Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Plot synopsis:
Mystery Inc. (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo) attend the opening of an exhibition at the Coolsonian Criminology Museum commemorating their past solved cases with monster costumes on display. However, the celebrations are interrupted by a masked man known as the Evil Masked Figure who steals two costumes using the reanimated Pterodactyl Ghost. The gang are ridiculed by journalist Heather Jasper Howe, who starts a smear campaign against them. Concluding an old enemy is the mastermind, the gang revisit old cases, dismissing the former Pterodactyl Ghost, Jonathan Jacobo, due to his death during a failed prison escape, they guess that Jeremiah Wickles, the Black Knight Ghost’s portrayer and Jacobo's cell mate in prison, is the culprit.
Going to Wickles mansion, Fred insists on ringing the door bell twice, which activates a trap door that drops the gang into a cage. Velma identifies that the lock can be unlocked with Wickles's fingerprint. Daphne ingeniously releases them all using the makeup from her bag to recreate the previous thumb print left by Wickles, thereby effectively unlocking the prison. The gang find a book that serves as an instruction manual on how to create monsters. Shaggy and Scooby-Doo find a note inviting Wickles’s to visit the Faux Ghost nightclub. They are attacked by the Black Knight Ghost, but escape when Daphne fights him off while Velma discovers its weak spot and disables it. Before fleeing, the rest of the gang had previously discovered through the book found in Wickle's mansion that the key ingredient to creating the monsters was a substance called "randomonium", which can be found at the old silver mining town.
After Daphne helps Velma overcome her fears of intimacy and assert herself by changing up her image, Daphne, Velma and Fred go to the museum, accompanied by the curator Patrick Wisely, but discover that the rest of the costumes have been stolen. Heather Jasper Howe ridicules the gang further by turning the city against them. The gang go to the mines, finding Wickles's plans to turn it into an amusement park. As they confront Wickles, he states that he and Jacobo were cell mates who hated each other and that he has no connection to the museum robberies.
Shaggy and Scooby, after overhearing the rest of the gang criticizing their tendency to bumble every operation, and especially their most recent offense failing to tie the rope and secure the Pterodactyl Ghost, resolve to better themselves and become real detectives. Following a lead from their first clue ever, which was stuck to Scooby's foot after he played around in Wickles mansion, sneak into the Faux Ghost to try and solve the mystery. After speaking to Wickles, they learn he has resolved his ways. Scooby eventually causes a scene and his disguise falls off, leading Scooby and Shaggy to escape through a trash shoot. On their way out, they spot Patrick uncharacteristically assaulting who appears to be a member of his staff, ordering him to find answers to who vandalized his museum. Escaping an awkward interaction with Patrick, Shaggy and Scooby spot Wickles leaving the bar and follow him.
The gang then find the Monster Hive where the costumes are brought to life as real monsters. Shaggy and Scooby play around with the machine’s control panel, bringing several costumes to life, and the gang flee with the panel as the Evil Masked Figure terrorizes the city. Escaping to their old high school clubhouse, the gang realize they can reverse the control panel’s power by altering its wiring. Captain Cutler’s Ghost emerges from the bayou, forcing the gang to head back to the mines, encountering the various monsters along the way. Velma sees Patrick in the mines, finding a shrine dedicated to Jacobo, but Patrick proves his innocence by helping Velma after a catwalk unexpectedly gives way under her.
The gang confront the Evil Masked Figure as Tar Monster captures all of them but Scooby, who uses a fire extinguisher to freeze the Tar Monster’s body. He reactivates the control panel, transforming the costumes back to normal. The gang take the Evil Masked Figure to the authorities, unmasking him as Heather, who in turn reveals she is actually Jacobo in disguise, having escaped death and sought to get revenge on Mystery, Inc. by discrediting them. Jacobo’s cameraman Ned is also arrested as an accomplice. Mystery, Inc. are praised as heroes once again in Coolsville. In the Faux Ghost, the gang celebrates their victory with the now reformed criminals whom they unmasked in the past (including Wickles).
After the credits, Scooby-Doo is seen playing a Scooby-Doo 2 Game Boy Advance game. After he succeeds, he tells the viewers to enter the Scooby-Doo 2 Game Boy Advance code. (This is only seen on the VHS and DVD release)

Tags: good versus evil, psychedelic, horror, flashback

Review:
The film concerns about our friends ¨the Mystery Inc.¨ group with Scooby Doo , Shaggy ( Matthew Lillard ) and the remaining group (Sara Michelle Gellar , Freddie Prince Jr, Linda Cardellini )and takes place an eerie museum of criminology where are robbed some stuffed monsters for nefarious purposes .
