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'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ movie review: A sequel with a touch of rawness that retains its charm      The birds are back! Even though it's been 23 years for us, it hasn't been that long for our feathered friends. After escaping from Tweedy's poultry farm in Chicken Run, they now live on a peaceful bird sanctuary island. But crossing roads has become too ordinary, so for a new adventure in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, they have to cross a lot more. This sequel is good, but it doesn't hit the mark perfectly.      In the first film, a group of British chickens, led by Ginger and the American circus rooster Rocky (voiced by Thandiwe Newton and Zachary Levi, who are now a couple), escaped from a farm. In the sequel, they have to rescue their daughter Molly and other chickens from a nugget processing plant, like a 'Saving Private Ryan' mission. Chicken Run was a groundbreaking stop-motion animated film and a classic. However, the sequel, while funny a...