Madagascar 4

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''Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway is a 2018 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the fourth installment of the Madagascar film series, following Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), and was the second film in the series to be released in 3D. It was directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon from a screenplay by Darnell and Noah Baumbach, and features Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Jessica Chastain, and Bryan Cranston reprising their voice acting roles from the previous installments, alongside new cast members Adam Scott, Terry Crews, Taraji P. Henson, Drew Barrymore, Mark Wahlberg, Karan Brar, and Vince Vaughn. In the film, the main characters—a party of animals from the Central Park Zoo whose adventures have already taken them to Madagascar, Africa, and Monte Carlo —attempt to return to New York, they end up in Mumbai with a group of animals while being pursued by a relentless hunter. After premiering at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway was released to theaters in the United States on June 1, 2012. The film marks the first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures, whose parent company NBCUniversal acquired DWA in 2016. It was the eighth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the highest-grossing film in the franchise, with a worldwide gross of over $836 million.''

 

Plot

As the film begins at the Circus in Paris. Alex is thinking about New York, because leaving the zoo isn't the best thing that's ever happened to them. So he and his friends decide to returning back home to New York, and wants Gia to come along with them, and so does Vitaly.

The gang ends up going to Mumbai to their own hopes to have the penguins get the deed from the printer in order to get them home. But unfortunately, they are spotted by the humans at the mall where the penguins are hiding. Then he and his friends caged up by the hunter Mr. Drake Begum, who use to know them as a zookeeper in the past, and now relentlessly pursues them with the collection of mounting their heads as trophies. Just before the penguins came to rescue them and after the car chase on the bus, they meet the South Troops, and they decide to take them New York after the mission. After the animals escape from Tokyo by the mad mob and the plane crashed into the rainforest, the gang found the colorful place called, Jungletopia. Later after, Alex has decide to purchase the South Troops to do they're old performance again, to come up with the new act, so they could use it to return to New York City.

Alex and Gia ends up doing meditation dance with Calvo the black panther for his act, and the two came up with their perfect friendship. After the show, the gang upsetting their new friends in the process, Alex ends up hurting Calvo when he finds out that he tricked him for sold him out. When they are at the old boat, the gang feel messed up for their new friends and decide to apologize to them and set things right.

The Zoosters, however, are hostage and knocked out by Begum and put them at the Shanghai Zoo. The South Troops, Gia, Vitaly, the penguins, the lemurs and the chimpanzees come and break them out however, Alex and his friends finally arrive at New York City and place them down to the Central park Zoo. Calvo promises Alex to take him and his friends every place they want, and he agreed on it. As the film ends, Alex and his friends dance and celebrate at the Central Park Zoo with the others.

Cast


 * Ben Stiller as Alex, a lion and Gia's love interest.
 * Chris Rock as Marty, a zebra and Alex's best friend.
 * David Schwimmer as Melman, a giraffe, another of Alex's friends and Gloria's love interest.
 * Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria, a hippopotamus, another of Alex's friends and Melman's love interest.
 * Sacha Baron Cohen as King Julien XIII, a ring-tailed lemur who is the king of the lemurs in Madagascar
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Maurice, an aye-aye and adviser of King Julien XIII
 * Andy Richter as Mort, a Goodman's mouse lemur and a companion of King Julien XIII
 * Tom McGrath as Skipper, a penguin who is the leader of all penguins and First Policeman
 * Chris Miller as Kowalski, a penguin and Skipper's right-hand man.
 * John DiMaggio as Rico, a penguin
 * Christopher Knights as Private, a penguin
 * Conrad Vernon as Mason, a chimpanzee and Second Policeman
 * Jessica Chastain as Gia, an Italian jaguar and Alex's love interest.
 * Bryan Cranston as Vitaly, a Russian Siberian tiger and a former superstar of the travelling circus
 * Adam Scott as Calvo, a black panther
 * Terry Crews as Mao, an Asian elephant
 * Taraji P. Henson as Kaya, an okapi and Marty's love interest.
 * Drew Barrymore as Ria, a Brazilian red and green macaw and Skipper's love interest.
 * Mark Wahlberg as Theo, an Asian otter
 * Vinnie Jones, Jules de Jongh, Nick Fletcher, and Eric Darnell as The Group of Cats, a group of alley cats
 * Karan Brar as Ishan, an impoverished orphan Indian boy
 * Vince Vaughn as Mr. Drake Begum, a hunter, former zookeeper, and Alex's arch-nemesis
 * Tom McGrath, Daniel O'Connor, and Danny Jacobs as Hyenas, spotted hyenas and Begum's henchmen

Soundtrack
Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway the soundtrack of the film scored by Hans Zimmer and was released on May 14, 2018.

Release
Initially the film was scheduled for release on May 18, 2018. However, the release was delayed to June 1, to avoid competition with ''Deadpool 2, that was also scheduled for May 18. On DVD, September 1, 2018''

Transcript

 * Madagascar 4: Asia Getaway/Transcript