Ice Age: The Meltdown Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Kiss Your Ice Goodbye
He Never Thaw It Coming (UK)
The Ice age is coming to an end
The meltdown
The Ice age is melting away
The Pack Is Back.
The Chill Is Gone
Kiss Your Nuts Goodbye (UK)
Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), and Diego (Denis Leary) are currently living in a large valley surrounded by an enormously high ice wall on all sides. When a waterpark begins to form, the trio discovers that the ice wall is actually a wall that is barely holding a massive body of water that could flood the valley to nearly a mile underwater. A vulture tells them that there is a boat at the other end of the valley that may save them all, but they only have 3 days to make it or die. Manny is having trouble facing the fact that he may be the last mammoth left. Along the way, they meet Ellie (Queen Latifah), a mammoth who thinks she is a possum, and her possum brothers Crash (Sean William Scott) and Eddie (Josh Peck). As they begin to travel together, Manny learns, with help from Diego and Sid, that having this new mammoth with them, may not be as bad as Manny makes it out to be while they try to escape the oncoming and continually threatening flood. During their journey, Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel has his own hilarious adventures that eventually leads to something else entirely.
| Ray Romano | Manny |
| John Leguizamo | Sid |
| Denis Leary | Diego |
| Seann William Scott | Crash |
| Josh Peck | Eddie |
| Queen Latifah | Ellie |
| Will Arnett | Lone Gunslinger Vulture |
| Jay Leno | Fast Tony |
| Chris Wedge | Scrat |
| Peter Ackerman | Dung Beetle Dad |
| Caitlin Rose Anderson | Glypto Boy Billy/Beaver Girl |
| Connor Anderson | Rhino Boy/Beaver Boy |
| Joseph Bologna | Mr. Start |
| Jack Crocicchia | Elk Boy |
| Peter DeSève | Condor Chick |
| Carlos Saldanha |
6.90 out of 10 (48739 votes)
Visitor Reviews
It is fun, but not as much as the first
posted on 14 Aug 2009I liked Ice Age 2, The Meltdown..It moved faster than I thought it would, and I enjoyed seeing the main characters again. The love interest was interesting, but not what it could have been. I am not sure how it could have been made better.Certainly this film was good, very good. To me, it had only one purpose, and that was to make me laugh, and it did. I really wasn't anticipating a great film , but there could have been more laughs. As sequels go, well it wasn't as good as the first, but we all know, that almost none are. It was great to see Scrat again (Wiley Coyote) and many of the gags were excellent. Sid was really a star here, and I enjoyed the mix of spectacular special effects along with the gags of the motley crew searching for a way out of their current situation. One particular song with the vultures, was especially fun. I enjoyed this movie very much, and it came through. That is all one can expect these days. As they say, it worked, and as we know, many don't.
Ice Age: The Meltdown
posted on 10 Aug 2009A pleasant and charming animated film, Ice Age: The Meltdown is a solid sequel to the wonderful 2002 original. The film revisits three unlikely friends, Manny the mammoth (Ray Romano), Diego the tiger (Denis Leary) and Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo), as they travel from their home, a melting ice shelf, to find a way to avoid drowning and death as their locale quickly begins to flood. The film is surprisingly dark in its premise, but the darkness of the story hardly tarnishes what proves to be a refreshing and occasionally touching comedy. The film introduces an inspired addition to the cast, Ellie (Queen Latifah), a female mammoth who is convinced that she is a possum. Ellie is placed at the center of an adorable subplot where Manny attempts to convince her that she is a mammoth just like him. See, Ellie and Manny, both orphans, may be able to save their species since they might be the only two mammoths left in the world. Their subplot is the brightest point in the film. Of course, you can't forget Scrat, the squirrel in love with his acorn. Scrat steals the show just as much as he did in the original. So much so, in fact, that you catch yourself wishing at moments that he was the main character in the film. All in all, you could do a lot worse than Ice Age: The Meltdown if you are a fan of animated films. The sequel isn't as inspired as the first, and the film is geared a bit more towards children than the original, but it still proves a satisfying and amusing diversion full of endearing characters and great animation.
