Cars 2

Released: 2011
Animated
Director: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis
Starring: Owen Wilson, Larry the cable guy, Michael Caine
Running Time: 106 minutes
Rated: R (just kidding!) G

The breakdown:  Some of the residents of Radiator Springs go on a world wide trip, following Lightning McQueen around on a long tour of races.  Mater gets mistaken for a secret agent and hilarity (is supposed to) ensues.

I usually like Pixar films, and I really did like the first Cars movie, but this one just didn't feel the same.  I enjoyed the first movie, probably because of the lovable characters and the fish-out-of-water story, but with a focus on the tow truck, Mater, this movie falls flat and ends up being boring.

This movie starts out like a Cars version of a James Bond film, where we see secret (car) spies on a dangerous mission out in the middle of the ocean.  Turns out a British intelligence agent is on the hunt for a bad guy and he ends up escaping any danger in the opening scenes.
As far as the characters of Radiator Springs, Lightning McQueen has just taken a break to go back and visit them when Mater accidentally springs into motion a new world tour race for McQueen to take part in.  McQueen takes his friends with him as a pit crew, and they travel all over the world.  The British agents are also on this race tour looking for their bad guys, and mistake Mater for an American secret agent and you can imagine where that goes.  There's a lot of chases, and action, but there's too much focus on Mater, and one film is trying to be too many things.  Plus I always say that most films with 2 directors doesn't work out right.

I say skip this one and just rewatch the first.
2 out of 5 for good voice acting and Michael Caine.