Product Description From the creators of CARS and TOY STORY 3 comes a new, laugh-out-loud, heartwarming adventure geared for the entire family. Star race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage! Experience all the fast-paced fun with an "all-car" cast -- plus enjoy two hilarious short films, "Air Mater" and "Hawaiian Vacation." It's turbocharged action and thrills and "even better than before," raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone. .com Lightning McQueen (voice by Owen Wilson), Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), Sally (Bonnie Hunt), and the rest of the gang from Radiator Springs return to the screen in this sequel to Pixar's Cars (2006). But instead of evoking a nostalgic vision of Route 66 through the American Southwest, director John Lasseter and his artists spoof James Bond films in a fast-paced adventure that mixes espionage and road racing. After a successful season on the track, Lightning is looking forward to some rest at home, but Mater gets him involved in an elaborate three-part international race sponsored by Sir Miles Axlerod (Eddie Izzard) to promote his new synthetic auto fuel. While serving on Lightning's pit crew, Mater inadvertently gets mixed up with two British secret agent cars, Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer), who are investigating a plot to sabotage the race. Myriad complications ensue before Lightning and Mater get back to the (relative) peace of Radiator Springs. The Pixar artists clearly had a lot of fun spoofing locations in Tokyo, London, Paris, and the Italian Riviera, and creating auto versions of sumo wrestlers, kabuki actors, Queen Elizabeth II, and a doting Italian mother. The use of 3-D adds adrenaline to the racing sequences. Cars 2 lacks the emotional impact of Toy Story 2, Up, and most of the other Pixar features, but that will do little to lessen its appeal to its target audience, boys who love cars, driving games, and car toys. Cars 2 is screening with Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation, a new short with Woody, Buzz, Barbie, Ken, and the rest of the Toy Story gang. (Rated G: minor toilet humor and a few scary moments.) --Charles SolomonVersions of Cars 2 on Blu-ray and DVD Title Cars 2 DVD Cars 2 (Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) Cars 2 (Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD Combo in DVD Packaging) Cars 2 (Five-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy) Cars Director's Collection ( 11-Disc Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray / DVD / Digital Copy) Release Date 11/1/2011 11/1/2011 11/1/2011 11/1/2011 11/1/2011 Format/ Number of discs One Disc: DVD Two Discs: Blu-ray + DVD Two Discs: Blu-ray + DVD Five Discs: Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy 11 Disc TotalCars includes: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital CopyCars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales includes: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital CopyCars 2 includes: Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD Blu-ray 3D No No No Yes Yes (On Cars 2 Only) Blu-ray No Yes Yes Yes Yes DVD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Digital Copy No No No Yes Yes Bonus Features(Bonus Material Not Rated) Theatrical Short - Toy Story Toon: Hawaiian Vacation All-New, Exclusive Cars Toon: Air Mater Director Commentary*Not available in all territories. Features subject to change Same as DVD *Not available in all territories. Features subject to change Same as DVD *Not available in all territories. Features subject to change. Same as DVD plus: Nuts and Bolts: A Sneak Peek of Cars Land World Tour – Interactive Map Deleted ScenesShort DocumentariesSet Explorations from the Different Cities in the Movie *Not available in all territories. Features subject to change. Same as DVD plus: Nuts and Bolts: A Sneak Peek of Cars Land World Tour – Interactive Map Deleted ScenesShort DocumentariesSet Explorations from the Different Cities in the MovieAnd More!*Not available in all territories. Features subject to change.
B**N
The movies are great...
One of the best thing about the Pixar movies is that they can watched over and over again without getting sick of them, which is a good thing when you have kids. Between this and the Toy Story box set, there are 5 really good movies to watch. Cars, Cars 2, and even Mater's Tall Tales are all very entertaining and will keep you and your kids watching for hours.This box set is a nice idea, but falls a little flat. Once you open it up, there is no easy way to make the lid stay on (compared to the toy box with the Toy Story set), it just kind of sits there. Also, the movies were not in the foam slots correct either, which could have caused scratching (luckily did not though). However, I love the set and it even comes with a diecast car that you can't get anywhere else.I gave this 5 stars because this is worth owning just for the movies alone, you can forgive some of the packaging problems and just watch Cars for the 15th time this week!!!
