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Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2011)

The original Cars movie was a great story wonderfully built up all the way to the end. There were several subtle themes along the way: Route 66, the old streets connecting the world, and about friendship, faith and courage.
I never watched NASCAR, was never a racing fan, and even I know what "pit stop" means now.
Cars 2, God only knows what it is. A spy caper? Why? And even if it was, at least it could have been built up to a crescendo.
From Tokyo to Paris to Porta Corsa to London, and then on to Radiator Springs, the movie zips along at such a furious pace, without making the pieces glue together as a narrative. Even the moral, to be what you are, is as hollow as it can be.
My son, a huge fan of the Cars movie, wanted to get out within an hour. He is OK with me buying him Cars 2 toys, the Finn McMissiles, but he doesn't want me to buy the DVD at all. That says it all.