Alex the lion and his friends are on the move again.

Rating: 7/10 (29 November 2008)

Animated enjoyment...without a doubt better than the 2005 original where a group of NYC Zoo animals find themselves in Madagascar. This time Alex the Lion(Ben Stiller)and his friends like Marty the Zebra(Chris Rock)and Melman the Giraffe(David Schwimmer)and others try to fly the skies of penguin airlines in route to home; but the plane crash lands in Africa. Those hilarious penguins just weren't the aviation experts they claimed. Now we have animals raised at the NYC Zoo among their African wilderness counterparts. Heartstrings are played with when Alex accidentally finds his parents. The animal travelers begin to wonder if they will ever make it back to the zoo or have they found the home of their heritage...Africa.
Very good animation. The story line more interesting than the original. A small amount of crude humor, but not as noticeable as in a lot of the other animated features. Others lending voices to characters in this fun filled adventure are: Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Christopher Knights and Alec Baldwin.