This movie was a funny look back at all the episodes of Scooby-Doo. I thought that putting all the evil characters from their other mysteries was brilliant.
Fred is still the committed leader who loves his admirers and especially Daphne.My rating on this movie is a 10 because it was like watching a cartoon episode of Scooby-doo, only being a motion picture.
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.
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.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/.
I can't give "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed" a whole-hearted recommendation, but it's great fun for the kids, and if you still find humor in the cartoon then you just might find yourself enjoying this live-action version.
Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed is a funny,light hearted family film that stays true to the Hanna Barbera series.Its one my favorite family films and one I remember fondly because I loved the series as a child and I enjoyed the way they combined different monsters from the series and put them into one big adventure for Scooby,Shaggy and the gang.I like it more than the first one,which I also enjoyed but feel it doesn't have much of what you would usually see in the series and don't like how they take a huge stab at Scrappy Doo.Scooby Doo and the gang face there biggest adventure yet as the costumes of monsters the mystery gang are brought to life after getting robbed by the Coolsville Museum Of Nstural History,the gang investigate while Shaggy and Scooby try to be better detectives and take there job more seriously,Velma falls for a history geek played by Seth Green and Fred keeps getting exploited by the media..
The original live action SCOOBY DOO was rather like the cotton candy you buy at the fair: pretty to look at and fun to scarf down.
But a little goes a long way, particularly when all the air has been beaten out and it emerges as overworked taffy.Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini repeat the roles of Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, and Velma.
They are supported by Seth Green, a truly talented actor who gives a very nice performance indeed; unfortunately, Peter Boyle is largely wasted and Alicia Silverstone is, well, Alicia Silverstone.Silverstone aside, the cast might have recreated the lightness of the first film--but once you mix in a story about stolen costumes that come to life, huge sets, wild outfits, a dance number, and a ton of CGI effects they pretty much get lost in the shuffle.
It's all about as much fun as a carnival after the crowd has gone and you're left alone with gum on the bottom of your shoe.Kids probably won't notice the shortcomings, and older fans will be glad to see numerous references to the original cartoon series--and to be fair the film does have its moments, largely thanks to Lillard, Cardellini, and Green.
I Love the Scooby Doo cartoons and I think this movie was great.
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a very good film that has a good cast which includes Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Green, Peter Boyle, Tim Blake Nelson, Alicia Silverstone, Neil Fanning, Pat O'Brien, and the Tazmanian Devil!
If you like The the first Scooby-Doo movie and the classic cartoons, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Green, Peter Boyle, Tim Blake Nelson, Alicia Silverstone, Neil Fanning, Pat O'Brien, the Tazmanian Devil the rest of the cast in the film, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Thrillers, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Dramas, and interesting Halloween seasonal films then I strongly recommend you to see this film today!.
i was rather disappointed in this movie.i just felt it didn't have the same charm and sense of fun as the first one.i think it tries to take itself too seriously at times.don't get me wrong,there are some funny moments,but there are less of them and they don't work as well this time around.i think they just got old.there's also a bit of a subplot which i didn't think had much point.there are a lot more monsters in this one,so it should be exciting,but it it really isn't.in fact,i found it slow at times.it doesn't have the same pacing as the first one.this movie also gets into the "just be yourself,we're all OK" syndrome.now there nothing wrong with that.it is a good message.but this movie shouldn't really be the forum for that.this is a type of movie that should just be fun and entertaining.beside,it throws off the pacing of the movie.also,there is a bit of innuendo,some sexual,some not.it's very subtle,but it's there.any way,i can't give "Scooby Doo 2:Monsters Unleashed" more than 5/10.
Although I'm slightly biased for this film (due to the fact that I watched some of the filming in Vancouver and Stanley Park) I believe this movie felt more like an episode of "Scooby-Doo Where Are You?" than the first.
Adults who grew up with this and have moved on are the ones who this would have attracted only to be let down by the childish nature of the movie.Sitting and watching it with my 6yo and 3yo, they love this and the first one because as they say, it's fun like the cartoon.
) as Shaggy Rogers , Freddie Prinze Jr(Shes All That) as Fred Jones,Sarah Michelle Gellar(Buffy The Vampire Slayer) as Daphne Blake ,Linda Cardellini(Legally Blonde) as Velma Dinkley, Neil Fanning(Crocodile Hunter:Collison Course) as Scooby-Doo, Seth Green(The Italian Job) as Patrick Wisely, Peter Boyle(Doctor Dolittle) as Jeremiah Wickles, Tim Blake Nelson(Holes) as Dr.Jonathan Jacobo and Alicia Silverstone(Clueless) as Heather Jasper- Howe.
