Well before its midway point, it's clear that IA V should be put on IV; by the movie's end, it's elephantine-obvious that it's past time for this furry franchise to have its prehistoric plug pulled-it's reached that age to be iced.
Despite its frosty setting, the first Ice Age warmed viewers' hearts back in 2002. Now the animated critters from the first movie succeed in making the audience's eyelids feel heavy in Ice Age: Collision Course.
The 37th installment in the popular computer animation franchise. O.K., actually it's only the fifth feature, but what with the shorts and TV specials and video games, it feels as if there have been so, so many more.
This is pleasant enough, and well-made as usual, but it'd be nice, after all this walking and talking, for the series to either wind up or change direction.
The fifth entry in the Ice Age series is a loud, lazy, laugh-starved cash grab that cynically exploits its target audience (I use the term advisedly) by serving them scraps and calling it yummy.
