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(2011)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Holly and Mater fall in love, limited to flirting.
  • Mater enters the woman's bathroom.

Violence & Gore

  • Holley Shiftwell shocks multiple cars with a hidden tazer gun.
  • In multiple scenes, cars are shot with an EMP weapon, which causes their engines to smoke (they are implied to blow up) and they lose control, resulting in crashes.
  • Early into the movie, we see a spy car getting tortured by a "camera" (really a heating device) and fulling him up with oil that makes the heat go up, in order to get answers. Afterwards the villain's heat him up so much he explodes (although the death is obscured as we see the reflection on a TV screen, all the viewer really sees are flames.)
  • A car hanging onto zip-lines above the deck of an oil rig fires two guns at several other cars that fire back and cut the zip-line: the car on the zip-line falls, still attached to one cable, landing safely, several cars chase the car and we see a spray of bullets.
  • The bad guys caused the racers to crash during the second race in Italy. The crashes are very intense as the cars are shown to be in pain. This crash is way more realistic and intense then the Dinoco 400 crash from Cars 1.
  • Two cars are crushed to death in the Japan Race.
  • A Lemon Car falls to his death on the Oil Platform.
  • We see a car with smoke pouring from its exhaust and see the blurry outline of a small explosion and flames (it is implied that the car blew up)
  • A car gets assaulted in the bathroom by two lemon cars.
  • A lot of gun violence is used in this film.
  • Finn fires a gun at a stack of oil cans that tumble toward the other cars, and the oil cans explode and flames wrap around a ramp where the other cars are (the cars appear later, unharmed).
  • A truck is cornered by cars with guns, and the truck fires two large Gatling guns at the cars; the cars drive for cover and the truck escapes unharmed.
  • Several cars surround another car, the car backs into the ocean, and turns into a boat and speeds through the water as two tanker boats follow; one tanker boat fires a missile at the car and we see flames on top of the water, implying that the car had been hit, but the car sinks underwater and turns into a submarine that zips through the water and sends tires to the surface leading the other cars on the tankers to believe that the car is dead.
  • A car is dragged close to a giant magnet attached to a ship, and the car fires bullets at the magnet; the car then fires small explosives that stick to the magnet and moments later we see smoke billowing in the distance, implying that the ship exploded.
  • We see multiple cars crash during car races, including a car with smoke coming from its wheel wells, multiple cars lose control as they come around a curve in a road and we see them crash into a wall, three cars pile into one another, a fourth skids into the pile of cars, and we see two cars smash into one another and hear three other cars discuss the wreck.
  • A car breaks into a window and drags a truck through it, while two other cars chase them. They speed along an airport runway, avoiding a plane and smashing through luggage carts. One car flies through a loaded airplane and into a tanker of sewage, splashing the waste sludge onto the tanker and car. The second car fires a missile, which is deflected and explodes on the car that fired it.
  • Two cars are strapped to the cogs of a massive clock and about to be crushed, one of the cars reverses the cog and they move closer to another cog but they escape just before being crushed.
  • Mater has a bomb strapped to his engine, and we see several cars pull out guns and surround the truck as they shout "He's got a bomb!"; the cars drive away and the bomb is disarmed by Axelrod before it explodes.
  • A car lifts up two other cars and smashes them into two other cars.
  • A fire truck blows water on four cars, knocking them away from another car.
  • Three cars smash into one another, shoving each other into the air as another car drives past, unharmed.
  • Three cars surround another car and slowly push it toward yet another car with a welding arc; a truck appears and shoves two of the cars into the flame of the welding arc.
  • Two cars ram into each other twice, a third car slams into the two cars that are now locked together and they disengage.
  • A car blasts two other cars with a fire extinguisher, we see foam cover the windshields of the cars, and one car drives into a police car and the second is pushed on its side and shoved against scaffolding by the first car.
  • A car points a gun at another car that drives through a window and escapes unharmed.
  • Two cars drive out of control, they smash into a pub, we hear shouting and the crunch of metal and we see a tire rolling out the front door of the pub moments later.
  • A car drives rapidly through a city and along rooftops and we see the car being pulled into the air by a magnet attached to a helicopter that flies away.
  • A car zips through a crowded city street, other cars swerve to avoid hitting it and we see two cars smash into one another as the car drives past.
  • A truck races through a crowded city street with a car chasing it, the truck shouts that he has a bomb attached to him and we see the bomb with a timer on the truck's engine.
  • A truck and a car with their wheels removed drive along a train track, they go into a tunnel and we hear shouting as they back out thinking a train is coming; it is another car.
  • A car throws another car into a wall of gears as two cars chase one another through a crowded flea market; the car is unharmed and we later see it being towed while shouting.
  • Three cars shove a truck into the back of a moving van, fumes fill the van and the truck is implied to pass out, have hallucinations, and we see the truck experiencing flashbacks.
  • A truck parachutes into a tent, we hear a crash and later see the truck unharmed.
  • We see two cars watching television that depicts a car flying through the air and slamming into a wall.
  • Cars are outfitted with machine guns, rockets and other spy-weapon paraphernalia, resulting in numerous bullet-riddled and explosion-peppered chase scenes. Cars frequently crash and smash into the scenery and often crumble on impact. One spy, for instance, gets killed, and his body shows up as a cube of crushed metal.

