Overtaken by a new generation of ultra-fast cars, the famous Lightning McQueen finds himself on the sidelines of a sport he loves. Wanting to return to racing and, in remembrance of Doc Hudson, prove that No. 95 still has a place in the Piston Cup, McQueen is going to have to come up with something. Cruz Ramirez, a race technician who also dreams of victory, signs on to help...

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Even big Pixar fans will admit that Cars is far from being among the great achievements of the studio. The sequel, released in 2011, was more a gigantic merchandising operation than an artistic adventure. Cars 3, which nobody expected, doesn’t change the formula. This third episode is unnecessary, a remake of the first movie, with a hero who tactically confronts his weaknesses and goes on to win. The technical talent of the Pixar studios is once again at work, offering a spectacle worthy of the name, but the quality of writing is not up to par. Far from being equal to the ambitions that have made Pixar a success, Cars 3 is at the level of The Good Dinosaur and Finding Dory – both movies too shallow and formulaic to be at all memorable.