Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writers (WGA):

William Hanna (characters) &
Joseph Barbera (characters) ...

Release Date:

26 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Tagline:

Monsters are Unleashed

Plot:

When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Museum | Monster | Masked Villain | Talking Dog

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Fred
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Daphne
Matthew Lillard	...	Shaggy
Linda Cardellini	...	Velma
Seth Green	...	Patrick
Peter Boyle	...	Old Man Wickles
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Jacobo
Alicia Silverstone	...	Heather
Neil Fanning	...	Scooby-Doo Voice (voice)
Pat O'Brien	...	Himself
Bill Meilen	...	Chauffeur
Zahf Paroo	...	Ned
Chris Gauthier	...	Daphne's Tattooed Fan #1 (as Christopher Gauthier)
Peter New	...	Daphne's Tattooed Fan #2
Morgan Brayton	...	Mullet Nerdette #1

Also Known As:

Scooby 2 (USA) (working title)
Scooby Too (Canada: English title) (working title)
Scooby-Doo 2 (USA) (working title)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monstres en liberté (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some scary action, rude humor and language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:6 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | USA:PG (Approved No. 40475) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

There was a gag, created by the animators at Rhythm & Hues, where Scooby would turn into his cartoon version when he mistakenly drinks a potion. The gag was not in the script and was at one point chosen to replace a less-favored gag in which Scooby would turn into George W. Bush. In the end, Warner Brothers decided that they didn't want the audience to compare 2D Scooby to 3D Scooby, so they chose to have him turn into the Tasmanian Devil instead.

Goofs:

Continuity: Captain Cutler shoots two harpoons with chains attached into the back doors of the Mystery Machine. The Mystery Machine tries to drive away, but Captain Cutler holds the chains to prevent their escape. Freddy then reverses and knocks Captain Cutler into the water. As the Mystery Machine drives off the chains and the harpoons have disappeared from both the inside and outside of the Mystery Machine.

Quotes:

Black Knight Ghost: [after being electrocuted] Oh crap.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Soundtrack:

Baby Got Back

Better climax.

After the disappointing effort of the first Scooby-Doo film I wasn't much enthusiastic about this "Monsters Unleashed". But to tell the truth this film handled the characters better and the climax more interesting, at least in terms of the identity of the villain. It remained true to the original cartoon storyline in the sense that the character of the villain appeared earlier in the film. The dialogues also got better, though abandoning thick sense of humor was impossible. It failed to develop enough chemistry between the members of the gang, which is in fact faithful to the cartoon where in my opinion the characters are quite one-dimensional.

The CGI of Scooby himself has improved only slightly. The monsters could have been designed better, although there are touches of nice imagination e.g. the candy floss monster. The most irritating parts were unnecessary hip-hop dance sequences. Besides such points, Scooby Doo 2 deserves more praise than its prequel.