I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Danny Cannon

Writers (WGA):

Lois Duncan (characters)
Trey Callaway (written by)

Release Date:

13 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Some secrets will haunt you forever.

Plot:

The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Bahamas | Roommate | Hook | College

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Julie James
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Ray Bronson
Brandy Norwood	...	Karla Wilson (as Brandy)
Mekhi Phifer	...	Tyrell
Muse Watson	...	Ben Willis
Bill Cobbs	...	Estes
Matthew Settle	...	Will Benson
Jeffrey Combs	...	Mr. Brooks
Jennifer Esposito	...	Nancy
John Hawkes	...	Dave
Ellerine Harding	...	Olga (as Ellerine!)
Benjamin Brown	...	Darick The Dockhand
Red West	...	Paulsen
Michael P. Byrne	...	Thurston
Michael Bryan French	...	Doctor

Also Known As:

I Know What You Did Last Summer 2 (USA) (working title)
I Know What You Did Last Summer... The Story Continues (USA) (working title)
I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Sequel (USA) (working title)
I Know What You Did Two Summers Ago (USA) (working title)
I Still Know (USA) (working title)
The Man with a Hook (USA) (fake working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for intense terror violence and gore, strong language and some drug use.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #36157) | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Poland:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Brazil:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Alumni Park - 3551 Trousdale Parkway, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Mandalay Entertainment

Trivia:

When they first arrive at the resort. They say that they won the tickets by answering the question "What is the capital of Brazil?" They answered Rio. From 1763 to 1960, Rio de Janeiro was the capital of Brazil. But in 1960, the city of Brasilia was made the Capital because it was in located in the center of the nation and away from the crime ridden cities.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Ray's "accident" he walks down the street with his left arm in a sling. In the next scene and from then on it's his right arm that is in a sling.

Quotes:

[the killer once again threatens Julie with a hook]
Ben Willis: Hush, child. No more screaming, no more running, it's time to die!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scary Movie (2000)

Soundtrack:

I Will Survive

Worse then the original. Insipid motives and stupidity beyond imagination. * out of ****.

I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1999) *

Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Matthew Settle, and Bill Cobbs Directed by Danny Cannon. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated R (for horror violence and gore, drug use, and for language)

By Blake French:

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" was released in late 1997. That slasher film was effective, mysterious, suspenseful, had a reasonably smart setup, and was filled with big thrills and memorably scary sequences. "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" is none of those things. Most of the story is taken from the first film, leaving the audience with few surprises. The filmmakers obviously imagined that viewers of this movie have already seen the original. For "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" has no character development. Nor does it bother to inhabit introduction to the motives of the characters. It concludes with so much stupidity in its script, it is amazing this film ever got the green light in the first place.

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" detailed the misadventures of four young adults who accidentally ran over a fisherman named Ben Willis while drunk partying on the fourth of July weekend. They presumed he was dead, so made the conclusion that they should dump his body in a nearby lake instead of explaining their situation to the police. Ben Willis actually did not die, however, and he mysteriously came back to haunt the teens. He ended up killing two of the four individuals, and mentally imprinting his horror in the minds of the survivors, especially Julie James. He is presumably killed at the end of the film.

In "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer," the film opens with Julie having nightmeres at school about her incident with Willis two summers ago. We then see that She has a few new friends, Karla Wilson, who has a boyfriend, Tyrell, and a new interest named Will Benson. The second remaining survivor, Ray, is still in the picture. The story has four teens, Julie, Will, Tyrell, and Karl, winning a trip to some tropical island on a radio station contest. The question asked: what is the capital of Brazil? They say Rio and jump up and down in joy of victory.

Wait! Isn't the capital of Brazil Brasilia? Yes, as we learn later, it is indeed. So, why did the characters, who are so inane they don't know a simple geography question, win a trip to an exotic island in the middle of nowhere? Because the entire preparation is a setup brilliantly prepared by Ben Willis. He plans to lure the teens to a place where they will be unable to escape his clutches. The vacation spot is also a place where few people will stand in his way. But if the contest was rigged, why are there so many individuals, seemingly unconnected to any events proceeding, involved with the teens stay at their vacation? And just why would Ben Willis want to kill so many people that just happen to appear in the selected scenes? He kills because of passion, not craziness or relentless torment. This is obviously because the movie only features two surviving individuals from the last film. Thus is forced into providing audience pleasers for the lacking viewers craving such gory sequences.

"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" has no common sense or intelligence. It continuously feeds us insipid sequences. For instance, there is a scene in the beginning where Julie hears someone in her house while she is alone. She tries to turn on her lamp, but it burns out immediately. She grasps a large kitchen knife to defend herself assuming a murderer is in her presence. Then, after the movie builds up enough scary momentum, someone jumps out at her. It turns out to be Karla. But why would Julie's best friend sneak into her house late at night and not turn the lights on? And why would she jump out and scare Julie when she knows that she has been having some scary times in her life? We get this kind of material continuously. Then, finally, after several false shock moments, we actually begin to witness slasher scenes. But by whom? An old man with a hook for a hand who could easily be overtaken by several of his much strong and younger victims? Where can this horror flick go right?

The movie offers a potentially scary atmosphere: a deserted island with a hurricane on the rise. But doesn't that sound a bit like "Jurassic Park"? And I had another question dealing with the insanity of this production. If Ben Willis is so determined to seek revenge towards his victims, why does he always walk calmly towards his prey when if he picked up his pace a little, he could have easily prevent the person from escaping his claws. "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" is one of the stupidest movies to come down the pike in some time.

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