Planes: Fire and Rescue offers little more than advertising for little children's toys, but I will say that it isn't as shameless as its predecessor. With that said, though, I was still quite bewildered and blasé with each of the ideas that this movie demonstrated (such as planes apparently having the life cycle of birds, nesting at youth until they turn into what they are in real life), and I don't get why DisneyToon is so shy to reveal more about how this world parallels ours (Pixar is guilty of this, too). I believe it would have compensated for the predictability of the plot and how dissatisfactory and unwarranted the ending was. I was still ticked off or disinterested with the new characters, despite the stereotypes being nearly absent and how some, like Blade Ranger (I know, it's more for toys), are respectable mentors to the protagonists. The animation is fine, good enough to make its way into a 2014 theater with better use of its opportunities to use effects, but it still errs on things like the design of aircraft and even automobiles (Pixar didn't make this mistake, simply because they're a better studio than DisneyToon). My recommendation would be to pass this movie unless you claim to be one of the more hardline fans of the extended Cars series, in which case, I won't stop you (especially considering that it's better than its godawful predecessor).
Review of Planes: Fire & Rescue
