Storyline
Scrat's epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.
Writers: Michael J. Wilson, Michael Berg, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Stephanie Beatriz, Robert Cardone, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Adam Devine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Max Greenfield, Jessie J, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jennifer Lopez, Jorge Lucas, Andrew Christopher Nichols, Nick Offerman, Keke Palmer, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Cast: Stephanie Beatriz -
Gertie
(voice)
Robert Cardone -
Freaky Bobby
(voice)
Neil deGrasse Tyson -
Neil deBuck Weasel
(voice)
Adam Devine -
Julian
(voice)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson -
Shangri Llama
(voice)
Max Greenfield -
Roger
(voice)
Jessie J -
Brooke
(voice)
Queen Latifah -
Ellie
(voice)
Denis Leary -
Diego
(voice)
John Leguizamo -
Sid
(voice)
Jennifer Lopez -
Shira
(voice)
Jorge Lucas -
Grandpa Molehog
(voice)
Andrew Christopher Nichols -
Andrew Aardvark
(voice)
Nick Offerman -
Gavin
(voice)
Keke Palmer -
Peaches
(voice)
Trivia:
The equal longest gap, that being about four years, between "Ice Age" movies, since the first and second movies, Ice Age (2002) and Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006). The previous film in the series, the fourth installment Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), had been made and released also around four years prior to Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). See more »
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Rating: 6/10
Roughly thirteen years on since the first Ice Age was released and the
gang are still going strong. Manny, Sid and Diego, this one being the
fifth in the feature length series and the longest, by only a few
minutes. Supposedly the final in the franchise we see an expected happy
ending instead of total extinction.
It's the full film extension of Blue Sky Studio's short, Cosmic
Scrat-tastrophe which was released last year, obviously starring Ice
Age favourite Scrat, who intergalactically haphazardly arranges the
planets in imaginative fashion whilst inadvertently thrusting an
asteroid towards the Earth threatening all of it's existence, of
course, all because of that elusive nut.
Simon Pegg's Buck returns for more of a main role, leading the team to
save the planet and is highly entertaining, more so than the rest of
the pack. The story sidetracks a little more with Manny than Sid and
Diego and there's quite a lot that goes on with an assortment of fresh
characters including dino-birds and a spiritual spitting llama.
There's an underlining message about excepting change and moving on,
letting go and growing up which makes way for the subplot of Julian and
Francine's relationship. It's seems family and marriage plays an
important part of the story but not to the level to become boring of
bogged down by it.
John Debney composes the score this time round taking over from John
Powell who has done quite a lot of animated features, like Rio, Happy
Feet, Shrek and How To Train Your Dragon. Nothing really stood out from
the score but the soundtrack, using Trevor Rabin's Armageddon theme
tune was cheeky and Buck sings a clever twist of what I'm sure is
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro.
The animation is far superior than when you look back at the first Ice
Age in 2002. It's come a long way since then and while I was watching
Scrat move planets I was thinking this might be worth the extra to see
in 3D. Incredible detail and the action flows superbly, especially
Buck's scenes.
It's fast paced I believe in hope to not lose the attention of the
kids, it has a surefire script where characters literally bounce off
one another creating enough comedy for everyone though it lacks the out
loud laughter and some Sid silliness falls flat.
It's above average, light entertainment for the whole family that is,
for some part, visual stunning and fans of the series should enjoy it,
but I doubt it'll be a film to end up on my shelf.
Running Time: 6 The Cast: 7 Performance: 7 Direction: 7 Story: 5
Script: 6 Creativity: 8 Soundtrack: 6 Job Description: 6 The Extra
Bonus Points: 0
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