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The episode of Revisited masking I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was Written by Bryan Wolford, Narrated by Kier Gomes, Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
The 90s get a nasty rap so far as horror films go. Without the 90s we might have missed out on such movies as Candyman, Scream, and the unique IT miniseries. Let’s be actual, all of us of a sure technology hate clowns now due to that miniseries. Thanks lots Tim Curry. One factor the 90s had going for it was the re-emergence of the slasher increase. In the 80s you couldn’t stroll right into a video retailer with out being overwhelmed with slasher movies. Everyone was attempting to money in on the goodwill that the 1978 Halloween film had given us. When Friday the thirteenth confirmed that you might money in on that in a giant large method, we ended up getting flooded with slasher movies. Of course, for each My Bloody Valentine or The Prowler you additionally had an Offerings or The Phantom Of The Mall: Eric’s Revenge. Not all of them will be winners. The 90s slasher glut was no completely different. When Scream hit large, one other group of imitators sprung up as each studio wished to money in. Thus, you find yourself with some high quality movies like Urban Legend or I Know What You Did Last Summer. Sadly as what occurred within the 80s the standard started to slide and the overabundance of slasher movies started to get drained and boring. Even some sequels to the higher ones see this fatigue as is the case with I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (watch it HERE). Maybe it’s time to revisit this sequel and see the way it not solely fails its predecessor but additionally fails in any trendy sense by any means.
In I Know What You Did Last Summer, a bunch of teenagers are partying on July 4th after they unintentionally hit somebody with their automobile. Instead of calling the police, it’s determined to take the physique and throw it within the ocean. A yr goes by and everybody begins to obtain notes saying “I Know What You Did Last Summer”. They are quickly picked off one after the other till a ultimate showdown between two of the kids (Julie and Ray) and what’s revealed to be a fisherman in a slicker that makes use of a hook to kill his victims. The teenagers get the perfect of him however the one factor that may discovered after he’s throw into the ocean is a hand with a hook in it.
The movie did exceptionally effectively bringing in over $125 million on a $17 million funds. It was inevitable {that a} sequel would shortly comply with. When introduced with the script for the second movie, director Jim Gillespie determined to not return. He felt the story wasn’t as much as the unique and made no sense. Instead, director Danny Cannon would take over the director’s duties, and filming shortly bought underway. Just a heads up, the movie will totally be spoiled in an effort to talk about what occurs.
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prince Jr. return to play their characters of Julie and Ray. A yr after the occasions of the primary movie we discover Julie in school together with her new roommate Karla. Ray has determined to proceed working on the docks again dwelling however the two are nonetheless collectively. We discover out Julie has been having nightmares concerning the fisherman which explains the cliffhanger ending of the primary movie the place he burst out of the mirror to assault her.
Okayarla wins a radio contest and is awarded 4 tickets to the Bahamas the next weekend. Kind of a fast turnaround however okay. Julie desires Ray to go however after a chat on the cellphone, he turns her down. Instead, Karla invitations their buddy Will and her boyfriend Tyrell. They get to the Bahamas solely to search out out that it’s the low season as a result of it storms consistently. The fisherman reveals up as soon as once more and begins to take out the lodge employees one after the other till nobody might help the group, and they’re now caught on the island. The killings proceed till Julie has to lastly have her showdown with the fisherman. It’s revealed that their buddy Will is definitely the son of the fisherman from the primary movie. They each labored to get them to this island to kill them as Ben the fisherman used to work right here.
So a lot to unpack with this one. I keep in mind seeing this within the theater and being so disillusioned. My hope was that with a rewatch for this video that it could enhance. It didn’t. Let’s run down among the issues with this sequel.
The concept to get the group to this island is needlessly convoluted. First, Ben enrolled his son on the similar school as Julie. Then Will needed to combine himself into her buddy group. After all that was settled, they referred to as randomly to the woman’s condominium claiming to be from an area radio station. They needed to reply a query about what was the capital of Brazil (which they bought improper, they usually notice it was a setup later). Ok. But now they should hope that Ray received’t go together with the group in order that Will will be the one to make use of the opposite ticket. Once they’re on the island they should hope {that a} unhealthy storm will shut the whole lot down in order that nobody can go to or come from the mainland. Then hope that nobody else has proven up for the low season charges at this particular island. That is a whole lot of stuff to should line up simply to get your revenge. They simply as simply might have had Will say that he received a radio contest and inform everybody he’s taking all of them on the journey. Takes out among the variables.
Through out all of this, Ben should have some deep pockets. Tuition for his son to attend class after which cowl an all-expenses-paid journey for 4 to the Bahamas doesn’t come low-cost. They know the place Julie lives. If they need revenge couldn’t they simply present as much as her condominium and kill her whereas she’s asleep? Seems method simpler. And I do know the argument then is that we wouldn’t have a film, however an concept with lots much less plot holes might have solved this concept.
