The love life of a woolly mammoth--handled with G-rated delicacy--drives this sequel to the first computer-animated romp in the age of prehistoric mammals. While the first Ice Age took a delightful premise and suffocated it with a formulaic plot--in which a mammoth named Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano, Everyone Loves Raymond), a sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo, Moulin Rouge!), and a sabre-tooth tiger named Diego (Denis Leary, Rescue Me) helped an abandoned human infant return to its tribe (basically, Three Mammals and a Baby)--the sequel takes the now-familiar setting, gives it a shapeless, episodic storyline, and yet somehow becomes pretty darn entertaining. Faced with the threat of a flood from melting ice, our heroic trio are on the run to escape from their blossoming valley. On the way, they meet a female mammoth (Queen Latifah, Bringing Down the House) who thinks she's an opossum and get menaced by some freshly defrosted carnivo! rous fish. Add into the mix a herd of lava-worshipping mini-sloths, some Busby Berkeley-style vultures, and more ingenious slapstick featuring the acorn-crazed Scrat, and Ice Age: The Meltdown will amuse even jaded adults. -- Bret Fetzer

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Product Description
Your favorite sub-zero heroes are back for another incredible adventure in the super-cool animated comedy Ice Age the Meltdown! The action heats up - and so does the temperature - for Manny Sid Diego and Scrat. Trying to escape the valley to avoid a flood of trouble the comical creatures embark on a hilarious journey across the thawing landscape and meet Ellie a female woolly mammoth who melts Manny's heart. With its dazzling animation unforgettable characters and an all-new Scrat short Ice Age: The Meltdown is laugh-out-loud fun for the whole family!Episodes-Bonus Features:FEATUREAll New Scrat Short - "No Time for Nuts" All New Crash & Eddie Stunts - 3 Short ShortsCrash and Eddie BlooperCommentaries by Director Carlos Saldanha Producer Lori Forte and the Production Team.The Animation Director's Chair- Storyboard Animation Final for "Play Dead" "Fish Story" "Nuts" "Family" "Face Off" "Drain"Intro Into New Characters - "Meet Ellie" and "Meet Crash and Eddie"Lost Historical Films on the Ice Age Period: The Sloth "Nature's Lovable Lisper" The Wooly Mammoth "Nature's Beast of Burden" The Saber-Tooth Squirrel "Nature's Nutty Buddy" The Saber-Tooth Tiger "Nature's Fearsome Feline" The Vulture "Nature's Cleaners" The Possum "Nature's Spunky Spectacles"Sloth Dancing to Sid's Sing-a-LongSet Top Games - Factoid Meltdown Scrat's Piranha Smackdown Sid Soccer Game Personality Match Game Vivendi Universal Game Memory Challenge.Silly Sid & John Leguizamo A Featurette DVD Rom Content - Link to Website GamesMarketing of Ice Age - Scrat on Family Guy footage Sid hosting Domination Line upInside Look - Simpsons The MovieCross Promo TrailersSystem Requirements:Running Time 90 Mins.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 024543396130 Manufacturer No: 2239613