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This is, for those who don't know, the third installment of the I Know franchise. This one follows a group of teens who hear of the legend that a man in a slicker with a hook takes to killing people every July 4th. They stage an attack at a carnival which leads to the accidental death of a young man, so they decide to cover it up. The cops and everyone else thinks that there is a madman out there who is responsible. They destroy the evidence and make a pact never to tell the story. But surprise surspise one year latter they start getting threatening messages that someone knows their dirty little secret. They do have a nice little "who is the killer" mystery going but the film fell HARD with the reveal of the killer. Here it is...IT IS THE GHOST OF THE KILLER FROM THE FIRST TWO BLOODY MOVIES! What the *rhyms with PUCK* was the writer thinking when he pulled that out of his bottom?!? You don't build up a mystery for an hour and a half and have the killer be someone completely unrelated to the story you have presented to the audience. I'd give the film 1/2 of a star out of four. I was never really a fan of the "I Know" series, but this was astonishingly bad. The big surprise reveal of the killer was mind numbingly stupid! I am ashamed to actually have seen this film. The first ones at least worked on the so bad they're fun level but this was just a mindless retread of the first up until the redic ending. What the holy hell were they thinking. They turned it into a Friday the 13th drone. If you haven't seen the flick yet, please for the love of balls DON'T!

When a harmless joke balloons into a deadly tragedy, wary friends vow to take their secret to the grave. But for some of them, the grave comes much sooner than they expected.

I Know What You Did Last Summer and it's sequel are both guilty pleasures for me. They follow the slasher formula very closely yet they are still entertaining. I was a little skeptical about a direct to video sequel with none of the original surviving characters since it wouldn't be as interesting and the production value would be a lot less. I still gave it a shot and it ended up being very disappointing. I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer is a lame, un-scary, boring and stupid slasher movie. It offered very little surprises and an awful ending that ruined almost every positive thing the series held.

The director and screenwriters kept things simple and formulaic. It actually started off decently with the first thirty minutes being a little entertaining. The pacing was good and none of the characters were that annoying. During the second half, things got very tedious and nothing really happened. The story developed slowly and there were a bunch of fake suspense scenes. The last twenty minutes were flat out disappointing. The death scenes were average and forgettable. The suspense was nearly non existent and the special twist was horrible. I hated the way they made the killer super natural since it killed the first two films completely. It was a pointless idea and hopefully, there will be no more future sequels.

The acting was awful which was expected. I know you shouldn't expect much from direct to video releases but there was no effort at all with the performances. The majority of the actors just sounded like they were reading their lines. Also, it was hard to care about the characters since most of them were unlikable and just too underdeveloped to really know. I had trouble remembering all of their names since most of them were indistinguishable to one another. Overall, this sequel (and I use that word in the loosest sense possible) is a messy bore and it's not worth watching. Rating 3/10

I had low expectations when renting this movie. I am a huge fan of the first film, and of the book. The sequel "I Still Know..." was just okay and nothing life changing. I have learned the hard way - I didn't get my hopes up simply for the fact that whenever I get excited about a new horror movie (The Grudge, The Ring 2, and Audition come to mind) I end up disappointed, so sometimes it is better to not see the glass half full. Was I right to jump to this conclusion and go in half-hearted? Well yes and no. This review will contain spoilers.

The negatives first. If you have seen the first movie in the series, then you have practically seen this one too. The characters, the storyline, even some dialog- it's very familiar. (The most illogical difference is that instead of North Carolina, we are now in Colorado. Just how does that work?) This time around- its more up to date. Instead of leaving notes, this time The Fisherman leaves text messages. I found it odd how all of the messages came from a blocked ID- I didn't know you could block your number while texting someone. Oh well.

The death scenes, while violent and gory for the most part- are far too short. The best parts of horror movies are the chase/kill scenes- and they were all too rushed. Seeing as these people are almost carbon copies of the characters from the first film- I expected Zoe (who is a punk-rock version of Helen Shivers) to have a long chase scene. I was let down- as I was with all of the death scenes. They were all over before they even finished- and it didn't help that it was beyond see-through to know who had "Victim" stamped on their forehead.

The editing, while neat at times, quickly became annoying. Is this a music video or is this low budget horror? The quick cuts and fancy editing did nothing for me but get in the way. Also, I'm not sure if my DVD was messed up or not, but some of the shots looked blurry and fuzzy, but it was not that big of a deal.

