It's Pixar Animation's 25th anniversary, and the studio has kicked back and given a present to itself and its ever-expanding audience with the genially entertaining "Cars 2."
A movie that loves autos and doesn't care who knows it, "Cars 2" is so close to the heart of John Lasseter that he carved out time from being the creative czar of both Pixar and Disney animation to direct it himself, the first time Lasseter's done that since, well, the original "Cars" five years ago.
But to expect simply a revisiting of the gang from Radiator Springs is to underestimate the Pixar philosophy. "Cars 2" takes the studio into unexpected new territory by bringing its familiar characters to a "Bourne Identity"-type spy thriller complete with secret weapons, sinister villains and clandestine agents calling frantically for backup.
Though it spends time in familiar Carburetor County, "Cars 2" also goes far afield geographically, unleashing racing whiz Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and his best pal, Tow Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), on the rest of the world as Lightning travels to Paris and competes in the World Grand Prix in Tokyo, London and the fictional Italian Riviera town of Porto Corsa.
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