A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise
| Company type | Animated film |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Products | Animated films |
A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (known as Sammy's Great Escape in the UK and Sammy 2: Escape from Paradise in other regions; ) is a 2012 animated film that continues the story from the 2010 movie A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures. The sequel includes voice performances by Kaitlyn Maher, Khary Payton, and Carlos Alazraqui.
Plot
While overseeing their grandchildren, Sammy and Ray are caught off guard when seagulls attack, trapping them along with two grandchildren, Ella and Ricky, inside a trawler net. Ella and Ricky become separated and are transported to the ocean floor, whereas Sammy and Ray are taken to an aquarium accompanied by Lulu, a lobster, and Jimbo, a blobfish. Big D, an assertive seahorse, leads efforts to break free. To rescue their grandfathers, Ella and Ricky join forces with Annabel and Margaret, a mother-daughter octopus pair, skillfully avoiding barracudas. After initial communication difficulties, Sammy explains that squids release ink into the ventilation system while the aquarium residents feign death as part of their escape strategy. Before putting the plan into action, Sammy and Ray eliminate Big D. The aquarium manager then hesitantly opens emergency exits, allowing all the sea creatures to escape.
Cast
- Alan Shearman voices Sammy, an elderly Green sea turtle, husband to Shelly and grandfather to Ella.
- Khary Payton portrays Ray, an elderly Leatherback sea turtle, husband to Rita and grandfather to Ricky.
- Kaitlyn Maher provides the voice for Ella, a young Green sea turtle and granddaughter of Shelly and Sammy.
- Carter Hastings voices Ricky, a young Leatherback sea turtle and grandson of Rita and Ray.
- Dino Andrade plays a Spanish-accented hogfish, husband to Consuelo.
- Alanna Ubach voices both a hogfish married to Manuel and Rosie, an elderly female Magellanic penguin.
- Carlos Alazraqui is featured as Big D, a villainous Barbour's seahorse who leads the tank's occupants, as well as Maurice, an elderly male Magellanic penguin.
- Camille Labadie voices Annabel, a baby pink octopus.
- Bridget Hoffman provides the voice for Margaret, Annabel’s mother.
- Joe J. Thomas portrays Lulu, an eccentric lobster.
- Bill Parks voices Jimbo, a blobfish.
- Jaylen Ahmadyar appears as the Manager.
Additional voices
- Cinda Adams as Veterinarian
- Robin Atkin Downes as Diver
- Roxanne Reese as Rita, Leatherback sea turtle, wife of Ray and grandmother of Ricky
- Grey DeLisle as Shelly, Green sea turtle, wife of Sammy and grandmother of Ella
- Cam Clarke, Kyle Hebert, Douglas Ryan Roth as Seagulls
- Lex Lang as Big Frenchman
- Michael McConnohie as Security Guard
- Mari Devon, Keegan Cameron Thomas, Elisa Gabrielli as Patrons
- Joey D'Auria and John Kassir as French-accented Green morays serving as Big D’s henchmen
- Darren Capozzi as Tremaine
- Eric Bauza and Jimmy Zoppi as unnamed rayfish brothers involved in an escape attempt
- Patrick Seitz as Toots, a clownfish known for joking
- Sam Riegel as Jax, a stressed stonefish
- Lara Cody voices an unnamed yellow tang who is also Big D’s girlfriend
- Doug Stone as Albert the Hammerhead shark
- Chris Ciulla & Jon Ferrante as Russian Snowcrabs
- Terri Douglas as Little Fish (Cuttlefish)
- Willie James Warren Jr., Mario Anthony, Domonic Paris, Michael Sun Lee portray fishermen from various countries
Home media
In the United States, the movie became available on Blu-ray and DVD on July 9, 2013, distributed by Vivendi Entertainment.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack includes a variety of tracks from multiple artists, complemented by the score composed by Ramin Djawadi. Country musician Darius Rucker provided the song "True Believers," which appears on the original soundtrack and the North American direct-to-video edition. For releases outside the US and Canada, Greyson Chance's track "Stranded" replaces it.
Additionally, the track "Hello" is performed by Martin Solveig in collaboration with Dragonette.
Reception
According to the review aggregator platform Rotten Tomatoes, only 20% of ten critic reviews were favorable, resulting in an average score of 4 out of 10.
Sequel
A subsequent sequel titled Sammy & Co: Turtle Paradise was released in 2017.