Too good to miss

Rating: 8/10 (4 July 2011)

If you are looking for a movie to transport you back in time to when you were a kid then do not miss this summer's back to the past movie Cars 2. It is a sweet, wholesome movie that reaches out to remind us all that friendship is still a virtue to be lauded. On the surface the movie appears to be about the Grand Prix of Racing featuring Lighting McQueen and his dear friend Mata taking the audience on a whirlwind tour of Tokoyo, Italy and London as Lighting McQueen struggles to defeat his arch nemesis from Italy but this movie has an underlying message for young and old alike that being the value of a friend and of being yourself in a world that often wants you to be someone else. Cars 2 features once again that old junk tow truck Mata who has seen too many miles and too many tow trips yet still lingers on. Mata is the kid in your old neighborhood clumsy, geeky, uncoordinated and foolish, you know the kid that when you were choosing sides for your sandlot baseball game as a kid everyone took last and have him play right field. But true to form that clumsy, geeky, uncoordinated and foolish kid is a loyal, sweet, tried and true friend that you can count on when you are in a jam, Cars 2 is an action packed thriller and the 3D affects are awesome. Make Cars 2 one of your must see movies of the summer.