Thursday 25 June 2015

Penguins Of Madagascar (2014) 9/10

Starring : Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon, John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch
Director : Eric Darnell & Simon J Smith
Running Time : 92 mins

The four Madagascar Penguins, Skipper (McGrath), Kowalski (Miller), Private (Knights) and Rico (Vernon) escape from the circus and break into Fort Knox to celebrate Private’s birthday. There they are kidnapped by the evil Doctor Octavius Brine (Malkovich) who turns out to be a vengeful octopus named Dave from their days in the zoo. He has a plan to stop people thinking that penguins are cute, and with the help of an animal led spy agency called the North Wind, the four penguins must stop Dave before he can put his plan into action.

I really enjoyed this, even more so because I wasn’t a huge fan of the last Madagascar movie. There’s plenty of fun and action to keep both children and adults entertained, there’s a plot that can actually be followed, and there’s some great character building for the penguins who up until now (in the movies at least) have only been secondary characters.

You’ll like this if you liked : Despicable Me


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