Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

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:

Museum | Ghost | Monster | Masked Villain | Great Dane

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) (also TV rating) | 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:

The metal slide rule which Velma uses to calculate how to negate the effects of randamonium is, in fact, an E6-B flight calculator. The E6-B is an incredibly important tool for pilots to calculate wind velocities, air and ground speeds, fuel consumption, time en route, and aircraft course headings, amongst other things.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Velma lifts up the secret passageway, there isn't a green chip there. But then she just picks it off.

Quotes:

Shaggy: Come on Scoob.
[bumps into Miner 49er]
Shaggy: Miner... 40... 9er.
Miner 49er: HAHAHAHAHAHA!
[breathes fire at Shaggy and Scooby]
Miner 49er: [chasing Shaggy and Scooby] I'll get you, you varmints.

Movie Connections:

References This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Soundtrack:

You Get What You Give

An improvement over the first.

I had seen the first movie and didn't liked it at all. Still I decided to go and give this movie a chance, to see if they had improvement anything. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they actually did. The story is better and more interesting and the monsters and CGI-effects in general are more convincing looking. The humor has also been improved and this movie actually does have some entertaining and funny moments in it.

Not only the story itself has been improved but also the storytelling. The pace is good and the characters work better for this movie. Also the actors seemed more at ease in their roles. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar certainly improved their acting compared to the first movie. Still best parts are played by Matthew Lillard and the perfectly cast Linda Cardellini. Plus of the movie is that it also has actors Alicia Silverstone, Tim Blake Nelson and Seth Green in it.

The monsters are enjoyable and are good looking. There still are some 'fake' moments but on the other hand there also are some truly spectacular looking sequences involving monsters. The character of Scooby-Doo himself is also looking more convincingly this time.

It's not really a memorable or great movie but it is simple good entertainment to watch.

6/10