The CGI is still just as entertaining and cartoonish as the first, which make for nice character designs, reality-bending moments and some genuinely strong villain designs. They’re relatively enjoyable still, not feeling dated with nice call-backs to the earliest of original episodes. More monsters showcased far more frequently make for some fun scenes. The set design makes for some incredible moments, one of the few areas where the sequel trumps that of the original. They subvert the cliché formula of the Scooby-Doo style with an odd amount of charm. Peter Boyle, Seth Green, Tim Blake Nelson and Alicia Silverstone make for resoundingly strong team players throughout this. There’s a surprising dedication from all cast members, not just leading performers but the newcomers found within the supporting cast also. It’s very well done, the main cast come together with tremendous competence. Shaggy and Scooby get the most depth of all, dealing with more or less the same issues they faced in the first, alongside Fred who finds himself hating the centre of attention style he always craved. Still, re-hashing the same highs and lows of the first would’ve been a problem in of itself, yet I’m not entirely sure what Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed really wants to do. They’re still enjoyable, given the commitment of the cast to their roles, but they don’t feel as in-depth or interesting as the first film. Still, I can try my best to cling to my nostalgia, especially by watching old classics I’ve not watched in years for fear of loathing them.Ĭompared to the original, it feels like the Mystery Incorporated Crew feel more like caricatures of their most defining traits, rather than fully fleshed out characters with grating problems between one another. It was a lot of fun, one of the few things I miss from my childhood and it’s a painful reminder each day that I’ll never re-live such an enjoyable time. It’s easy to see why, especially in my case when I’d come home from school and stick CBBC on, where they’d play classic Scooby-Doo every day. That, surprisingly, is not the case for Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, the sequel to that childhood classic everyone in my generation loves to feel wholly nostalgic for. Sequels, often they’re tedious and nowhere close as good as the original.
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