Movie Review for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Summary: When we last left Julie James, she had just spent a harrowing summer running for her life and dealing with the brutal murders of her high school friends. One year later, Julie has fled her hometown to attend college in Boston and leave the painful memories behind her. But despite her best efforts to lead a normal life, the past has caught up with her. On the year anniversary of last summer's tragic deaths, Julie's college grades are slipping and her relationship with high school sweetheart Ray Bronson has hit the skids. Enter Karla Wilson, Julie's spunky friend and roommate, who wins an all-expense-paid Bahamas vacation for four during the fourth of July weekend. Upon their arrival in this tropical paradise filled with pristine beaches and sky-high palm trees, Julie and her friends find the other hotel guests leaving--hurricane season has begun. As Julie's mind continues to play tricks on her, the students' romantic island getaway turns into a vacation of murder and mayhem.

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Mike McGranaghan of Aisle Seat (7/0)
            . The door is left open for another sequel. I have an idea for it: a movie studio is about to gre...

By Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide (7/0)
            A 100-minute festival of stupidity.

By Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
            You want real terror? If this second outing proves profitable, we'll be looking at Yet Again I Re...

By Lisa Alspector of Chicago Reader (7/0)
            Our enjoyment is supposed to lie in making fun of the obvious red herrings, contrived opportuniti...

By Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
            The movie's R rating mentions 'intense terror violence and gore,' but only its publicity team cou...

By Margaret A. McGurk of Cincinnati Enquirer (7/0)
            The movie shoots itself in the foot with a gimmicky ending.

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Margaret A. McGurk of Cincinnati Enquirer (7/0)
            The movie shoots itself in the foot with a gimmicky ending.

By David Keyes of Cinemaphile.org (7/0)
            How are we to be frightened or afraid of these things when they have repeated themselves over and...

By Paul Tatara of CNN.com (7/0)
            It's not a bad film for what it is.

By Jeffrey M. Anderson of Combustible Celluloid (7/0)
            It's frustrating, not to mention insulting.

By Harvey S. Karten of Compuserve (7/0)
            Director Danny Cannon knows how to give a Hitchcockian air to an island-style Bates Motel.

By Eugene Novikov of Film Blather (7/0)
            The only thing terrifying about this clunker is the thought of having to sit through it.

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Bill Chambers of Film Freak Central (7/0)
            Here's a suggestion: hire a filmmaker with flair, someone capable of energizing this lame series ...

By Rod Granger of Film Journal International (7/0)
            Some thrills and chills are provided, but as audiences realize they've lived this Summer before, ...

By John R. McEwen of Film Quips Online (7/0)
            When I heard the sequel's title, I strongly considered resigning this post.

By Ron Wells of Film Threat (7/0)
            I was more afraid of what was in my popcorn's butter-flavoring than I was of what was up on the s...

By Matt Lawrence of filmcritic.com (7/0)
            This is a really stupid movie...

By Matt Lawrence of filmcritic.com (7/0)
            This is a really stupid movie and that’s really disappointing since I really did enjoy the first ...

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Liam Lacey of Globe and Mail (7/0)
            A lazy, hasty effort that offers little beyond a few jack-in-the-box startles and a high body cou...

By Jeff Millar of Houston Chronicle (7/0)
            Neither Trey Callaway, who wrote the script, nor Danny Cannon, who directed the sequel, bring any...

By Steve Rhodes of Internet Reviews (7/0)
            The completely formulaic script by Trey Callaway is directed by the numbers by Danny Cannon.

By JoBlo of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (7/0)
            The dialogue was standard and dull, the acting was there but not fascinating, and the mystery of ...

By James Sanford of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/0)
            throws all logic out the window, raises the gore quotient and offers more offensive racial stereo...

By Robert Roten of Laramie Movie Scope (7/0)
            One could forgive the film's shortcomings if it was at least scary, or achieved some kind of cree...

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
            Merely a fairly silly and ultra-gory schlocker/shocker.

By Stephen Holden of New York Times (7/0)
            ...an empty, farcical blood bath that's virtually shock-free except for one preposterous plot twi...

By Edward Johnson-Ott of NUVO Newsweekly (7/0)
            The prospect of a third installment of this derivative series is much scarier than anything that ...

By Leonard Schwarz of Palo Alto Weekly (7/0)
            A better-than-average slasher movie is that it understands exactly the sorts of cheap thrills its...

By Cynthia Fuchs of Philadelphia City Paper (7/0)
            The movie soon abandons its nascent psychological explorations for formulaic body pile-up.

By James Kendrick of Q Network Film Desk (7/0)
            About as dull and unoriginal as the title suggests.

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Dragan Antulov of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            There are many things wrong with this film, starting with title.

By Dustin Putman of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            The ending of the film inevitably leaves the door wide open for a third part, but judging from th...

By Michael Dequina of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            I didn't care if any of these characters lived or died.

By Scott Renshaw of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            This is the kind of film you go to for only one reason: you're a teenager, you're on a date, and ...

By Susan Granger of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            It's just another formulaic fright flick.

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (7/0)
            A box office-driven sequel that re-hashes the already-tired approach and storyline of its predece...

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Bob Graham of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
            ...good for a goof-off by audiences with lowered expectations.

By G. Allen Johnson of San Francisco Examiner (7/0)
            Only five movies into the latest recurrence of the slasher flick fad, and already it's run out of...

By Kim Newman of Sight and Sound (7/0)
            The original film, itself no masterpiece, at least had a strong premise, from Lois Duncan's novel...

By Nigel Floyd of Time Out (7/0)
            Irredeemably dire.

By Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
            The attractive youngsters run, scream, declare that this can't be happening and repeat as necessa...

By Urban Cinefile Critics of Urban Cinefile (7/0)
            There are enough jolts to unsettle, and a chilling music score, but too many bloodied bodies and ...

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Stephen Holden of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            I Still Know What You Did Last Summer isn't the end of the line for the series (a third movie is ...

By Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle (3/4) No reference
            ...a muddled mess from start to finish...

By Dwayne E. Leslie of Boxoffice Magazine (6/1) No reference
            The film does effectively pump the audience to the point of being ravenous for the hook-handed vi...

By Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times (3/4) No reference
            When a movie begins, I imagine an empty room in my mind that is about to be filled. This movie le...

By Madeleine Williams of Cinematter (6/1) No reference
            This one's for die-hard genre fans only. And even then, it's only good to snicker at the obvious ...

By Jeff Vice of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
            Thanks, Kevin Williamson. Thank you a whole lot.

                         Reviews of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
By Rod Granger of E! Online (3/4) No reference
            ...unimaginative, disappointing...

By Ron Wells of Film Threat (3/4) No reference
            I was more afraid of what was in my popcorn's butter-flavoring than I was of what was up on the s...

By Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times (3/4) No reference
            ...it will probably satisfy hard-core horror fans in an undemanding mood.

By Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews (3/4) No reference
            A more appropriate title would be Who Cares What You Did Last Summer.

By Mike Bracken of ToxicUniverse.com (6/1) No reference
            It’s a predictable romp through familiar territory with bad actors and a largely unimpressive bad...

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (3/4) Not Reachable
            I am at a loss to explain this series' popularity.

Movie Distributors
Sony Pictures Releasing

Production Companies
Original Film
Mandalay Pictures

Movie Studios
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group