Last but not least- the ending. The revelation of the Killer in these types of movies ranks right up there on top with death scenes. This was a let down. Though interesting to resurrect Ben Willis as some crazy zombie back for revenge -(it explains his supernatural ways and that text messaging problem I was having earlier)- it really doesn't make any sense. Just why would he come back for revenge halfway across the country after people who really have nothing to do with him? Sure, he wants to teach them a lesson- but give the guy some rest in his hellish afterlife- so every time something like this happens, he is going to come back and do it all over again? I mean, does he have to be like Jason Voorhees now? Argh. This means the ending of "I Still Know..." was a dream and Julie and Ray are alive, because Ben Willis "died" on Tower Bay Island. So then what was with that newspaper headline stating that 4 teenagers were killed in the Bahama's? Hmm?

Okay- some good things. Torrey DeVitto is the best thing the movie has to offer. While she may be lip syncing during her song, she still does a damn good job at it. She was very likable, and I was saddened to see her go. The rest of the cast- meh. They were okay and no one was particularly bad.

There were some decent scares- even though they lasted a few seconds and didn't hold up. And since I am such a fan of the first one, it was kinda nice to see it all done again with new people, even though they could never compare.

Bottom Line: If you have nothing better to do, go out and rent it. I wouldn't buy it personally. If you haven't seen the others titles in the series, I do not think you will have much of a problem following it. Just remember- it is a straight to video release, and those are rarely great.

5/10

I'll always know what you did last summer is about a group of teenagers who sort of accidentally get their friend killed during a 4th of July prank based on the legend of 'the fisherman', I say sort of, because this scenario makes no sense, why anyone would pull a 4th of July prank like this is beyond me, with the hundreds of police officers all around them and all, but these police officers do absolutely nothing anyway so, is there any logic here, no, they friends decide to take their secret to the grave, you know, just like in the first film. I'm gonna assume you've seen the first film and skip forward about an hour, I say this because the plot is the exact same as the first film throughout this stupid thing, nothing changes. At this point things somehow take a turn for the worst, the killer unmasks himself, and it's, it's, a ZOMBIE, yeah, I know what you're thinking, what the heck, the film before this point had at least a shred of credibility, then this happened, and suddenly, you can take it seriously anymore, even though I must admit, the moment is done quite well. The zombie is the legend of Ben Willis, you know, him from the first two films, this also, makes no sense, Ben Willis was never a legend, although it would explain how he kept coming back to life in those films, so for me to believe that this guy who I assume I saw get killed, should come back to life as a zombie, is ridiculous. As for aesthetics, there's nothing to say here either, the actors aren't trying, the director seems to be trying to mix the setting of a horror, comedy and crime-drama all at the same time, sometimes making me check whether I was actually still watching the same movie, and the musical score is unatmospheric and dull, to the point that you won't even notice it's there, the whole thing looks like it was recorded with a calculator as well. The writing seem to be trying to emulate that of the scream trilogy, but is trying to be over-witty, but ends up going the opposite way, not to mention, this film is boring, really boring, even with the zombie reveal which might just get you a bit more interested, the climax consists of people running this way, hit the zombie, run to there, hit the zombie again, run over that way, hit the zombie once again, rinse repeat about a hundred times, boring, Boring, BORING! I got this film for 82p on amazon, and I got two copies, which still feels like too much, unless you're curious, don't even bother, you'll feel ripped off from the very beginning, avoid like the plague!

I've had a bit of a horror session this weekend after not being able to sit down and watch any decent films for months. Before sitting down to waste an hour and a half of my life I watched Hostel. So did the director of this truly bad film. I thought the cinematography with the bleached look and jerks did lend it an arty gravitas until I remembered Eli Roth had been there and done it all before - only with more gore and plots that actually made sense. There was no explanation as to why anything was happening. And when you thought you'd figured out who the Fisherman was they just lucked out with a shark-jumping "Oh it's the guy from 10 years ago" excuse. Derivative would be a term that would flatter this film. Don't even download it let alone rent or buy it.

In a small Colorado town a group of friends play a 4th of July prank involving a Hook wielding madman who takes revenge on people with secrets. When the prank gets out of hand and one of their number(the son of the town sheriff)dies, they vow to take the secret to their grave. A year later the group has gone their separate ways until messages sent to them open old wounds. A lot of finger pointing and blaming follow in this 91 minute piece of crap, who is the killer is it the sheriff, his deputy? It seams that the writers themselves don't even know how to finish their script and in turn try to make their movie killer into a forth-rate "Jason" by bringing back the "Killer" from the first two movies as a unstoppable phantom. One question, how can a ghost send text messages? Come on people stick with the formula, This is just ridiculous!!!!!!