Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

IMDB: "Madagascar Penguins"
(Norwegian poster)

When I saw the trailer for this movie (at work, we have this screen showing off trailers with no sound), I thought: "Well.. 92 minutes of just penguins.. (sarcastic) Greeeeaat...!".. They're funny in "Madagascar", but it's like Scrat from "Ice Age", just a little is enough.

We've all seen "Madagascar" and it was all about Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria and all we saw was just a tiny bit of Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. But now, we see how they became the "high-one'ing" penguins they are today. They're like the Ethan Hunts of the animal world.

All the penguins from all the zoos in the world disappears and they've got to do something about it. They meet Dave (John Malkovich) who's the brain behind all this, and they also get some help from the "North Wind team": Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch), Short Fuse (Ken Jeong), Eva (Annet Mahendru) and Corporal (Peter Stormare).

In my opinion, I was right: it's too much. I mean, yes: They are funny, but 92 minutes is too long. The only thing that made me laugh during the film was the celebrity name-jokes.

* 2/10 *

"Sequal" of: "Madagascar", "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" and "Madagascar 3: Europa's Most Wanted".