Disappointing sequel is a collection of good sequences with nothing real to connect them together.
posted on 19 Jul 2009The world is going to end...or rather the ice is melting and the dam of ice that is holding back all of the water from flooding the valley our heroes live in is on the verge of collapse. The only hope for survival is to get to the far end of the valley where "a boat is waiting". So everyone begins the long trek to the far side. Along the way funny things happen.Major disappointment from the Ice Age gang. The voice cast is fine. The animation is fine. The problem is that there really is no plot. Its basically a series of barely connected set pieces on the road to the far end of the valley. The pieces are all okay, with some being quite good, the problem is that there isn't enough to tie them together, the romance between Ray Romano and Queen Latifah is not a thread, its shading on the walk where ever. Worse the location takes on different appearances depending on what the joke of the moment needs. Its ice, its forest, there's water, its dry, there's an ice wall there's no wall in sight. You have no sense of where anyone is or whats going on. I know its a minor thing but I kept wondering where'd the water go/ come from?, there is no internal consistency. It looks as if the film makers had all of these bits they wanted to tie together and instead of working out a real plot just put them in a stew pot.(worse, they actually make you sick to death of the acorn lusting Scrat).While not bad I don't think its worth 10 bucks in the theater. If you must see it prior to cable/DVD go for the bargain matinée.
It didn't melt me.
posted on 17 Jul 2009The children liked it but they weren't riveted. That's the short of it. It wasn't a shocking disaster, but it was just a bit muddled. A little scattered. Fragmented. It failed to engage me.But let's be positive. The writers wisely decided to vastly expand the role of Scrat the Squirrel in this version. Periodically we get to take a break from watching the mammoth, sloth, tiger, possums, and other mammoth walk very slowly along toward the vague "other end" of a vague "valley" to avoid a flood that is being caused by global warming. We get to step back from the grindingly uninspired mammoth love story and the other many subplots that go with the many characters. We get to watch a squirrel chase an acorn. And those sequences present some of the funniest bits in the film.The rest of it is just kind of there. One problem is that there's really no reason for a sloth, a tiger, and a mammoth to be casting their lots together, except that they did in the first movie. That movie, I felt, had a storyline that involved actual characterization, growth, change, a real tension, etc. When the tiger almost fell off the cliff in Ice Age #1, I gasped. This time, I fidgeted. It just didn't seem real. And that's what I want from an animated movie about talking prehistoric animals -- REALNESS. No, but seriously, without some degree of actual jeopardy, of actual question of what will happen from scene to scene, without someone to root for and embrace -- it's just pointless.The only character I was getting that for was the saber tooth squirrel. They could have saved a lot of money in celebrity voices.Everyone had a subplot because they had to have something to do, so that was tidily arranged for them. But nobody's subplot had anything to do with the others'. And the global storyline about the flood was just a reason to walk... slowly. Slowly walk. And pester each other half-heartedly about how they were all going to die. Or not.Like I said, the children didn't complain. I did laugh, many times, at the places I was supposed to. But it wasn't great.
Not as good as the first, but still great!
posted on 15 Jul 2009First of all, I loved the first Ice Age movie so I ran and saw the second one when it came out.Of course, no sequel is ever as good as the first, but Ice Age 2 can hold it's own. It has some really funny parts that had even my boyfriend laughing.I would have to say the main part that I didn't really care for was the introduction of the girl mammoth, Ellie. I didn't like how they built her character and the fact that she thought she was a possum. I just found that unnecessary to the story. There are some extras in the movie that come off more lame than funny.As for the good parts, you get an expansion on your favorite characters Manny, Sid, and Diego. All voice talents do wonderfully.If I were you I would go see this movie it is worth the 8 bucks.
It's funny but what did it ad to the first one?
posted on 15 Jul 2009A rerun on the first one would just be as inspiring. My son was so disappointed, he has seen the first movie 10 times or more. Maybe his expectations where to high. At least he learned that number two on a theme rarely has anything to add to the first one, it's only to make someone rich without to much effort.It's a shame that it's notorious in the business to try to make a success twice or thrice on the same theme. Do you think that it added enough money to get the rich guys to make a third one? I'm afraid so. We parents have seen so many samples of this through the years. The Jungle book.....Leathel weapon..... Was this film really a contribution to the art or ?
u'be goto watch this..
