Review of Cars 3 (2017) by Leon B — 20 Feb 2018

Cars 3.

(2017).

Plot:

Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers led by arrogant hotshot Jackson Storm, the legendary Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is suddenly sidelined and pushed from the sport he loves. To get back on track, he'll need the help of eager young racing technician Cruz Ramirez, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet and a few unexpected twists and turns of fate.

Review:

What an awful movie! I'm not a big fan of the previous movies, so I was hoping that Pixar would have put some more effort into this one but it was just as bad as the rest. I know that it was made for a young audience but they could have included something content for the adults. The animation was also average, and none of the new characters were that great. Anyway, in this movie Lightning McQueen is finding it tough to challenge the new generation of cars, so he leaves the race track for a while, and he seeks help from an eager young female, Cruz Ramirez, who has a unique, and somewhat brutal method of training. McQueen finds it hard to adapt to her methods, and he shows her the beauty of racing, which was put behind her due to her training. Together they finally build up the courage to challenge the big stars of the race track, and they use some of his old tricks, which made McQueen a star. Boring! Boring! Boring! This is definitely one of those films were the merchandise is much better than the actual movie. With such a top form back catalog, I'm surprised that Pixar spent the time to make a 3rd movie, because there isn't that much that you can do with talking racing cars. Anyway, I'm sure the little one's will love to see these much loved characters back on the big screen but I personally couldn't stand the movie. Rubbish!

Round-Up:

This is the first movie written and directed by Brian Fee, and in a lot of ways you can tell it is but he worked in the art department for the Little Mermiad 2, 101 Dalmatians 2, Mulan 2, Tarzan 2, Cars 1 & 2, The Fox and the Hound 2, Ratatouille and Wall-E. It's amazing to see that he has worked on a lot of sequels, and that he hasn't contributed to the originals, which is why he was a bad choice for this film. His storytelling methods wasn't that great and there wasn't anything original. Although the movie made a bit of a profit, I hope they don't spend years making a 4th movie because there is much more interesting projects that they can spend there money, and time on.

Budget: $175million.

Worldwide Gross: $384million.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy.

Cast: Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper, Nathan Fillion, Larry the Cable Guy, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub, Bonnie Hunt, Kerry Washington, Cheech Marin, Margo Martindale, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Lewis Hamilton. 1/10.