Ray Ramano, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Lopez are among the returning voice cast, but their work is pretty anonymous and only Simon Pegg’s piratical weasel brings any energy to proceedings.
Collision Course is a brisk, innocuous entry in a series that places silliness and colour before narrative drive, character or originality.
Overall, though, the signs are that the big chill has set in and the Ice Age franchise is on the verge of extinction.
The first in the long-running series was decent enough but the threatened band of ancient beasts are fast losing their appeal.
One-eyed weasel Buck (Simon Pegg) makes a welcome return but even Scrat’s manic attempts to bag that endlessly elusive acorn are growing tiresome in a sequel too far.
General release. Check local listings for show times.