I actually didn't mind this film but I felt it was cheesy and cartoony the characters weren't bad in second act as expected the second act was darker but i also enjoyed the Humor as well .Score by David Newman(Galaxy Quest),Cinematography By Oliver Wood(Freaky Friday) ,Screenplay By James Gunn(The Specials) & Direction By Raja Gosnell(Home Alone 3) An Amusing second Act for The Live Action Scooby Doo 7/10.
Monsters Unleashed brings back the Mystery Inc. gang who must save Coolsville from an attack of past unmasked monsters they had dealt with including the Black Knight Ghost, Pterodactyl Ghost and the Tar Monster, who were brought to life by an evil masked figure.This is a somewhat adventurous movie filled with ghosts and goblins, with Scooby filmed in CGI, and Freddy Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini returning in their respective Mystery Inc. gang roles; each did a creative job in portraying Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy.
It was nice seeing Alicia Silverstone make an appearance in the movie; it is too bad her role was only confined to a TV reporter role, which didn't contribute much to the story.Like the first film, the special and visual effects were colorful and and flashy, and I thought the ghost action was executed pretty well.
Love it or loath it the first live action Scooby film was a hit and therefore it is no surprise to see a sequel.Pleasantly it is an improvement on the original with more humour, more depth and more monsters.
Even the 3D Scooby looks more life like.There are some new faces such as Alicia Silverstone and the dearly missed Peter Boyle but by and large it falls upon the talents of Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardelllini to create the movies' magic moments.
Lillard is as close to the original character as you could get and it is no surprise that it is his antics that dominate the film most though the sub plot about Velma and a possible love interest is also very sweet..Overall an enjoyable film for fans of the original series as well as those discovering Scooby for the first time..
Now i watch the DVD and i realized that i lost a good time.Unlike other franchises that equate sequels with changes, here the same ingredients apply and remain unchanged: ideal cast, bright colors and "cliches" from the classic show.Following the previous movie, the story has (a bit of) reflexion about the team and the cement that makes friendship.
If this had been the first film, I think that many would have thought it was much better, but, when you weigh it against the original 'Scooby Doo' movie, it pales....
We still have the cast of "Mysteries Inc" running around in the Mystery Machine van - with Scooby Doo (created in CGI), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), Velma (Linda Cardinelli) and Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar).
This time, they're joined by some old favorites: Seth Green (as a love interest for Velma), Peter Boyle (as the classic 'Old Man Wickles'), Alicia Silverstone (as a great foil for Daphne), 'Inside Edition' host Pat O'Brien shows up and even 'American Idol' alum Ruben Studdard gets a turn to show us his acting chops.The story line revolves around a reappearance of some of Mystery Inc.'s old school monsters coming back around in town.
OK, so they weren't even remotely scary, but hey - neither were their cartoon incarnations.Overall, I'd have to give 'Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed' 6/10 - not a bad movie, but not the best I've ever seen.
If you are looking to relive some old time fun, watch cartoon network or something.The final thing that makes this movie livable, is no Scrappy Doo.
Third, as a fan of the cartoons growing up, this one looks more like true Scooby Doo. In the first movie, the monsters were not very interesting.
Although this was a great movie, I still liked the first Scooby Doo better.
Meanwhile, in this second `Scooby Gang' installment we find our five heroes (Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, Linda Cardellini as Velma, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, and Scooby Do) getting back to their cartoon roots when a mysterious masked madman brings a collection of monster costumes (worn by previous Scooby-Doo cartoon bad-guys) to life to terrorize the town of Coolville, home of the Mystery Machine.
Fans of the Scooby-Doo cartoon series will certainly enjoy this film while others will get some cheap belly laughs..
'Scooby-Doo 2: Monster's Unleashed (2004)' isn't as good as the first film.
Scooby-Doo 2 (2004) ** (out of 4)The second and final film in the attempt to bring the animated classic to the big screen has Fred (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Velma (Linda Cardellini), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard) and Scooby walking the red carpet as a museum housing the costumes to their greatest cases is about to open.
Suddenly a black knight comes to life and soon some of the gangs most famous monsters are coming after them.SCOOBY-DOO 2 is a minor improvement over the first film but it still can't measure up to the original series or many of the spin-offs that followed it.
The supporting cast does feature Seth Green, a strong performance by Peter Boyle and it was certainly nice seeing Alicia Silverstone.Fans of the original series will probably understand the monsters here better than kids perhaps watching this movie.
It was fun getting to see some of the old costumes brought to life in the current CGI work and for the most part I thought the special effects were good and especially on the Tar Man. There are still a few adult winks scattered throughout the picture but sadly the overall story is just dumbed down way too much for adults to really enjoy it.
