Cars 2

Once upon a time, there were cars. And once upon a time there were races. And once upon a time, the fastest, reddest, and most stuck-up of them all took a small "vacation" and was a lot more down to earth afterward. Now, a multimillionaire, Sir Miles Axelrod has developed a new alternative fuel called allenol, and to test it he is sponsoring the worlds first gran prix. The two main challengers: Lightning McQueen, our all-time favourite, and Francesco Bernoulli, a car as stuck-up, proud, and annoying as McQueen ever was.With McQueen: Tow Mater, the tow truck. And at a party before the races, a series of events leads some British agents to believe that Mater is an American spy who has come to help them against a group of criminal cars who don't like the idea of alternative fuel that might put them out of business.

As you can guess, Mater is not an American spy. He just happens to be in the wrong place at the right time. And he happens to know about old cars that don't work good since it falls in line with his work (did you know he's a tow truck?) Nevertheless, he sets out to bust the criminals, and to save his friend McQueen.

Cars is an interesting movie. It's animated and for little kids, except for one facts the plot is complicated beyond reasoning (well, mostly just the spy thing is complicated. Three races don't hold that much complication). Of course, every little kid will enjoy gunfights, explosions, and fast-moving cars, but that doesn't mean that they have any clue what's going on.

So really it shouldn't be all that surprising that Cars 2 got low ratings. Too complicated for little kids. Too boring for most of nowadays teens. Who is it for then? No one. Everyone. Maybe. However, on the upside, ratings aren't always true. My little brothers loved the movie, though they didn't understand a word. Many teens who aren't too cool for cartoon will enjoy it too. Half comedy, half action, it is almost a cartoonized, car-ized movie in the same catergory as RED. Funny. Weird. Cool.