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I Know What You Did Last Summer was one of the two teenaged horror movies responsible for bringing the horror genre into the 90's (the other being Wes Craven's Scream). Both of those films came from t... read more read more...he pen of screenwriter Kevin Williamson, and both of them generated sequels. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is the continuation of Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a tortured college co-ed who accidentally almost killed a man and left him for dead one night. One year later, that man, named Ben Willis, came back to kill all of Julie's friends. Now, another year later, she still suffers from nightmares over the horrible incidents. When Julie's roommate Kate (Brandy) wins an all-expenses paid trip to the Bahamas on a radio promotion by guessing the capital of Brazil, she decides to take her roommate Julie, her boyfriend (Mekhi Phifer), and their new friend (Matthew Settle) on the retreat. Once there, they discover that besides being the rainy season, they were also followed by Julie's nemesis who is still seeking revenge. Slowly the islanders turn up murdered, leaving Julie no choice but to explain her past actions to her friends and fight to stay alive. It will entail the final showdown between her and Ben Willis once and for all. ~ Chris Gore, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Danny Cannon

Release Date: November 13, 1998

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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    August 17, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a poorly made sequel to a very poor film. Both films are pointless with bad acting, story and poor attempts at scaring the audience. Teen horror films were crap for the exception of Scream. This sequel proves that much. This is a bad film ... read morewith nothing entertaining about it. The cast is terrible and the story is a plain joke. It's no wonder that most of the cast are forgotten nowadays because they suck at acting. This is yet another bad attempt at cashing on an original film that wasn't good in the first place. This is a film that scrapes the bottom of the barrel and lingers around trying to figure out what it wants to do. This is one of the worst horror films ever made, and I've seen some bad ones and, this film just takes it to a whole new low. A terrible, misconstructed film that has nothing going on, maybe except to bore the hell out of the audience. It's no wonder why these films are in the discount bin of so many retail stores. They're terrible. If you love horror, don't watch this travesty. These films represent the lowest point in horror history along with others such as Urban Legends. This is simply a poorly made horror film that should be avoided by every fan of the genre.
  • fb729949618
    August 9, 2011
    fb729949618
    Just stop.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    It was alright, but the original was much better.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 15, 2011
    sanjurosamurai
    along with the first, this is a strong guilty pleasure for me.
  • cosmo313
    August 15, 2010
    cosmo313
    A lot weaker than the first, and I didn't really buy the twsit, but this is still better than many of it's contemporaries. It's funny to see Jack Black in a small but amusing role, though.
  • ythelastman89
    March 11, 2010
    ythelastman89
    Even more horrendous than the first, they got rid of bad boy Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Michelle Gellar and filled in the supporting cast with relative unknowns. It is almost so bad it's funny because you can spot the train wreck coming a mile away. There is nothing new, it's the sa... read moreme plot only moved to a deserted tropical island.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 1, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    I dont know what I did last summer, nice you know it. lol
  • Passenger1986
    October 23, 2009
    Passenger1986
    Sometimes, a wonderful film is made. It gets near-universal praise, makes more money than Daniel Plainview and Lex Luthor combined and it seems nothing can stop it. The problem? Well, where do you go from there? Most times, the answer is down. Sometimes it's getting caught up try... read moreing to top the previous story (often called the Dragon Ball Z effect due to the villains of the show becoming more powerful despite some of them already being the ultimate in power level) or because a director/thespian uses the opportunity to do their dream projects which isn't always a good thing (no, I won't use the Francis Ford Coppola example again. Instead, I look to Roberto Benigni. Having won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful, he then went on do do what he called his dream project: a live action adaptation of Pinocchio... starring himself as the titular character. If that causes you to run screaming, you're not alone).

    Then we have the opposite. Or rather, a belief in the opposite: that a bad film, if somehow is given a sequel, has nowhere to go but up since in better hands, the sequel can rectify the mistakes of the first and show that the sins of the fathers need not be visited upon the sons.
    Let's take I Know What You Did Last Summer: it was formulaic, filled with narm, characters that were so annoying you were BEGGING to see them die (as opposed to films where you want the characters to die only because the villain is a franchise staple who can be very inventive with their kills), illogical and it had one of the weaker villains ever to grace a horror/thriller. I only gave it a rating slightly higher than this film due to Sarah Michelle Gellar, who I enjoyed seeing in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
    Now, this is the question I pose: what the Hell went so wrong that not only did they not make a better film they somehow made it WORSE than its predecessor?!

    Let's start with the title. Now, I don't think I'm spoiling anything by telling you the fisherman from the first movie, who is meant to be the antagonist but comes off as Billy Bob Thornton in fishing gear (yes I know he didn't play him in the films, don't message me and try to correct me) is back to try and kill Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt, who seems to have a yo-yo career as far as I'm concerned). If I have spoiled it for you... seriously, you couldn't see that coming? Anyway, the title is just absurd. Of course you remember what happened. And it's a false title anyway because a whole new fiasco happened LAST summer. So it should be I Now Have Two Summers I Know Things About or I Still Know What You Did LAST Last Summer. That second one wouldn't make much more sense anyway but would still be more accurate. Not that it matters. Like I said, he's very unlikely to forget his apparent death. I say apparent because he doesn't appear to be undead (apparently, the third film in the series says he is undead and kills those who hold secrets of a death but more on that later). Come on, is revenge on four teens who will most likely live crappy lives with unfulfilled dreams really how you want to spend your time? Wouldn't you rather be at home with your wife, joking about your "crazy time" where you almost died?
    Besides, you killed a guy. Isn't you being run over karma for murdering a guy who didn't seem to do anything wrong except in your crazy book?
    Anyway, about the title, it just looks like a bad joke. Honestly, I think I would rather see the title as something like I'm Fairly Certain I Remember What Took Place A Few Years Ago Something About Being Run Over Right? Where Am I? Ooooh, Bagels! Anyway, What Was My Point Again?

