Parallelling this story is the one of krill Will (Pitt) and Bill (Damon). Along the way there will be ice collapses, near misses with Erik hanging over ledges, a skua attack and a run in with an elephant seal named Bryan (Richard Carter, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE) who refuses to back up. Upon their return, Mumbles must find a way to help his people. He tells Erik that whatever he wishes will come true, so to the chagrin of Mumbles, Erik believes that he can just wish his way into flying.Īs Mumble is out in search of the runaway Erik, a huge piece of a glacier breaks off and traps his colony in their cove. Erik ends up following Ramon (Robin Williams, GOOD WILL HUNTING) back to his penguin colony where a strange big-billed "penguin" named Sven (Hank Azaria, THE SMURFS) has become an idol because he can fly. However his son Erik (Ava Acres) doesn't have the same dance prowess as his dad so he feels like an outcast (much like his dad did in the original because he couldn't sing). Now Mumble (Elijah Wood, LORD OF THE RINGS) is a famed hero in the community and dance it embraced by all the penguins. Not even two krill that sound a lot like Brad Pitt and Matt Damon can save the day. The first incorporated popular songs into the fabric of its world and the characters, while the songs here are uninspired, obvious or just not that good. The story borrows a little from the original and attaches it to a familiar family/action plot. If George Miller's original dancing and singing penguins film has a happy surprise than its sequel is the opposite - nothing about it is surprising.
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