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An unexpected pleasure
posted on 07 Jul 2009OK...I usually avoid sequels....especially animated sequels. They tend to be derivative, almost plot less wastes of time.I cringed when I heard they were making a sequel to Ice Age. After all, the first was so good, any sequels were bound to be bad, right? WRONG! Ice Age 2 is a fully recognized movie in and of itself. It makes references to the first movie, but doesn't depend on it for the plot to work. The jokes are original and genuinely funny.OK...so the rational side of my brain is telling me that a mammoth couldn't hang by it's tail from a tree or stay under water that long, but the side that can quote all the old bugs bunny cartoons is telling me to stop being so dang literal about things and enjoy it.This movie is what animation should be! Oh, and I'm STILL waiting for poor Scrat to get that acorn!!!
passable sequel
posted on 17 Jun 2009"Ice Age: The Meltdown" is a pleasant, if somewhat lackadaisical, follow-up to the animated hit, "Ice Age," from 2002. In a plot vaguely reminiscent of "Dinosaurs," a group of prehistoric animals flees to higher ground when a melting glacier caused by global warming threatens to flood the valley in which they live. The returning characters include Manfred, the woolly mammoth; Diego, the saber-tooth tiger; and Sid, the wisecracking sloth. New to the cast is Ellie, a female mammoth who has somehow come to think that she is, in reality, a possum, and who provides a romantic interest for the generally stoic Manfred. Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Queen Latifah provide the voices for these characters.Oddly, despite the extreme urgency of the situation, the animals spend more of their time just moseying along - falling in love and discussing the issues of the day - than squaring off against the various dangers that confront them. Still, there are enough straightforward action scenes to keep the young ones captivated and enough double entendres and "in" joke pop culture references to keep the older folk entertained as well. As with most sequels, "Ice Age: The Meltdown" lacks the freshness of the original, but the animation has a clean, uncluttered look that fits well with the starkness of the setting. The one bona fide musical sequence is an amusing ode to the glories of feasting on prey, done to the tune "Food, Glorious Food" from "Oliver!" As animated movies go, "The Meltdown" is nothing to write home about, but it makes for passable viewing even if you aren't exactly its target audience.
New characters mixed terrifically with the old
posted on 11 Jun 2009Though not as classic or funny as the original Ice Age, Ice Age 2 is something you won't want to miss. Once again, we travel back in time to meet up with Manny, Diego, and Sid. As the title describes, the ice is melting and the whole valley is in danger of being flooded. All the creatures must migrate to a gigantic boat waiting on the other side of the valley to float them safely on the water.The most popular character, Scrat, is back. The squirrel's muted attempts to retrieve his precious acorn from hilarious situations deserve some sort of award to the creativeness of the animators. The cute creature comes into frame every ten or twenty minutes, and the audience will laugh at his mere presence.New characters include two possums and another female mammoth who has come under the impression that she herself is a possum. The two real possums work as a team to ensure mischief for the mismatched herd in Ice age 2. Sean William Scott and John Peck voice the two and manage to excellently portray the carelessness and silliness that will make you think back to the class clowns of your own middle school. Queen Latifah is Ellie, the mammoth-believed-too-be-possum, which our beloved Manny develops a crush on.A few of the scenes are entertaining in that they look like Busby Berkly stepped in to direct them. The dancing and singing is intriguing rather than boring. Ice Age 2, thankfully, does not go the route of musical.
Could have been better.
posted on 30 May 2009It has a good storyline though not well told. Ice Age was way better and this sequel did not live up to is prequel. As in the first movie the graphics are great. The main characters are back and talent holds true. For a family movie though there were way too many innuendos. Parts of it made me uncomfortable to watch with my son. Especially when some of the words mentioned are not allowed in my house hold. I would rate this movie somewhere between 5-6. The new characters Ellie, Crash, and Eddie are funny. I believe the best part of the whole movie was the buzzard's/ vulture's big musical sequence. GREAT. We were not disappointed with scrant's character either.
