‘Penguins Of Madagascar’ Gets A New Trailer

The best part of all three MADAGASCAR films return in their own spin-off. Those devilishly sly penguins reveal themselves to be secret agents and must team up with a new and technologically advanced espionage team known as The North Wind in order to stop an evil Octopus known as Dave. The film has brought in some respectable talent to fill out the supporting roles, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Classified and John Malkovich as the normal named villain. Despite being a huge fan of the penguins as characters, as well as loving penguins in general, the trailer doesn’t have too many laughs, but a lot of that may be down to my feelings toward the general plot. The shift into espionage territory is more suited here than it was for CARS 2, but the animals have become almost too anthropomorphic. It almost feels as though humans don’t exist in this world, which sort of contradicts the universe set-up in the MADAGASCAR films. Hopefully I’ll get over it and the film will convince me of the world it creates. That way I’ll be able to enjoy the penguins’ unique brand of humour, although perhaps they should remain side characters unleashed in smaller dosages.

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR is released on 26th November in the US and on 5th December in the UK. It stars the voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, Peter Stormare, Annet Mahendru, and Werner Herzog.

Source: Apple