Ice Age: The Meltdown
Movie, 2006, The herd, Set in The thaw
Ice Age: The Meltdown is #2 of 9 in release order and #2 of 9 in chronological order in the Ice Age.
The story
Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.
Ice Age: The Meltdown recap
The ice is melting, and the herd runs a water park in a valley until Fast Tony, a con-artist armadillo, warns that the glaciers are about to break and flood it. The animals have three days to reach a boat at the far end of the valley. Manny worries he is the last mammoth, until he meets Ellie, a mammoth raised by possums who thinks she is one, travelling with her possum brothers Crash and Eddie. Manny and Ellie clash, then grow close, but when Manny suggests they owe it to their species to have a family, she storms off. Diego hides a fear of water, mini sloths try to sacrifice Sid as their fire king, and two ancient sea reptiles, Cretaceous and Maelstrom, stalk the herd from the meltwater. Scrat keeps chasing his acorn through all of it.
Ice Age: The Meltdown ending explained
The dam breaks. Manny saves Ellie from a collapsing cave and fights off the sea reptiles, and Diego overcomes his fear to rescue Sid. The flood stops when Scrat's acorn cracks open the ice wall and drains the water. A herd of mammoths appears, but Ellie chooses to stay with Manny, and the friends stay together as a family.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown is streaming on Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Ice Age, before Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
- Chronological order: after Ice Age, before Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
What to watch before Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age (2002), which Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) continues.
Cast
- Ray Romano as Manny (voice)
- John Leguizamo as Sid (voice)
- Denis Leary as Diego (voice)
- Queen Latifah as Ellie (voice)
- Seann William Scott as Crash (voice)
- Josh Peck as Eddie (voice)
- Jay Leno as Fast Tony (voice)
- Will Arnett as Lone Gunslinger Vulture (voice)
- Chris Wedge as Scrat (voice)
- Peter Ackerman as Dung Beetle Dad (voice)
- Caitlin Rose Anderson as Glypto Boy Billy / Beaver Girl (voice)
- Connor Anderson as Rhino Boy / Beaver Boy (voice)
Directed by Carlos Saldanha.