HAPPY FEET TWO (U) Family/Animation/Comedy. Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink, Sofia Vergara, Ava Acres, Hank Azaria, Common, Richard Carter, Hugo Weaving, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon. Director: George Miller.

Five years after the original Happy Feet danced into the affections of audiences worldwide and won the Oscar as Best Animated Feature, director George Miller returns to the frozen wilderness for this pointless sequel.

Opening with a mash-up of Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation and brother Michael’s catchy Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground), Happy Feet Two is punctuated by a series of musical numbers culminating in a rousing rendition of Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie.

While the soundtrack to Miller’s film hits the high notes, the script is frequently off-key, heavy-handedly dealing with issues of parenting and friendship then ladling on the sickly sentiment.

The ecological subtext about the irrevocable damage of global warming and mankind’s responsibility to act now comes through lucid and clear.

Alas, the plot is so flimsy, you fear a blast of the ferocious Antarctic winds might blow the entire film off the big screen.

Happy Feet Two trades heavily on the charm of the original film. Regrettably, not even the 3D format or Robin Williams’s verbal gymnastics can conceal flaws in the script and the film coasts along gently, clumsily bringing together all of the characters for the finale.

Happy Feet Two is preceded by a musical, computer-animated short, I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat, which establishes the rivalry between Tweety and Sylvester. That’s all folks, hopefully for good where the Happy Feet saga is concerned.