(You won't miss the latest American Idol, though.) This is one for the cartoon's audience, children or anyone who's really, really bored and just needs a bit of a laugh. Still, blink and you'll miss a wasted Tim Blake Nelson. must save Coolsville from an attack of past unmasked monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to 'unmask' the gang. It features the same cast as the original. as the lead, although thankfully not much is expected of him, or anyone in the cast. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, released in 2004, is the sequel to the first live-action Scooby-Doo film. And, on top of all that, it has the wooden Freddie Prinze Jr. This is more playground fare than family entertainment. Someone should've told the director that the way to approach a film like this is to play it for laughs the whole way through, and have a story that will, in some way, reach out to adults. When it appears that Shaggy and Scooby messed up a big case, they go out and try to restore their reputations as mystery-solving heroes.
It is the second installment in the Scooby-Doo live-action film series and a stand-alone sequel to 2002s Scooby-Doo, and was directed by Raja. It's too childish, doesn't know whether to take itself seriously or not, and above all, is just far too disjointed. Genre (s): Comedy Mystery-Suspense Fantasy Action-Adventure. Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a 2004 American live-action / computer-animated family horror comedy film based on the animated television series franchise Scooby-Doo. It's great to look at, and I'll admit to getting a reasonable number of laughs from it.īut I still can't recommend the film. In fact, it's actually watchable to an extent. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. I acknowledge that the sequel isn't actually that good (I avoided the first one on critical advice) but it would be churlish for me to say it is unbearable. There is life left in the film world for Scooby-Doo. gang as they try and solve yet another mystery, but with REAL monsters! On second thoughts - let's not. Rating: ** (out of *****) Let's all rejoin Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. and keep this franchise going if you must, Warner Bros., but save it for the kids.