Dir: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath   Stars (voices of): Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sascha Baron Cohen, and many more...

Synopsis:  In this sequel to Madagascar, the New York Zoo animals are stranded on Madagascar.  When they try to leave the island, they crash land in the wilderness of Africa.

Wow!  63 million dollars for opening weekend!  There are only a handful of CGI animated features that I can really get behind, and all of them were made by Pixar (Toy Story I & II, The Incredibles, and Wall-E to name a few).  Madagascar is made by Dreamworks, a studio that seems to focus more on pumping out product than taking the time that Pixar does to develop the project.  If you hold this movie up to something like Wall-E, you're going to be disappointed.

That being said, the first Madagascar was one of the better Dreamworks vehicles, and I could say the same of this sequel.  Plot and structure-wise, it's very similiar to the original, with a few bits nicked from The Lion King.  The characters get a bit more fleshed out this time, which is great.  The animation also looks very slick, better that the first movie.  I think they've generally improved on the first movie, which is good news if you were a fan of Madagascar.  However, if you're not a fan of the original, this movie probably won't win you over to the team.

3 Dorks out of 5 on the Geek-o-Meter.