約２万年前の地球。温暖化の波が押し寄せ、氷河期（アイス・エイジ）は終わろうとしていた。マニー、シド、ディエゴをはじめ谷の動物たちはこのポカポカ陽気を満喫している。しかしある日、マニーたちは仲間から“このままだと５日後には大洪水が起こる”という不吉な情報を得る。そして実際に、水をせき止めて谷を守っていた氷壁が割れ始め、谷の動物たちは急いで水の少ない谷の反対側へと大移動を開始。だが、彼らはその道中でさまざまな障害に遭遇してしまう。
製作費: $80,000,000 (120億円)
興行収入: $660,998,756 (991億円)
推定収支: $580,998,756 (871億円)
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監督: Carlos Saldanha
脚本: Gerry Swallow / Peter Gaulke / ジム・ヘクト
音楽: John Powell / Will Edwards
制作: Lori Forte / Chris Meledandri / Chris Wedge
撮影監督: Craig Grasso
制作会社: 20th Century Fox Animation / Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century Fox
Just as good as the first. Really funny. All of these movies are good. Tough to do.
Now firm friends, mammoth "Manny", sloth "Sid", sabre-toothed "Diego" and mongrelly "Scrat" discover that their carefree days amidst the snow and ice are numbered... Things are getting distinctly slushy and they conclude that higher ground is a good bet before they find themselves needing galoshes. Their trek to dryness offers "Manny" a long-awaited opportunity when he meets "Ellie" - a girl mammoth who takes an instant dislike to him, indeed for some reason she thinks he's a possum! Clearly not the sharpest tusk in the drawer, but off we now go on a cheerful if predictable series of animated adventures with their irritating new buddies "Crash" and "Eddie" to mix things up and generally get on everyone nerves. Sadly, the latter two also began to get on mine after a while, and the narrative really does struggle to maintain the enjoyably mischievous storytelling of the first film. There are some fun scenes with a flock of vultures while "Scrat" and his acrobatic acorn antics still mange to raise a smile but this isn't a franchise that can easily evolve I think. The "Ice Age" (2002) film was too stand-alone; this one builds on characters and introduces new ones but unfortunately the underlying story just isn't as good. It's still an easy to watch example of some fine animator's art, and the script contains enough to engage folks of all ages for a decently paced ninety minutes of quite watchable, if maybe not memorable, prehistoric fun.
