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:

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

Colour:

Colour

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:

Velma's nameplate necklace reads 'Velmalicious'

Goofs:

Continuity: When the gang receives a fax on the results of the dinosaur scale, Velma takes it away from Shaggy and it appears that she is looking at one side of it. In the next shot the fax is turned the opposite way.

Quotes:

Fred: This is bad.
Shaggy: No doubt.
Fred: Shaggy?
Shaggy: Yeah?
Fred: Who's driving?
Shaggy: Uhh...
[the gang looks back to see who is driving with no one there but Scooby in the passenger seat]
Scooby-Doo: Rello!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Soundtrack:

Wooly Bully

Better than original

The original Scooby Doo was bad. It couldn't decide if it was a straight live action version or a parody of Scooby Doo. That movie had an obnoxious tone to it. The sequel, however, is better. The action seems to be moving faster than the original. There are no fewer than three of the famous foot chases that Scooby Doo is famous for. The movie doesn't make a lot of sense, but it is going too fast for anybody to notice. The actors seem more comfortable in their roles this time around, especially Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Fred. Prinze was incredibly smug in the first movie. This time he seems to have dialed it down more. The actors are performing more as a team this time. These are people who like each other in this movie and not as five individuals. This is not a great movie, with unnecessary amounts of grotesque humor. Alicia Silverstone is wasted in a minor role. Overall, get a free ticket if you can to see in a theatre or rent it on video. 6/10