Rustiness overhauls the glimmer.

Rating: 6/10 (7 October 2012)

Instalment two of the lightning quick, ferociously outrageous, family orientated Cars franchise sees Lighting McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his compatriot Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) come together again to compete, but on a slightly, only somewhat generously proportioned scale, in a World Grand Prix race. The road to success in this outing concentrates the majority of its filming on Mater. Whilst attempting to support his best buddy racer McQueen we see the productive pick-up truck becoming distracted by a top secret covert mission: international surveillance, hired by Finn McMissile (Michael Caine).
With a new adventure on the cards for the lovable duo beyond the South-western desert of Radiator Springs, Mater and McQueen embark on a perilous journey of cooperation, a break-up and an identity crisis. The protagonist role takes a twist with Mater being registered as the hero in place of McQueen. Although McQueen is recognised for his high speed chases around the globe, Mater's role sees the dusty, rusty articulated vehicle bind all the pieces together giving this second addition of the Cars franchise a heart-warming appeal that all the family will draw an ounce of pleasure from. With an incursion of a number of opposing rivals including Francesco Bernoulli, played by John Turturro, this version will certainly tamper with the nerves, but since when hasn't Pixar taken us aboard its roller-coaster of adventure.
Pixar never seems to disappoint, providing consistent and successful family entertainment that children will solicit for parents to take them to the movies. Once the credits role they'll be accelerating out of the screen deeming themselves to be a metaphor racer of Lightning McQueen and finally, ultimately requesting for the merchandise products to re-enact the movie. Whether Cars 2 topples the first instalment, Cars, only audiences will determine. It cannot be denied that Pixar is consistent and they'll be more to follow.