Cars 2 is the sequel to Cars released in 2006. I did not managed to watch Cars when it was released so I would not be able to make a comparison between Cars and Cars 2. Thus, I will give my two cents' worth of how good I think Cars 2 is.
Cars 2 started its story where a spy, Leland Turbo (Jason Isaacs) has passed information to Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) about a sinister plot to sabotage the World Grand Prix in which to be held in Tokyo, Porto Corsa and London. Finn McMissile followed the information and found himself on an oil platform. The oil platform was overrun by a group of lemon makes of cars that were the ones plotting to sabotage the World Grand Prix. They were also responsible in killing Leland Turbo, crushing him into a compacted cube while revealing the very weapon to be used in sabotaging the upcoming race.
Meanwhile in Radiator Springs, Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) has returned to the cheers and celebratory mood of his friends when he brought home the fourth Piston Cup he had won in the latest racing season. Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) was overjoyed to have his best friend back home, and so is Sally (Bonnie Hunt), McQueen's girlfriend.
McQueen and Sally went on a date at the bar in Wheel Well Motel the same evening he returned with Mater in tow masquerading as their waiter. While Mater was trying to get them drinks, he was distracted by the news item telecasting on TV announcing that the famed millionaire Miles Axelrod (Eddie Izzard) who has converted himself into an electric car has developed an alternative fuel source called Allinol. Axelrod also revealed he will be sponsoring the World Grand Prix. Axelrod in the same news item announced that Francesco Bernoulli (John Tuturro) is interested to race McQueen in the World Grand Prix.
Bernoulli bragged about how he is a better racer than McQueen. Mater was offended by this remark about his best friend and thus, called up the TV station to defend McQueen as the best racer at all times. However, Bernoulli insulted Mater for being all starry-eyed over and hero-worshiping McQueen. This attracted the attention of McQueen and Sally as well as some of the patrons in the bar. Thus, McQueen decided to postpone his vacation plans and compete in the World Grand Prix.
The following scenes that ensued were similar to that of the story plots found in James Bond movies. McMissile and his partner Holly Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer) who are both British spies were assigned to put a stop to the sabotage on the World Grand Prix. Mater, having had a fall out with McQueen during the race was recruited by McMissile and Shiftwell through some turns of events that happened when Mater was at the airport taking a flight home to Radiator Springs.
Cars 2 is packed with lots of action as well as plenty of laughs throughout the story. It is indeed a very enjoyable movie and the cars that were featured I found them to be sexy and appealing just like real life makes of those cars. The characters must have been designed with 3D elements in mind that they actually look great even when shown on a normal cinema screen.
The celebrities who did the voice-overs for the respective characters delved well into them and made Cars 2 over all a very enjoyable movie. Not only that, they breathe unique personality into each of these characters, which makes them interesting to watch. I would rate Cars 2 4.5 stars as Pixar Animation Studios did a great job in creating this excellent sequel to Cars.
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