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Alex (Ben Stiller), Morty (Chris Rock) and the other zoo animals find a way to escape Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to Africa. On the plains of the Dark Continent, the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the very first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it's really better than their Central Park home.
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Boasting talented voice actors and characters already beloved by the audience, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" still only adds up to middling.
But middling probably is enough to generate robust business at the box office this weekend. After all, 2005's "Madagascar" became a hit on the strength of a slight story, cute penguins and an irresistible lemur king who likes to "move it, move it."
"Escape 2 Africa" showcases the penguins and to a greater degree King Julien, a tiny delight lent an enthusiastic blend of snobbery and cluelessness by voice actor Sacha Baron Cohen. But never to the degree it should.
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