I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Collection (2006)

Spend the Money!

A moving suspenseful thriller giving you a emotional rollercoaster ride that promise to entertain you with heart thumping sporadic action. The characters brings you right into the heart of the movie with professional role playing that you can expect only from a mega star.Buckle your mental seat belts because the fear will give you a rodeo ride of your life. A must see. Get the 2 other DVDS that gave life to this one. Then you will understand why everything that follow you is not only your shadow. May 16, 2008

Not too bad, but still rather poor

Since about 2005 direct to video sequels have started to take off; while there is still a fan base for these movies it's not as strong as it once was so the DTV route is probably the best way to go. A lot has changed since the first 2 movies in the series and odds are a theatrical run would have been a flop. I'll Always Know was clearly produced on a lower budget than the previous 2, but that's not what hurt the movie.

I'll be honest I was never really a fan of this series, but I can tolerate the first one, but the 2nd was pretty much a big waste of time. The original was written by Kevin Williamson who at the time was red hot and with the success of Scream the teen slasher film made a nice comeback for a short while. I Know What You Did Last Summer was one of the better ones from that era, which isn't saying much since it was about average at best.

In many ways I'll Always Know is almost a remake of the original; if not for a very brief history on the previous 2 films this one bares no connection at all. The screenplay by Michael D. Weiss is nothing more than a rewrite of the original. It's almost the same exact movie; the characters are a like and portions of the plot are reused here. The script really isn't so bad, but not all that great either. Again it just takes the first movie and does a rewrite.

Director Sylvain White mostly works well with the limited budget he's given, but the suspense and tension is very much lacking through out. There are far too many clichés and sometimes that help a movie, if you play up to them it can make it fun, but this is a straight up slasher and the clichés bring it down. It's slasher movie 101. Sylvain White never really attempts at putting his own spin on things and does it by the book and pretty much copies the original film.

The biggest problem here is the lack of action; the first death in the movie results from a prank gone wrong, than after that 1 person who was involved gets killed. That death also comes in the first 70-minutes, which means the rest of the murder scenes come in during the final 20-minutes. Had there been some suspense and tension it wouldn't be a big deal at all, but with all that lacking it can get boring and again it's almost a remake of the original film and while the original film made for a decent suspense flick, this one however doesn't and is often just too slow paced.

One of the biggest faults of the movie is the terrible editing. I'll Always Know suffers from the quick cuts so many horror flicks use and quite honestly it almost never works and here it kills any possible tension, not that there was much to begin with, but any possible tension is ruined by the terrible quick cuts.

The cast for mostly unknowns don't do such a bad job; the acting is anything amazing, but it's not too bad. I actually quite liked Brooke Nevin as Amber. She was pretty much the Jennifer Love Hewitt character. Don Shanks best known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween 5 steps into the role of the Fisherman and is very much under-used and the twist involving the character is quite idiotic.

If you're a fan of the series or at least the original I'll Always Know is worth a shot. For the rest of us this movie is better off being skipped. It serves as a decent time killer, but the end result is a slightly below average movie. I didn't hate the movie, but sure didn't like it and I'm in no rush to see it again. For fans only. May 12, 2008

i know what you did last summer

this series rocks!! i know what you did last summer was orignal,Clever and scary! i still know what you did last summer was the perfecct sequel!
Great story death scenes rock every thing!
and the thrid one i'll awalys know what you did last summer every one says it stinks but i like it alot great new cast good story death scene rock!
and cant wait this year (2008) a fourth movie is coming out titled the fisherman and it will be awsome!

so i would buy this set and buy the new one that will come out after the 4th one!!!


May 10, 2008

Aweful, even for an video movie release.

The twist leading to the identity of the killer turned this thriller into a sci-fi horror. Awful sequel to an already mediocre franchise. May 9, 2008

Just as good as the first Two

I didn't even know this movie existed until today. I remember being about 14 going to the Theater to see the original so I figured I'd take a trip down Memory lane and check this movie out.

Basically You have a Sarah michelle Gellar look alike(in certain scenes they use camera angles that really makes it apparant). Bunch of kids, someone dies, then a year later they start recieving notes saying I know what you did last summer. This Movie doesn't have the All-Star cast the first two movies did and I think thats why it won't be looked at in as positive of light But I did like how they continued the series.

If your expectation is to watch a great horror movie you will be dissapointed. If your expectations are rock bottom like mine, Youll probaly be surprised and the movie does keep you intrested throughout.

I'm probaly being a bit generous with 3, If I could, I'd rate it 2 1/2 stars. Worth watching and worth adding to a horror movie collection, especially if you have the first Two movies. April 28, 2008

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