Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)

Scrat in Space… and the Franchise Falls Apart 🚀🦣


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🎬 Trailers

Let’s start off by showing y’all the trailers, shall we?

Alao here’s the full soundtrack so y’all can enjoy.

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❄️ Non-Spoiler Rundown

This fifth Ice Age film is where the series completely loses itself. It’s like they threw darts at a wall of random ideas: space aliens, asteroids, Scrat piloting a spaceship, romance subplots, Buck’s return, and an apocalypse plotline. Nothing clicks together.

The basic premise? A giant asteroid is hurtling toward Earth (thanks to Scrat’s antics in outer space), and Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), Diego (Denis Leary), and the rest of the herd must stop it. Yes, you read that right — our prehistoric animals have to stop an asteroid.


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🦣 Character Rundown

Manny (Ray Romano): Still worrying about Peaches’ future and her upcoming wedding. Honestly, his storyline feels recycled.

Sid (John Leguizamo): The writers seem to think he’s the comic goldmine, but his slapstick is beyond stale by now. He also gets a sudden romance arc with a sloth named Brooke (Jessie J) — and it’s painful.

Diego (Denis Leary): Once the cool, edgy sabertooth. Now? He’s a glorified background character with barely anything to do.

Peaches (Keke Palmer): Grown-up now and engaged. Her subplot is mostly wedding fluff.

Buck (Simon Pegg): The one returning highlight from Dawn of the Dinosaurs. He’s zany, energetic, and still fun — but even he can’t save this mess.

New Characters (Neil deGrasse Tyson parody weasel, a yoga-loving llama, and more): They’re not funny. They’re just noise.

🦥 Sid the Sloth: Love Him or Hate Him?

Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo) is one of those animated characters who manages to be both enduring and incredibly annoying at the same time. On one hand, he’s the comic relief — bumbling, clueless, always tripping over his own words, and somehow surviving situations no sane sloth should. He’s often the heart of the herd, the one trying to hold everyone together with loyalty and optimism, even when he’s screwing everything up. That makes him memorable and even kind of lovable.

But let’s be real: Sid’s antics can grate on you. His lisp, his constant whining, his complete lack of survival instincts — sometimes you want to reach into the screen and say, “Please stop talking for five minutes.” He’s the type of character where kids find him hilarious, but adults might roll their eyes after the fifth “Sid moment” in a row.

That duality is what makes him stick, though. Sid’s not cool like Diego or noble like Manny — he’s pathetic, irritating, loyal, and somehow iconic all rolled into one. He’s proof that sometimes the “annoying character” ends up being the most enduring.



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🌌 Pros & Cons

Pros:

Buck returning is entertaining.

Some of the asteroid visuals are pretty to look at.


Cons:

Scrat in space? Absolutely ridiculous, even for this series.

The asteroid plot feels like sci-fi fanfiction stapled onto Ice Age.

Sid’s romance arc is cringey and forced.

Jokes land flat — way more misses than hits.

The heart and emotion of the earlier movies are completely gone.



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📝 Final Thoughts

This is the exact movie where the Ice Age franchise ran itself into the ground. The charm is gone, the comedy is lazy, and the “save the world from an asteroid” plot feels more like a rejected Looney Tunes special than a continuation of Ice Age. Even Buck couldn’t save this disaster.

And the kicker? We’re apparently getting a sixth movie (The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, which already released on Disney+). Oh joy — because clearly five wasn’t enough.

Final Rating: 3/10.


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⚠️ Spoilers Ahead – You’ve Been Warned ⚠️

The movie opens with Scrat in space — yes, literally in space — where he accidentally sets off a chain of events that send a giant asteroid hurtling toward Earth. Meanwhile, Manny is trying to celebrate Peaches’ engagement, but the family drama is cut short by the incoming doom.

The herd encounters Buck, who re-emerges from the dinosaur world with a prophecy about the asteroid. He becomes the film’s main driver, leading the group to a hidden valley where magnetic crystals can somehow redirect the asteroid. (Yes, magnetic crystals — that’s the plot device here).

Sid falls for a female sloth named Brooke, leading to awkward romantic gags, including a song sequence that feels completely out of place. Diego and Shira worry about having kids but don’t do much else. Manny frets about Peaches leaving him for her fiancé.

The third act devolves into chaos as Scrat fumbles around in space while the herd attempts to use the magnetic crystals to steer the asteroid away. It works — because of course it does — and the world is saved. Brooke joins the herd as Sid’s partner, Manny accepts Peaches’ independence, and Buck disappears back into his dinosaur dimension.

The ending? Scrat is still lost in space, bumbling around in a UFO. That’s literally the big closing gag of the film.


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👉 And that’s Ice Age: Collision Course. A sequel that makes you realize the series should’ve stayed extinct after the third movie.