T**S
Great Movies / Extras, Awful, Awful Packaging
Movies are great, extras are great. As so many other reviewers say, the packaging is awful, awful, awful ... wish I had bought them individually instead. As another reviewer mentioned, I will need to get some blank cases to put them in. The case they shipped in is not safe for the disks, it is difficult to deal with and it does not fit on my shelf with my other DVD's. Right now it sits in my closet. The box is a pain in the neck everytime I want to get to the DVD's. Disney should admit their mistake and offer us all replacement cases to properly store the disks. Knowing that they won't, the only alternative we have is to continue to bash them about this, so maybe they will learn their lesson and not be so stupid in future DVD releases. The movies are 5 stars, the packaging is a negative 4 stars... so it averages out to 1 star. Avoid this release... or wait until the price continues to plummet (I see it's already tanked to about $50), buy it, throw out the box and get blank cases. Look at the reviews and beware ... we've all been burned.
R**Q
Great package and looking forward to buying other movies the ...
Exactly what was described. I did not have a problem downloading the digital versions and transferring them to the iPad for our long road trip. It made life so much easier when I could turn Mater on and the car would go quiet! The regular DVDs are used at home in the playroom for when the kids are allowed to watch TV. And the blu rays are for the family room. Great package and looking forward to buying other movies the same way.
B**S
lots of stuff... but...
We're Disney fans, and already had Cars (1), but not the other two, so we opted for this set. It's a bit of overkill, but we have extras for all the different devices. Plus a couple of "oops, the kids scratched the heck out of this disc somehow" copies.The kids enjoyed the movies. Since they're the intended audience, I'm not going to review the scripts/movies. I'm going to specifically talk about the packaging.I'm all about reducing my plastic consumption. But I do NOT like the storage box these are in. I wish they had sleeves or something. The foam block inside the box holds all the discs (the silver box with the checkerboard "top" to it. The checkerboard thing is actuall a flap of fabric). Anyway, this foam cheapens it. And this was not a cheap set. The foam has slits cut in in to store the disc. I suppose they're supposed to be kept pristinely apart from each other, but when I opened the box, they were all rubbing against each other. Also, the notches are all deformed, so it's not as if I can somehow "fix" it. I can get every disc but one in the box without touching its neighboring discs.
H**R
Loved the movies, not the packaging...
I wanted to get both Cars and Cars 2 on Digital Copy, this was the only way at the time, unless I wanted to spend $20 a pop for them, this was the only Blu-ray package with Digital Copy.Having never seen Cars 2, it was a surprise to me how complicated the storyline was. It almost seem like Pixar introduced many more characters so they can sell more toys (I collect Cars diecast cars).The biggest surprise was Mater's Tall Tales. It's proven to be a short that's full of laughs. I must have had that movie playing in the background over 20 times while I do my work. Sure to make kids of all ages laugh.The packaging is somewhat disappointing. Not sure what the purpose was having this big, big box. I'm sure they can design an accordion folder that takes up half the space this thing takes up. While the exclusive diecast is nice, no one I know is going to take that out to play with. It's basically a nice gold record that looks good on the wall but you can't play.For movie lovers, I'm sure money is not a problem, but space is. Now instead of this filed away with my other Blu-rays, I now have to have this (along with the Lion King set, and other e-normous sets) put away in my closet.Bummer.
C**U
Excellent Content But HORRIBLE packaging
As a family we absolutely love the Cars movies and having waited for the combined edition this is a great deal. But it comes in a horrible horrible horrible packaging. I would really recommend one buys a DVD/Blu-ray case holding multiple DVDs (especially if you are more after the content than the packaging!). Content: 5 stars. Packaging: 0 stars. My personal overall stars is 5 stars (as I am valuing the content much more!)
L**T
Better to throw in the trash
Buyer beware. Read the entire description before adding this one to your cart. So looking forward to watching this with my two year old grandson on Christmas day and we talked about it for hours before trying to watch and then we couldn't get it to work as it only plays in region 2. Seller won't work with you and I tried to return it and stood in line for over an hour at the post office and it costs more to return it than it costs. Better to throw in the trash. So disappointed in this product.
C**K
Not for use in America
We can’t watch these. They don’t work on our DVD player.
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