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Year:	2011
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	John Lasseter, Brad Lewis
Genre:	Motorised mayhem.
Starring:	Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Emily Mortimer, Michael Caine, Eddie Izzard
Rating:	4/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/
Tagline:	No tagline
Favourite line:	"Tow Mater, average intelligence."

The most poorly received Pixar movie to date.

The plot:
An oil fiend, Sir Miles Axlerod, sees the error of his ways and creates a new, environmentally sound fuel to rival petrol.
In order to promote his new fuel and to demonstrate that you lose none of the power, he organises a world grand prix, in which the world's fastest cars will race.
Mater, the dumb pick-up truck from the original movie, convinces Lightning McQueen to take part.
Meantime, a pair of secret agents are on the trail of villains and, somewhat foolishly, become convinced that Mater himself is a fellow agent sent to assist them.

The criticism this has received seems a little mystifying, as this is surely more action-packed and energetic than the first, with less of the gloopy sentimentalising which that film was guilty of.
With three grand prix's, and the bolt on espionage plot line, hardly a minute goes by without something occurring, which certainly holds the interest.
If there is a flaw - and there is - it is the choose of Mater as, effectively, lead role. He was bloody annoying first time round, so it seems a strange choice to feature him so prominently this time. It's a bit like giving Jar Jar Binks his own movie.
Still, for harmless, family entertainment, Pixar remain hard to beat, though this one won't stand the test of time quite so well as genuine classics like Wall-E.
Still good, though.