{"id":15840,"date":"2011-09-17T00:47:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=15840"},"modified":"2011-09-17T00:47:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T08:47:17","slug":"cars-2-john-lasseter-and-brad-lewis-2011-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=15840","title":{"rendered":"Cars 2 (John Lasseter and Brad Lewis, 2011): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Byron Potau<\/a>. Viewed at Metro 4 theatre in Santa Barbara, CA.<\/p>\n

\"Cars<\/p>\n

Cars<\/em> would arguably have been near the bottom of anyone\u2019s list of Pixar films they would like to see a sequel to. Coupled with the fact that Cars 2<\/em><\/a> was going to focus more on Mater than Lightning McQueen things were lining up for Pixar\u2019s first subpar film, but hey, this is Pixar and wouldn\u2019t you know it, they pulled it off again.<\/p>\n

Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) returns to Radiator Springs to hang with best friend Mater (Larry the Cable Guy). Italian racecar, Francesco Bernouli (John Turturro), repeatedly challenges McQueen to race him in the World Grand Prix and McQueen finally accepts and takes Mater with him. While there Mater repeatedly embarrasses McQueen, eventually causing him to lose the race. <\/p>\n

The World Grand Prix is sponsored my Miles Axelrod (Eddie Izzard) who is trying out his new alternative fuel, Allinol, in these races to ease the world\u2019s dependence on oil. The problem is cars keep blowing up during his races and everyone is pointing at Allinol as the cause.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, British spies Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and Holly Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer), who are investigating a group of \u201clemon\u201d cars who are the owners of a large oil reserve, and may have something to do with the exploding cars, mistake Mater for an American spy when the real spy hides his information on him, unbeknownst to Mater who thinks Holly wants to go on a date. When Mater\u2019s knowledge of cars helps them in their investigation they convince him to continue helping them with their investigation, still believing him to be a spy.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of laughs for young and old in this convoluted plot, which manages to be very engaging, fun, inventive, and topical, commenting on America\u2019s dependence on foreign oil and rising gas prices.<\/p>\n

The voice acting shines with Larry the Cable Guy taking center stage. Directors John Lasseter and Brad Lewis give the film a quick pace and pack the film with action, explosions, and, of course, speed.<\/p>\n

While not at all what one might expect as a sequel, as it completely shifts gears from the original, this is not a problem as Pixar proves once again there is nothing they can\u2019t do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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