Profanity

  • Very mild profanity used.
  • Mild insults such as "idiot" and "fool" are used. The word "Lemon" is used in a negative light.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • One of the characters is a Volkswagon van with a funky paint job that speaks with a hippie affectation, has squinty eyes, and makes reference to his "organic" fuel. No overt drug references, but the characterization is recognizable as a "stoner" for adults
  • We see cars popping bottles of champagne.
  • We see cars at a bar drinking from martini glasses.
  • A truck drinks from a martini glass.
  • We see a car taking martini glasses and pitchers from a bar and trays.
  • We see filled pint glasses lined up on a bar in front of cars.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Despite being rated G, the movie is much darker than the first film, as it contains lots of violence and intense scenes. The more appropriate rating for this film could be PG.
  • The racers crashing, especially in the second race, can be intense for young viewers.
  • The premise of race cars being targeted by cameras causing their engine to explode may frighten some viewers.
  • The movie is about the spy and mystery along with comedy, this second plot maybe intense for some viewers.
  • Lemon Cars are crime families in this movie. They stalk, hunt down, and kill other cars for their selfish reasons.
  • First off, it's not that violent and people are just making such a big deal out of the violence because the movie is rated G, plus although there are weapons, guns and explosions, there is no blood because it's a CARS movie that revolves around the plot of espionage!!
  • The bomb scene and the plot to kill McQueen may frighten some viewers.
  • Some assassination attempts.
  • Pretty bold/adventurous movie.
  • Lots of explosions.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • Sir Axelrod leaks oil during the Japan party, and blames it on Mater.

Violence & Gore

  • Finn uses mini-bombs to kill a Combat Ship. The ship is alive.
  • An agent is shown killed early in the film. The bad guys compacted him to a cube.
  • Mater accidentally shoots up a cartel.
  • When Mater gets cornered and captured by the bad guys, they use knock-out gas to subdue him. Mater, McMissile and Holly are bound to a giant mechanism set to crush them. Later, Mater realizes he has a ticking time bomb strapped to his engine.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Holley Shiftwell and Finn McMissile are nearly crushed by the gears of Big Ben.
  • At the end of first race of the World Grand Prix in Japan, McQueen and Mater have a very emotionally intense fight. McQueen yelling at Mater may be intense for little viewers.
  • Throughout the film, Sir Axlerod is trying to sabotage all racer cars during World Grand Prix.
  • Mater gets a bomb strapped to him. He is nearly killed until the bomb is de-activated by the mastermind behind the Lemon crime family's.
  • Early in the movie, there is a scene where the lemon cars use the EMP on Rod Redline to tell them who he gave the intel to. When they find out that it was given to Mater, the lemon cars blow up Rod Redline with the EMP. All we see is the reflection of it on a screen but mostly flames are seen. May frighten young viewers.
  • Mater leaving Japan can be upsetting.

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