As the title "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" suggests, they don't quite make it. Show-biz lion Alex (Ben Stiller), the king of the New York Zoo, winds up back in his real home, a game preserve in ...

I admit it: I liked the first Madagascar. With so many animated films made each year, few of them avoid imparting any kind of wisdom to their audience thanks to their family-friendly bent.

The protagonist lion Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller ... to “West Side Story” to “Born Free,” help “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” escape being marooned in children’s cartoon no-man ...

Something feels strangely familiar about Alex the lion in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and it’s not just because we moviegoing humans met that animated animal, voiced by Ben Stiller, just three ...

"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" is the rare animated sequel that ... As before, there are twinkle-toed lion Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller), sassy zebra Marty (Chris Rock), neurotic giraffe Melman ...

And Alex, who was a twinkly toed dancer as ... screening were more than ready and willing to sing along. (“Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” contains vivid displays of life-threatening situations ...

return to direct and co-write Escape 2 Africa, with Etan Cohen sharing screenplay credit. They keep the story simple, picking up where Madagascar left Alex and his fellow pampered zoo animals ...

By Kirk Honeycutt The pleasant but far-from-pioneering crew of the cheerful 2005 DreamWorks animated film “Madagascar” reunite for “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” to similar results.

Escape 2 Africa opens with a Lion King homage, it's easily expected — and then the film quickly picks up where the other Madagascar left off. The four animals — lion Alex (voiced by Ben ...

Alex the lion (Ben Stiller ... and its CGI depiction of the African continent is quite beautiful at times. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is definitely not a film for the ages, and you might not ...

But then again, I guess Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Again doesn’t have the same ring to it. The animated high jinks this time center around the same core of friends—Alex the lion (Ben Stiller ...