Now, I move on to the sequel to the 2002 film, SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED.I mentioned in my previous film review for the first Scooby-Doo film that the film was negatively received by critics, but was a hit with audiences and made a profit of $275 million dollars against it's $84 million dollar budget.SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED is the sequel to the first film once again directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn.The plot shows the Mystery Inc. investigating the plans of a masked villain who wants to control the city of Coolsville using a machine to create monsters.Unlike the first film, this film featured several of the monsters from the television series, including the Black Knight, the 10, 000 Volt Ghost, the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Miner 49er and Chickenstein.The story is amazing and I think the writer once again successfully translated this script into a film that I enjoyed.
Now, I move on to the sequel to the 2002 film, SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED.I mentioned in my previous film review for the first Scooby-Doo film that the film was negatively received by critics, but was a hit with audiences and made a profit of $275 million dollars against it's $84 million dollar budget.SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED is the sequel to the first film once again directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn.The plot shows the Mystery Inc. investigating the plans of a masked villain who wants to control the city of Coolsville using a machine to create monsters.Unlike the first film, this film featured several of the monsters from the television series, including the Black Knight, the 10, 000 Volt Ghost, the Pterodactyl Ghost, the Miner 49er and Chickenstein.The story is amazing and I think the writer once again successfully translated this script into a film that I enjoyed.
James Gunn did a really good job with the script and Raja Gosnell directed this movie brilliantly.The visual effects, costume and production designs are really great, especially the way they created the monsters and it was really amazing and the CGI on the monsters and Scooby-Doo is just freaking awesome.My favorite scene is when Daphne fights the Black Knight.
James Gunn did a really good job with the script and Raja Gosnell directed this movie brilliantly.The visual effects, costume and production designs are really great, especially the way they created the monsters and it was really amazing and the CGI on the monsters and Scooby-Doo is just freaking awesome.My favorite scene is when Daphne fights the Black Knight.
Unfortunately, though it features much better F/X work, more "star" power (Seth Green, Alicia Silverstone and an under/misused Peter Boyle), a better handle on the characters by the returning cast (though none come close to matching the sheer brilliance of Matthew Lillard's Shaggy) and a story that makes good use of iconic baddies from the original animated series, it still only adds up to a marginal improvement over the first film.Little ones may enjoy the loud and zany antics, and Gen-Xers will surely get some nostalgia from seeing the various old school ghouls, but there's little here to recommend for anyone else..
Scooby and the gang Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and Velma (Linda Cardellini) have become the toast of the town in Coolsville.
Once again, the Mystery Inc. gang of Freddy (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Velma (Linda Cardellini), Shaggy (Lilard) and that mumbling and bumbling CGI Scooby are back in the game trying to solve the case, even after becoming a total embarrassment at the press.
Actually, I think the fact that Scooby and Shaggy try to be like the rest of the gang is pretty good, but it just isn't QUITE enough to grab my interest.
As it turns out, Scooby-Doo 2 is the opposite of that.The part of the film I enjoyed the most was Matthew Lillard's performance as Shaggy (he also stole my attention in the original movie).
It created a mysterious and kookily fun mood for the film.Is Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed better than the original film?
Plot is not as great as the first Scooby Doo movie, but the acting is very good, so are the special effects and costumes.
As sequels go Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a good film.
Scooby Doo The Movie (the first one) worked on a couple levels, namely the farting dog & the excellent Matthew Lillard (he is Shaggy).
I'm a huge Scooby Doo fan and I personally think that the Sequel was better than the original.
If you and your family are looking for a funfilled movie to see, than Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is your best bet!
I've seen most of the original cartoon, and that was a pretty repitious show, and I'm impressed that they didn't stick to routine, and provided an original Scooby Doo storyline that is ok....at times.Sadly, this movie is intended for kids though, with plenty of fart jokes, but contains little, very hard to notice drug references, which as a teenager, made me laugh a little.
Matthew Lillard was fantastic as Shaggy and in my opinion, it is him who makes the whole film - the rest of the cast, although they're OK, just plod along behind Shaggy (apart from Scooby of course, but I didn't count him as he's animation).Scooby Doo 2 is better because it's just so much more like the cartoon series, which is what the fans want afterall.
What makes this movie better than the first, is the fact its so more like the tradional Scooby doo cartoon, it has the classic running scenes, more scary figures, more scooby classic lines.
Well, Monsters Unleashed was a lot better than the original (Scooby Doo 3/10) but its still not as good as I hoped it would be.
This time around, Matthew Lillard, (there is no better Shaggy), gets to play more with Scooby.
not only has this film got jokes that weren't even new during the time of the first scooby doo movie, its also got the same actors.