Thanks to two lovely
little girls, I was able to come up with this Ice Age 4 Continental Drift review
and write up.
Story
To start with, the movie
opens up with the entire herd with some new addition which includes Louis, a
molehog who is Peaches’ best friend. Peaches, Manny and Ellie’s little girl is
now a teenager. Granny, Sid’s grandmother is also introduced in the film. She
was dropped off to Sid by her family who pretended to be looking for him just
to be able to get rid of the old woman.
The story progresses with
the ice continent breaking apart. This led to Manny, Sid, and Diego on their
own floating on a large block of ice. It turns out that Granny was actually with
them the whole time and was sleeping amidst the troublesome waves and weather
they have encountered over the ocean. They later on met a crew of sea pirates
led by Captain Gutt. One of his crew Shira, a saber toothed cat becomes Diego’s
love interest in this movie.
Scrat, the acorn obsessed
squirrel is still everywhere on this film. Its obsession for acorns led him to
dangerous situations numerous times on the film. He had discovered an
Atlantis-like haven for acorns but the same desire for acorns, which he cannot
control, became the reason why the place was destroyed. We’ll also see him
falling down straight to the Earth’s core at the beginning of the movie, where
we see Buck in a short role on top of a giant dinosaur (underneath the Earth)
which could probably be his favorite Rudy. What’s worse is that Scrat’s antics
at the Earth’s core supposedly caused the Earth’s single mass of land to break
apart into continents.
It was the same
continental drift which obliterated the home of Manny’s herd. But thanks to the
main trio’s (with Granny as the fourth ice ship crew) adventure and
misadventure over the sea, they were able to find a new thriving island. They
would be sharing it with native beavers that speaks a different language but
became their friends after Manny’s gang helped them free their fellow beavers
from Gutt’s slavery. Gutt forced the beavers to help him build another ice ship
after the first one sunk when Manny’s group fought for their own freedom out of
the pirate’s ship.
More action is seen at the
climax of the movie when Gutt was first to reach the continent where Manny’s family
awaits for his return at the bridge which apparently was no longer there. Gutt
wanted revenge but was defeated with the help of new allies including Shira and
Precious, Granny’s supposedly imaginary pet who turns out to be a giant whale.
Gutt met his demise after being enchanted by a siren. The whole herd of various
animals living in the continent on the other hand safely reached their new
home.
What’s New
New characters were
introduced in the movie. Aside from the ones I’ve already mentioned, there was
also Ethan, a mammoth Peaches like. His gang initially didn’t like the molehog
Peaches hang out with but ended up liking him when he became a hero at the end
of the movie. Louis came to Peaches’ rescue even if she had initially betrayed
him because of Ethan.
Among new characters, it’s
great to see Diego finally meeting a love match in this film. After all, Manny
has his family now. Only Sid remains single.
The cast who voices over the
characters are also exciting. There’s Jennifer Lopez for Shira, Nikki Minaj for
Steffie, one of Ethan’s crew. Ethan’s voice was dubbed by Drake.
Cast and Characters
The rest of the cast and
characters of Ice Age 4 Continental Drift are listed below:
Ray Romano as Manny
John Leguizamo as Sid
Denis Leary as Diego
Queen Latifah as Ellie
Seann William Scott as Crash
Josh Peck as Eddie
Keke Palmer as Peaches
Jennifer Lopez as Shira
Peter Dinklage as Captain Gutt
Wanda Sykes as Granny
Josh Gad as Louis
Drake as Ethan
Nicki Minaj as Steffie
Chris Wedge as Scrat
Karen Disher as Scratte
Gutt’s crew:
Aziz Ansari as Squint, a rabbit
Rebel Wilson as Raz, a kangaroo
Kunal Nayyar as Gupta, a badger
Alain Chabat as Silas, a Blue-footed
Booby normally found on southern France
Nick Frost as Flynn, an elephant seal
Sid’s family:
Joy Behar as Eunice, Sid's mother
Alan Tudyk as Milton, Sid's father; he
also voices over Fabio Sloth
Ben Gleib as Marshall, Sid's brother
Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as uncle
Fungus
Other mammoths:
Heather Morris as Katie
Ally Romano as Meghan
Others characters include:
Simon Pegg as Buck
Patrick Stewart as Ariscratle
George Jacobs as Beaver
Ester Dean as sloth siren
Jason Fricchione as various characters
Christopher Campbell as siren and various
other characters
Boris, a wild boar and is part of Gutt's
crew
Precious, Granny's imaginary friend sperm
whale friend
Review
Overall, the movie is great for the genre it’s
intended for (wholesome family film). It’s filled with adventure, humor, and even action. The little
girls I was with really loved it and so did I. It’s a movie the entire family can
enjoy watching for the values and moral you will learn. A family does stick
together no matter what. This isn’t limited to a domestic family. It also
pertains to the family of friends and other types of families. For this Ice Age
4 Continental Drift review, I’d rate the movie a 10/10 for a family film.
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