an entertaining watch, one of the better sequeals
posted on 22 May 2009The ice age is nearing its end. Global warming is heating everything up, melting the ice that has kept the rising water back. As our three companions; Manny, Sid and Deigo realise the valley is about to become the new sea floor, they set across the land to find higher ground. Though the rising water isn't their only problem, Manny believes he's the last mammoth alive. After Sid and Deigo encounter two possums; Crash and Eddie, they soon find another mammoth, Ellie; only problem is she thinks she's a possum too.The first Ice Age was a welcome change in computer animation, with Pixar ruling over the area. Ice Age: The Meltdown, follows same suit, not really changing the formula around, only with the human characters taken out. This sequel doesn't really pull out many punches with the laughs, it plods along at a steady pace, yet keeps the jokes at a constant pace, so it doesn't fall flat; even if the jokes aren't ultimately that funny.Still the funniest of all is Scrat, still on a never-ending quest for his unattainable acorn. Scrat is much like the Wyle Coyote to his acorn Road Runner. No matter how hard he tries, it never ends happy. In this respect it becomes a redundant situation; yet it's such a farce and still the highlights of the movie.Reprising the roles, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary are still perfect. Adding to the voice talent, Queen Latifah as the confused mammoth/possum Ellie, Seann William Scott and Josh Peck as the energetic possums Crash and Eddie. Will Arnett is great as the Lone Vulture stalking the animals and Jay Leno as the con-turtle Fast Tony.Just shy of the first Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown is one of the better sequels, not trying to make everything bigger and better, just an entertaining watch.
Excellent sequel
posted on 20 May 2009Excellent sequel to the original Ice Age. Scrat's appearance is superb, even better than in the original. His devotion to collecting nuts was used by the creators to the max. He sure made me laugh a lot. The trio Manny, Sid and Diego are once again inseparable. They became the "herd" that they talked about in the first movie.The mixture of the story and the theatrical/musical-like interludes make this movie very entertaining. This mixture makes the movie enjoyable for everybody and for all ages. It reminds me of the old Disney movies, where colorful and art-like interludes where always part of the movie. The movie contains a lot of humor, it contains danger, of course love, fear.What the creators could have done a little better, is to change the look of the characters a bit. After all, some time has passed between the original and this movie.Sound effects are very good. I can hardly wait for the DVD-version. Hopefully they release it in DTS, and not in DD first and later in DTS (the Special Edition) like they did with Ice Age 1.Highly recommended.
much more intense and laughable than its predecessor
posted on 20 May 2009"Ice Age: The Meltdown" clearly surpasses its predecessor. The follow-up is much more intense and laughable. This flick seemingly does not really differ from other sequels. It offers more characters, more action, more not always intelligent humor and more scenes with Scrat (funny squirrel which only occurred three times in the first part). However, in contrast to other sequels this film benefits from this 'more' factor as it becomes a movie practically for everybody (its predecessor was mainly meant for children). In this respect it's more similar to "Shrek" than to the first part. Nevertheless, I'm not convinced as to the plot which is simply limited to one long trek and very typical message about the great power of friendship. In this case the emphasis is rightly placed on the hilarious characters, their adventures during the trip and at least good ideas to embroider the whole story. For instance, a female mammoth who thinks she is an opossum. Every main character practically has his/her own five minutes in the show. To sum up, "Ice Age: The Meltdown" is another good flick aiming at the whole family.
Successful sequel
posted on 10 May 2009Most pictures don't have a sequel that measures up to the original... Ice Age 2 proved this theory wrong, as I believe it is one of the best animated pictures I've ever seen. The characters are strong, the dialogs are funny and to some extent sarcastic. A well written plot and a good story-line captivates the audience that wonders what could possibly follow... The interruptions of the plot (the sideline story about the ever greedy little squirrel) doesn't bother the viewer, it makes him relax, take a brake from the action, and have a good laugh. A movie not only for the kids (I don't think the kids are the first target of this movie) but for the entire family and it definitely pays going to the cinema and having a good time with your family or friends! An excellent job, an excellent movie...
A Waste Of Effort
posted on 10 May 2009I don't get it. I really don't get it. The theater I went to was packed with about 600 20-somethings, all laughing their butts off with this bad-paced and pretty dull film.Off course, it all starts with little Scrat, hunting his acorn as he did in the first flick. This time around, he gets plenty of screen time, and he more or less saves the film. I'll be the first to admit his various 3-minute long adventures throughout the movie completely ruin the pace of the film, but it were the only moments I could bring myself to laughter.The rest of the film brings us Sid, Manny and Diego, who now are one big happy family. Once they notice the ice is starting to melt, they run for cover, an ark-shaped log, about 3 days away. During their road trip they meet Ellie, Crash and Eddie, find out that the tiger is afraid of water, have encounters with some vile sea-creatures, lots of mini-sloths, singing vultures, and more nonsense. The story has no direction whatsoever, yet happens to be predictable as hell, the jokes were terrible, the voicing awful, there was music during about 90% of the film, ... At the end I found myself bored, cranky, ready to make a scene, and wishing I had stayed at home.Spare yourself the 1h30, rent the DVD in a few months, watch the Scrat parts, and fast forward trough the actual film. You'll laugh and be happy.
