I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

I went into this movie expecting it to be absolute trash based on the general consensus of reviews. However, I was plenty surprised. It's not incredible, but it's definitely not as bad as people are saying. I thought it shared a lot of similarities with the first film, and Jack Black was a good addition. The only thing I'd criticize is the unnecessary sexualization of the main teenage girl. And the racist stereotypes. Ok, it's outdated, but it's really not a bad slasher flick.

Hewitt is in college and struggling to maintain her grades after the traumatic events that occurred the previous summer. She and her friends win an all-expenses-paid vacation to the Bahamas, but it quickly turns into a nightmare when the menacing fisherman returns with vengeance on his mind. The first film may not have been a classic, but surely it could have inspired a much better sequel; this poorly-conceived slasher film has a ridiculous setup, nonexistent plot, little suspense, and an abundance of false scares. Even worse is a multitude of one-note supporting characters, senseless violence, plus manipulative and obvious plot twists that build up to a predictable finale. With the exception of a talented cast, there isn't a single redeeming factor here. *½

Don't bother.Unless you are very easily entertained and have not seen any decent horror movies to compare this to. I would say the first one was OK, having seen it in the theater with a screaming audience made it more fun, but not in my list of top 20 horror movies. This sequel makes the first one look like a masterpiece. I figured out who the killer was about 15 minutes into the movie. The only slightly amusing part was Jeffrey Combs, who starred in the classic Re-Animator and many Stuart Gordon films. He is amusing but too good for crap like this! I Hope they at least paid him good money, the poor guy. Also, why did she flip out when she was locked in the tanning bed? The killer turns the heat up all the way...first of all, it isn't possible to turn it up enough to "cook" someone, especially in about 5 seconds. Oooooo, a tanning bed. I'm shaking in my shoes! No suspense, no nothing, and the ending was OK but made no logical sense. Of course there will be a third movie that will start out with her waking up from a bad dream that is the end of this one. Yeah, and I had a bad dream that I wasted 3 bucks an 90 minutes of my life watching this crud. No wait, that was real! Aaaaaaiiie!

Let's be honest-this is not a serious horror movie. It's camp at its finest. If you watch it through the lens of a comedy (maybe even an unintentional one), it's actually hilarious. Not scary at all-but genuinely funny.

I mean... Jack Black is in it. With dreadlocks. What more do I need to say? Add Brandy and that guy from Gossip Girl (hi, Johnathon Schaech), and you've got a wild '90s fever dream.

Also, was it just me or were Freddy Prinze Jr.'s scenes filmed on a completely different planet? It's like he wasn't even on set with the rest of the cast. Maybe he didn't want to be near them? I don't know the story-but it's honestly so weird and unintentionally funny.

The movie doesn't really get interesting until the last 20 minutes-that's when everything actually starts to happen. The rest feels like filler, but oddly entertaining filler. I couldn't tell if the movie was trying to parody itself like Chucky eventually did, or if it was just accidentally ridiculous. Either way, I had fun.

Also, shout-out to the tanning bed scene-it's giving Final Destination 3 realness, and I wouldn't be surprised if they took notes from this movie.

So no, it's not a good horror film. But as a campy, so-bad-it's-good slasher comedy? It's mid, but in a fun way. 6/10.

Every time that there's a cool new movie, they just have to make a sequel. "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" pretty much repeats everything from the original, minus and plus some cast members. I just hope that they don't make another "know what you did" movie. Not only is there nothing that they can add to the concept, the title is inaccurate: it should be "two summers ago".

So, stick with the original and you won't be disappointed. At least "Scary Movie" spoofed these sorts of movies. Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Freddy Prinze Jr., Muse Watson, Mekhi Phifer and Jeffrey Combs.