It's a simple enough idea. Three friends with three fiendishly terrible bosses let a little liquid courage help them down a dastardly, yet not all that surprising road: kill them.

CARS 2 (G), like its predecessor, is Pixar’s variation on the tantalising premise behind its own Toy Story franchise: what if a child’s toys could come alive?

The Brothers Farrelly try here to move away from their usual gross-out films – a genre which has, of late, left them struggling to sustain their initial impact – but while there are moments, albeit brief, of wit and observation the whole is disappointing.