    Getting past the title but still on topic with the villain, I want to know what the Hell his deal is. Is he undead in this film or just really, REALLY good at taking beatings and bullets? Was he undead the whole time? Does he do this every few centuries or so and we just happen to be seeing the latest of many slaughters? Let's face it, he is nowhere near as cool as other undead characters like Freddy or Jason. Adding to that, he looks like a geezer version of Ghostface from the Scream series only without the awesome voice modulation.
    Speaking of voice... ugh. Looks like a crazy hillbilly/homeless guy, sounds like one, probably smells like one. If this were a comedy, I'd be half expecting him to go "CHANGE! Ya got change?! Ah come on, help a guy out!"

    Now let's move on.
    The movie has a few other little things I don't like. One of those is the karaoke selection from Julie: I Will Survive.

    I. Hate. That. Goddamn. Song.

    It is so overplayed, the vocals are terrible, the lyrics are just awful. So naturally, it was choice number one for this film wasn't it? How many other horses you want to beat to death? Makes me wish TV's Frank's and Dr. Forrester's idea of a karaoke machine that only plays public domain songs would see the light of day.

    And now for my other big complaint: Jack Black. Oh dear Lord man, what the Hell were you thinking?! I like a lot of his work, even though some of his characters border on annoying. This is the first time I've ever wanted to see his character die in his opening scene. It's like the writers thought "Well, we're in the Bahamas now, how about we include a stoner! Cos, y'know, stoners are funny! And they live in exotic places like that, as do African tribes of cannibals that totally isn't a stereotype!" "Dude, you are brilliant! That's like the greatest idea since Scrappy-Doo!"

    Also, I want to take note of the following things: Brandy, your singing is barely passable (and for what you did to Another Day In Paradise, you've pretty much confirmed you shouldn't be allowed to cover another song. Ever) so I don't know why you thought acting would be a good idea.
    And Jeffrey Combs, what in the name of all that is holy are YOU doing here?! You're too good for this! Unless... unless this is meant to be part of the Re-Animator series and Ben Willis is your latest experiment! No... wait... that's retarded. That's so retarded it makes Meatwad look like a genius.

    The sad thing is, you think that maybe NOW there's nowhere to go but up. But then a third film came out and it had nothing to do with the previous movies beyond the title and Ben Willis. You couldn't pay me enough to see that film. Now the franchise should just die. It can join Final Destination and Urban Legends and just stay dead.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go punish myself for even mentioning a fun series like Re-Animator in relation to this. I'm sorry Jeffrey, please don't hurt me!
  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    I still couldn?t have given a toss what these idiots had done the previous summer.
  • matertenebraum
    September 8, 2009
    matertenebraum
    After her friends were murdered last summer, Julie James (Jennifer Love-Hewitt) has never been the same, still haunted by the guilt over her part in the killing of the fisherman her grades are dropping and her relationship is seriously strained. When she and her best friend win a... read more trip to the Bahamas, she believes that finally things may be picking up; but the trip doesn't quite work out how they expected.

    Its pretty much more of the same, but it's cheesier, weaker and more clichéd than the first. Don't get me wrong i still found some enjoyment in watching it, but classic material it is not! Anyone who loved the first film, will at least enjoy this one, but it is definitely inferior in every respect.

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Critic Reviews

Leonard Klady
April 3, 2009
Leonard Klady, Variety

This followup to last year's successful teens-in-jeopardy opus piles on the chills, thrills and body count. Full Review

Lisa Alspector
January 5, 2007
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

Our enjoyment is supposed to lie in making fun of the obvious red herrings, contrived opportunities to show cleavage, melodramatic dialogue, gullible characters, and inevitable to-be-continued ending. Full Review

Jeff Millar
July 21, 2005
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle

Neither Trey Callaway, who wrote the script, nor Danny Cannon, who directed the sequel, bring any new ideas to the genre. Cut 'em some slack: That surely was their marching orders. Full Review

Paul Tatara
November 15, 2002
Paul Tatara, CNN.com

It's not a bad film for what it is. Full Review

Bob Graham
June 18, 2002
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle

When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People might have been a better title. Full Review

Liam Lacey
March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

A lazy, hasty effort that offers little beyond a few jack-in-the-box startles and a high body count, including Hewitt's bouncing about in a shirt half-unbuttoned over a bikini top. Full Review

Kevin Thomas
February 14, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Merely a fairly silly and ultra-gory schlocker/shocker. Full Review

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

A box office-driven sequel that re-hashes the already-tired approach and storyline of its predecessor. Full Review

Stephen Holden
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer isn't the end of the line for the series (a third movie is already in the works), but it deserves to be. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie's R rating mentions 'intense terror violence and gore,' but only its publicity team could consider it intense or terrifying. Gore it has. Full Review

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    • Julie James: Bless me father, for I have sinned. It's been a year since my last confession. I've never told anyone about this. Not my mom, not the police, or not even my friends, except for the ones who were there, well, they're not around anymore. You see I, I killed a man, but it was an accident.
    • Julie James: [Karla has just shown her a sun bed] Great, cancer in a box.
    • Ben Willis: Hush, child. No more screaming, no more running, it's time to die!
    • Ray Bronson: Every guy in history who tried to pick up a girl did the good-friend thing first.
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