascar was so funny that the whole family was falling off of the couch while belly laughing. This second one did not come close to the first. It was just OK.
Published 9 days ago by Storm
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
The first two Madagascars are so funny! I wish there was less fighting because we telling our son hands are not for hitting. Other than that, it's great family entertainment.
Published 12 days ago by WM
4.0 out of 5 stars good show
I like it is just llike the first one. I think it would be good for kids overall good movie.
Published 21 days ago by sao
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
Great movie for kids and adults alike. Good, clean humor. Would also recommend episode 3, which was also a good story and entertaining.
Published 21 days ago by A Davis
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Quality
The DVD was advertised as good quality but it doesn't play continuously. Very disappointed in the seller. Let's see whether they handle this appropriately.
Published 22 days ago by Ronald Douglas Berkebile
5.0 out of 5 stars Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
As a sequel to the original Madagascar, this film was done well. You feel the continuity and end hoping for more. This one is fun, pure fantasy, and great for laughs.
Published 28 days ago by hearsmusic
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie
Everyone could enjoy this movie from the little ones to the adults in the family. However, you must be willing to forget plot lines and continuity between the first and third... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Andres
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Disc: 1
1. Once Upon a Time in Africa Listen
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4. I Like to Move It Listen
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You can usually tell by looking up the movie soundtrack:

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Does this have a standard dvd with this blu-ray?
no blu ray is only the bluray no standered disc
Mar 30, 2009 by Emma M. Mitchell |  See all 2 posts
Does it include spanish audio?
Yes, it has a spanish Mono track
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