Summary
A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, 'Dragon' Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You want something quiet and calm
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 67GoodWatch 65
Letterboxd · 19 K ratings3.4/5
IMDb6.6
Reach
Streams in 60 countries
+50Released
2008
November 21, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
AnimationComedyFamilyActionAdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
JapaneseSpanishMade in
United States
and 14 more19 people
- Larry the Cable GuyMater (voice)
- Keith FergusonLightning McQueen (voice)
- Elissa KnightTia (voice)
- Guido QuaroniGuido (voice)
- Lori AlanAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
- Mickie McGowanAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
- Danny MannAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
- BSBob ScottAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
- Jess HarnellAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Michael WallisSheriff (voice)
Mach Tony KobayashiKabuto (voice)
Robert ItoIto-San (voice)
Karen HuieAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Julia KatoAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Sonoko KonishiChuki (voice)- HLHenry LeeAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Bob PetersonAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Peter SohnAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Jan RabsonAdditional Voice Talent (voice)
Directing · 3
- John Lasseter Director, Story
- Rob Gibbs Co-Director, Story
- Victor Navone Co-Director
Writing · 2
- Bobby Rubio Story
- Scott Morse Story
Production · 6
- Kori Rae Producer
- Mary Alice Drumm Producer
- Kimberly Adams Producer
- A.J. Riebli III Production Manager
- Juliet Pokorny Production Manager
- Agustín Guevara Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Derek Williams Camera Supervisor
Sound · 1
- BT Music
Art · 1
- Anthony Christov Production Design
Other crew · 2
- Paul Cichocki Post Production Supervisor
- Laurel Ladevich Post Production Supervisor
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