In my opinion, more or less .. I was in doubt for a while: worse the principal or the perpetrator? Z is undoubtedly a sadist, one who by now has boredom seeing murders and violence. But Axlerod does not joke: behind his affable manners, he hides, for me, an incredible indifference to his neighbor.I really think that if by accident his henchmen had used massive dose of radiation instead of that 75% powerful, killing someone, he would not regret much. On the contrary.

They're both equally evil. Like you said, Zundapp can nonchalantly kill someone and he doesn't express any sadness that dozens of his henchcars were killed in the spiral ramp explosion, but Axlerod is just as heartless. He already had the world convinced Allinol was bad and he could have just forbidden McQueen from using it in the final race, but when McQueen said he's use it anyway he sought him out, not to warn him but to "personally thank him." Then he ordered his death! That's the sign of a sick mind.

I love your comment. Many people have spurned this Pixar product for its lack of interior detailed analysis. Well, I would not say so! The mere fact that Axlerod commands the literal scrapping of McQueen and soon after he shows up with a beaming smile, without a shade in his eyes ..It speaks for itself. Not to mention when the voice of Zundapp proves ineffective to deactivate the bomb. "Oops .. I'm not the one that has activated it! Want to try with someone else?" I translated the sentence from Italian, but more or less the concept is. Always with that gladness .. Creepy.Yes, Axlerod in his mind "Thank you Lightning, for choosing to get killed from us!"while thanking him to continue with the Allinol.It 's logical that a plot like this can not be full of good feelings and bad guys ... all redeemed (none, really!), But not for this a movie is without morals!

Axlerod didn't just want to kill McQueen, he also wanted to kill Mater, if I remember correctly. That's why he strapped a C4 bomb to Mater's air filter to kill Mater and to kill McQueen as a back up plan. He possibly wanted to kill Mater so that Mater wouldn't find out that Miles was the bad guy and so that Miles wouldn't get caught by the goofy old Tow Truck. The bad guys in Cars 2 are extremely stupid but watch out! They are dangerous too!

lovelife, you have brought me to mind Acer's description in the game: "This Pacer is a tough cookie and compensates for his obtuseness with a temper." XP
They are so blinded by the desire to have power and money, to getting out a little too much with bare door mirrors.
At the same time, however, prove to have good "B plan" and related diabolical gadgets .. In addition to a conscience, markedly off.

Prefesser Z he's scarey :|