Scooby Doo 2 - Monsters Unleashed (DVD)

OK, the characters look and sound a decent amount like their cartoon versions but since when did the Scooby Gang have a title (Mystery Inc.) and a hometown (Coolsville)?. I've watched Scooby cartoons a long time (admittedly in England) and I have never heard either of these mentioned ever before. Most believable of the Scooby Gang is Shaggy who is played very well by Matthew Lillard. And I never knew he had any other name other than Shaggy. Oh, and "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-A-Lot was never released on 78. Anyway Mystery Inc are opening a Museum housing lots of items related to cases they have solved in the past. You will see monsters from the ...  Read the complete review

When invited to the gala opening of a new exhibition, Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of Mystery Inc jump at the opportunity to appear in front of their many fans. The exhibition shows the public a collection of the more bizarre costumes worn by their many adversaries over the years and as they show off their exhibits, they share anecdotes and memories with a local reporter. But it isn’t just the press that is watching their every movement. A mysterious, dark cloaked figure observes from above and has a nasty surprise up his sleeves. When The Pterodactyl Ghost suddenly comes to life and attacks the museum, the members of Mystery Inc realise that something is badly ...  Read the complete review

Some things in life are simply unstoppable like the dawning of a new day, the imposition of new taxes and a follow up movie to one that’s made any kind of reasonable numbers on a previous outing. Scooby Doo the live action movie was a financial success despite, in the main, mixed reviews. Two years later, broadly the same team came together to release the inevitable sequel - Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. At the time of it’s UK release and unusually for me, I made the special preview weekend although, in practice, this hardly makes a difference when you’re sitting there in the dark subjected to a big screen offering that has you by the short and curlies. Well, unless ...  Read the complete review