Lackluster sequel to the animated hit

Rating: 6/10 (4 April 2006)

ICE AGE : THE MELTDOWN (2006) ** _ (VOICES OF: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Will Arnett, Jay Leno, Chris Wedge) Lackluster sequel to the animated hit about prehistoric buddies mammoth Manny (Romano), sloth Sid (Leguizamo) and sabre-toothed tiger Diego (Leary) facing a glacier melting that will lead to catastrophe as they attempt to herd up their community and meet up with annoying opossums Crash and Eddie (respectively, Scott and Peck) and their 'sister' Ellie (Latifah), a mammoth who thinks she's an opossum. Despite a few funny one-liners the film slogs through its misadventures with little style or comic grace excluding the Wile E.Coyote-like Scrat (Wedge), the rat-squirrel whose passion for acorns warrants its own showcase. (Dir: Carlos Saldanha)