Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island is yet another fine direct-to-video movie that really doesn’t stand out all that much from the others at this point, but being only 80-minutes, does make for a quick viewing.
Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island
— Original Movie —
(2019)
Genre(s): Animation, Family, Mystery
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment | NR – 80 min. – $19.98 | October 1, 2019
Date Published: 10/01/2019 | Author: The Movieman
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THE MOVIE — 2.75/5 |
| Plot Synopsis: Join Scooby-Doo (FRANK WELKER), Shaggy (MATTHEW LILLARD) and the Mystery Inc. going as they win a vacation of a lifetime and attempt to put their mystery-solving days behind them. As soon as they arrive at the tropical island and check in to the Moonstar Island Resort, Velma (KATE MICUCCI), Daphne (GREY GRIFFIN) and Fred (WELKER) can’t help but notice how strangely familiar this island is to a terrifying place they once visited long ago. They soon find that paradise comes with a price when they encounter an army of zombies and creepy cat people. Travel with Scooby-Doo and the gang as they unearth the mystery of Zombie Island.
Quick Hit Review: Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island is a direct follow-up to 1998’s Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, a movie I think I’ve seen (and do own in my collection) but don’t remember. Not that it matters, the filmmakers did a recap. The humor is fine, rather safe, with some callbacks to the Scooby-tropes and the voice acting was as good usual with each doing their part, though outside of Frank Welker, each were replaced with bigger named talent for the 2020 animated feature (more later). On that, I do wonder, although the upcoming Scoob movie has some recognizable names voicing these characters, if these numerous direct-to-video movies kind of take the oxygen out of the feature film. Sure, the animation and voice talent get upgrades (including Mark Wahlberg voicing Blue Falcon), I highly doubt the story or dialogue will be all that different, outside of perhaps a bigger finale. In any case, this is pretty much another standard, and forgettable, direct-to-video Scooby-Doo mystery that was moderately entertaining at least. But like most of these, this is probably geared more towards younger viewers. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5 |
| This release does come with a glossy slip cover. The only things included are bonus episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries and What’s New, Scooby-Doo?. |
VIDEO – 4.5/5, AUDIO – 4.0/5
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| Warner Brothers releases Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island onto DVD (as it looks like the studio is done releasing these on Blu-ray), presented with a 16×9 enhanced 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and for the most part, the movie looks good. Colors are bright in keeping with the light-hearted nature of the story and for the most part it does look clean as I did not notice major bouts of banding or artifacting.
The movie comes with a basic but functional Dolby Digital 5.1 track outputting clear dialogue and some minor depth from the front and rear channels for the zombie grunts or cat growls, as well as the generic score. |
OVERALL – 2.75/5 |
| Scooby-Doo: Return to Zombie Island is yet another fine direct-to-video movie that really doesn’t stand out all that much from the others at this point, but being only 80-minutes, does make for a quick viewing and this is something parents and little kids could watch together. |
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