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Dir: Brian Fee (PG, 109 mins)
After the disappointing spy-based bloat of Cars 2, this franchise seemed to very much have a flat tyre, whether this back to basics Rocky-esque sequel will re-inflate said tyre is based on the mechanics of this threequel. Owen Wilson once again voices Lightning McQueen, the red car desperate to prove himself in the changing world of racing. Following a dramatic crash, he has to start again from the beginning, using new technology and the support of old friends to enter the Piston Cup race and beat off the arrogant stylings of Storm, voiced by Armie Hammer. It’s all very familiar stuff, state of the art CGI and racing footage cannot disguise the fact that Pixar need to stop doing so many sequels and come up with the original ideas that once made them trailblazers in family entertainment. Still, vroom, vroom.
Opens July 14