CGI basically kills it

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2010)

All other weaknesses of this film aside (and there are several), it could have been an effective thriller if real people were used. I mean, why not go the extra mile and create real monsters? The cartoon ghouls are just not scary at all. They evoke laughter more than fear. When these CGI monsters open their jaws impossibly wide, it doesn't look scary, it looks stupid. Hollywood, buy a clue. Even when monsters are strapped to tables on labs, they're digital. It's utterly unbelievable.
Real effects could have made something of this movie, which otherwise is rather dull, with frequent flashbacks to before the apocalyptic virus wiped nearly everyone out and scenes of Will Smith picking corn, talking to mannequins and shooting golf balls. There is one horrible scene where Smith is watching SHREK and parroting the lines spoken on the screen.
But everything really falls apart because the protagonist is never threatened by anything real. SCOOBY DOO holds more thrills and suspense.