Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.
- Carlos Saldanha
- Brett Hoffman
- Nash Dunnigan
- Jon Vitti
- Peter Gaulke
- Gerry Swallow
- Jim Hecht
- Peter Gaulke
- Gerry Swallow
- Steve Moore
- Bob Camp
Rating: 6.7/10 by 9652 users
Alternative Title:
Ice Age 2 - US
Jääaeg 2 - EE
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - US
Epoka Lodowcowa 2: Odwilż - PL
Epoka Lodowcowa: Odwilż - PL
Ice Age 2 - Jetzt taut's - DE
Ice Age 2 The Meltdown - US
Ice Age 2 El Deshielo The Meltdown - ES
Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown - US
A Era do Gelo 2 - O Degelo - BR
L'Âge de glace 2 - FR
L Age de Glace 2 - FR
A Idade do Gelo 2: Descongelados - PT
L'era Glaciale 2 - il disgelo - IT
العصر الجليدي: الذوبان - SA
გამყინვარების ხანა: დნობა - GE
Kỷ Băng Hà 2: Băng Tan - VN
冰川时代2：融冰之灾 - CN
冰川时代2 - CN
冰河世纪2：融冰之灾 - CN
冰河世纪2 - CN
冰河世纪2：消融 - CN
冰原历险记2 - CN
Buz Dövrü 2: Ərimə Başlayır - AZ
アイス・エイジ2 - JP
Ice Age The Meltdown - US
Ledeno doba 2: Zatopljenje - HR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 31 minutes
Budget: $80,000,000
Revenue: $660,998,756
Plot Keyword: mammoth, sloth, ice age, barrier ice, ice melting, iceberg, villain, flooding, deluge, lovers, sequel, saber-toothed tiger
Just as good as the first. Really funny. All of these movies are good. Tough to do.
Now firm friends, mammoth "Manny", sloth "Sid", sabre-toothed "Diego" and mongrelly "Scrat" discover that their carefree days amidst the snow and ice are numbered... Things are getting distinctly slushy and they conclude that higher ground is a good bet before they find themselves needing galoshes. Their trek to dryness offers "Manny" a long-awaited opportunity when he meets "Ellie" - a girl mammoth who takes an instant dislike to him, indeed for some reason she thinks he's a possum! Clearly not the sharpest tusk in the drawer, but off we now go on a cheerful if predictable series of animated adventures with their irritating new buddies "Crash" and "Eddie" to mix things up and generally get on everyone nerves. Sadly, the latter two also began to get on mine after a while, and the narrative really does struggle to maintain the enjoyably mischievous storytelling of the first film. There are some fun scenes with a flock of vultures while "Scrat" and his acrobatic acorn antics still mange to raise a smile but this isn't a franchise that can easily evolve I think. The "Ice Age" (2002) film was too stand-alone; this one builds on characters and introduces new ones but unfortunately the underlying story just isn't as good. It's still an easy to watch example of some fine animator's art, and the script contains enough to engage folks of all ages for a decently paced ninety minutes of quite watchable, if maybe not memorable, prehistoric fun.
