I Watch Films: Cars 3

The Cars series hasn’t actually done the rookie thing where the unknown comes from nothing to win before which is interesting; Cars opens with Lightning McQueen at the end of his rookie season, challenging for the championship. (Planes has, but that’s another story). SPOILERS for Cars 3 and maybe Cars and Planes I suppose.

Anyway Lightning McQueen is 11 years old now, and apparently that’s old in car years because a new generation of faster racers who use statistics and things have come from nowhere. Jackson Storm beats out McQueen. There’s talk of retirement, so McQueen goes on the road to try and get his mojo back.

It took me longer than it should to figure out the twist. This is because it was slightly bolder than I thought they would go for! Anyway this was fine, some good stunts, a joke or two, a fine lazy afternoon watch if you have a small child to entertain.

Watch This: For a fun, entertaining racing film (about shattered dreams, obsolescence and one last chance)
Don’t Watch This: If you want a world in which all animal life has been replaced by machines to make sense, as at least one character talks about growing up and going to school, and her family? Are they breeding? Or being built? Where are the new generation racers coming from? Or maybe if you hate kids cartoons.