I Loved It!
posted on 10 May 2009For some reason unknown to me, this second Ice Age installment is receiving lower ratings here at IMDb than the original. It is beyond me why that would be the case, as the second chapter is just as much fun.All four stars return for this second run (that's including Skrat), the story is just as compelling, the action is as uproarious as the comedic elements, and it wraps into a satisfying ending.For what more could you ask? I found this highly enjoyable, and in fact, enjoyed it more than the original.It rates an 8.5/10 from...the Fiend :.
A 'Cool' movie and a 'Cool' review!
posted on 04 May 2009At last, a comedy we can look back on and say...thats what our decade is all about! After the horrors such as 'Chicken Little' and 'Cheaper by the dozen' It seemed as if good kids movie's had been wiped forever. Well we were wrong! Ice age was a 'thawesome' movie. Ice Age 2 is even better. All the character, including some new ones, return for the sequel, where it seems the animals are getting on with their normal lives...that is until their wintery wonderland begins to melt...leading to the ultimate race against the clock! Can Manny, Syd, Ellie, Scrat and all our other Ice Age friends make it in time, or will they all perish in the melt-down? The storyline is actually pretty harrowing, however the non-stop humour and charisma of each of the characters makes this for an incredibly magical experience, for fans, kids and adults alike. We also see the return of Scrat, the half squirrel / half rat, who has a nack of getting into tight spaces on his perilous journey to chase that acorn! And of course, It wouldn't be ice age without Sid the sloth, who never fails to perform a good trick, making giddy kids jump up and down, and adults make a nice smile. And for once, this could actually be a part kid part adult movie, with a few 'adult' jokes causing a few smirks here and their. Whilst the kiddies may not get these jokes, there is enough colourful verses and phrases which will, indeed have them smiling.To conclude, all i will say is, see this movie if you have kids. see it if you don't, because i can guarantee that you will enjoy it all the same. if you don't, then let me know. In the meantime, have fun, and get ready for the ICE AGE! (lol)
Brilliant
posted on 26 Apr 2009Ice Age is genuinely one of my favourite all time films, I don't know why, but it had something about it which was so right. When I heard that Ice Age 2 was in the making I was sceptical but at the same time extremely excited. I saw a behind the scenes short 5 minute programme on TV and I saw the director speaking of how he wanted to make sure although the technology had advanced the magic was not lost, and it worked.This film was brilliant, it had such a hard act to follow and did it as well as anyone could have expected it to. I do not like it more than the original, but it is still marvellous. The wit and humour is still packed in there and Sid is now my favourite cartoon/animation character bar Homer Simpson. This film, like the first felt right, and it was superb.
This Ice Age is Cooler
posted on 20 Aug 2009The animation is better, the humor is more intelligent and yet slapstick simultaneously! A mammoth believing they're a possum, and when you learn why - tears come to your eyes! How a sqrat can defend itself against a multitude of piranhas, using the fish themselves against each other! But if he's dying, leave him be, lol! Scrat, the main character to my mind, was both the problem and solution for the valley - he caused the valley to flood and also to drain in his immortal quest for the Perfect Acorn, and he nearly died for it too; not that he'd've minded!! Diego, an exiled sabre-tooth tiger, learns to overcome one of his greatest fears - is this supposed to explain why tigers nowadays like to swim? Denis Leary plays his character out well and sounds a bit like George Clooney still...Manny finds love and a continuance of his lineage in the most unlikely place, as Ellie (another mammoth) appears to be the "sister" of two mad extreme-sporty yet hip-hoppy possum brothers! Ellie's voice is laid out by the very popular and eponymous Queen Latifah.The definition of water and fur has vastly improved over the first and an absence of humans added to the concentration of following the story... This ice was really nice!