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Pride and Glory    By Micah Ends Pride and Glory is a very dramatic movie with the typical good cop vs. bad cop theme. Ray Tierney (Edward Norton) is a New York City police officer who has a brother and brother in law that are police officers at the same station and is the son of a well known police commissioner. After several police officers under his brother’s command are killed, the entire station goes into an uproar over the escaped killer. Considered best by his father Ray receives an important roll in the investigation to find the killer. As Ray searches for the killer his brother in law Jimmy Egan (Colin Farrell) and his men perform unlawful acts against the people the think were involved in the shooting. When the killer is almost caught Ray comes to the seen and finds that someone in the police department had warned him that the police department discovered him. When Ray discovers this information, he is unsure whom he can trust in the police department. When Ray discovers where the killer is, he goes to the site by himself to avoid the interference of the other officers. When Ray arrives, he finds his brother in law and several other officers have found the killer and tortured him almost to death. Very confused by what he has seen Ray tries to stop them. Jimmy then uses Ray’s gun to kill the murderer causing Ray to be in over his head. After Ray becomes the key suspect two officers in Jimmy’s unit make a mistake in robbing a store, which gives Ray and his brother the chance to show Ray’s innocence and rid the police department of the two faced police officers. Pride and Glory is intense action movie without very much good acting. The acting does not give justice to the story, which is based on true events. Madagascar 2:Escape to Africa    By Jon Laube Three years ago, DreamWorks produced an animated adventure about four zoo animals that escape and are captured, but the miscalculation sends them all to Madagascar, which is coincidentally the name of that movie. Now this year, DreamWorks produces a sequel called Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The film stars Ben Stiller as Alex the lion, Chris Rock as Marty the zebra, Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria the hippo, and David Schwimmer as Melman the giraffe. Additional voices include the late .Bernie Mac as Zuba, Alex’s father, Alec Baldwin as Makunga the lion, and Will.i.am as Moto Moto the hippo. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa begins in a flash back of how Alex arrived in New York. Then, the film cuts to the present where the last film left off. The animals are ready to leave for New York in an airplane attached to a giant slingshot. Problems start to arise when the plane runs out of gas and crash lands in Africa. As the penguins find supplies to fix the plane, the animals go and discover Africa. Soon, Alex discovers his long lost father while Marty discovers an entire herd of zebras just like him. Melman becomes the giraffe witch doctor while Gloria looks for a man. However, Makunga plans to overthrow Zuba and steal the throne. Like the previous film, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa has the same amount of randomness, but it is calmer and not as crazy. In addition, the film is not as colorful because the scenery takes place in the dry plains of Africa instead of the colorful jungles of Madagascar. The best part of both films would have to be the penguins. From planning an escape to stealing vehicles, they can liven up any movie. Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Rico (John DiMaggio), and Private (Christopher Knights) will always be my favorite characters of the two films. One of their best moments involves stealing a tourist jeep in order to fix the plane. Despite seeing it on opening weekend, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was enjoyable film to watch despite the enormous crowds of small children also watching the film. Critics say it is better than the first, but I enjoyed Madagascar more because it had more colorful backgrounds and crazier moments. If you have friends or money to spend, you should see Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. However, I suggest you see it on a later weekend to avoid the smaller children.

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