Some of the characters are groan-worthy by way of a contemporary lens. Jack Black’s dreadlock stoner man is the worst. His fixed pushing of weed on folks will get outdated actual fast. We get it, you want weed. Even from the period that introduced you Jay and Silent Bob and flicks like Dazed and Confused, this character is pushing it actually far. His loss of life will not be a tragic one and I wasn’t unhappy to see him go.
The sexy backwards and forwards between Karla and Tyrell begins out form of humorous however when lifeless our bodies begin to pile up, and he retains complaining that he hasn’t gotten any, I began to roll my eyes a lot I used to be afraid they have been going to get caught.
Then Karla spends the whole movie attempting to get Julie to cheat on her boyfriend. While evidently Ray and Julie are going by way of some tough waters (extra on that in a minute), Karla is continually telling Julie to hook up with Will, up till it’s revealed that he’s a villain. From Karla’s viewpoint, Ray doesn’t look like he’s price all of the anxiousness Julie is getting and is continually attempting to set Will as much as swoop in to get Julie to cheat. After Julie makes it clear that she is with Ray and never , Karla solely appears to push the difficulty additional. This makes her character actually unlikable and doesn’t make the viewers root for her to outlive.
Although, she might have a degree. Ray appears mischaracterized all through the whole movie. In the primary movie, he went by way of trauma similar to Julie did. When Julie expresses that she will not be able to return dwelling from school Ray appears to take it as an insult. He is continually attempting to get her to return dwelling with him over the 4th of July weekend. She as an alternative, is planning on staying on the college to check and take courses for summer time college. Why does Ray not perceive that for the previous two years over July 4th weekend has been the worst two years of her life? She and her mates hit a man on the highway after which dumped his physique within the ocean to cover their crime. Then the next yr the man they hit begins stalking her buddy group and even kills two of them. One of which was her finest buddy.
Ray doesn’t appear to grasp this in any respect and solely sees her refusal to return to her hometown as a slight towards him. He doesn’t appear to grasp her place in any respect and makes the whole lot about himself. But all of that is within the first fifteen minutes. We do study that he’s attempting to arrange a proposal and this journey to the Bahamas is throwing a wrench within the plan. His buddy convinces him to recover from it and go on the journey, however they don’t make it earlier than the fisherman kills his buddy. RIP John Hawkes.
This places Ray outdoors of the principle story for many of the movie which isn’t an awesome storyline for his character. Instead, he spends nearly all of the movie attempting to achieve the island that the group is on. We see him purchase a gun, journey a bus, after which pull the gun on the ship captain, so he can steal his boat. Not an awesome use of the principle character’s boyfriend and one of many survivors of the final movie.
Having Will being Ben’s son looks like it’s copying fully from the reveal of Scream 2 the yr earlier than. A member of the family coming again for revenge for what occurred to the killer member of the family within the first movie. A mistake that’s nonetheless getting used. I’m taking a look at you Scream VI. His dismissal by having him maintain a personality whereas his father winds up together with his hook hand solely to have the character step apart and Will take the hook within the chest is straight out {of professional} wrestling and works nearly in addition to it does there.
With all of that being stated, how about some positives? After Ben misplaced his hand within the final movie, he provides himself an improve on this movie by getting a hook hand. He additionally places it to good use by dispatching a whole lot of characters with it. Olga the maid appears to get it the worst after she is hooked to loss of life after which her physique is dragged into an adjoining room.
Some of the aspect characters that aren’t annoying is Nancy the bartender. She looks like she’s over these annoying teenagers staying on the lodge however shortly turns into a enjoyable character that even holds her personal for just a few scenes earlier than she is dispatched Friday the thirteenth Part 2 type after Estes the voodoo man (one other annoying stereotype) is stabbed with a harpoon and falls on high of her. Ben then reveals as much as push the harpoon dwelling by way of Nancy’s midsection.
Then horror legend Jeffery Combs reveals up because the lodge supervisor Mr. Brooks. No one performs an aggravated character like Combs. He’s just about constructed a majority of his profession together with his aggravated seems to be and exasperated demeanor. No one does it higher.
Overall the movie simply doesn’t work as a sequel. The characters don’t appear to match up with how we left them within the final movie and the brand new characters don’t appear so as to add something worthwhile to the plot. This one solely attracts a 3 out of 10. It is a sloppy follow-up to what’s a reasonably good slasher. The authentic was a enjoyable thriller whereas this one tries so as to add in some backstory to the character of the fisherman that simply drains any thriller from him. A misfire of a sequel that killed any momentum for the franchise.
A direct-to-video sequel was launched however not one of the surviving characters would return. In current years an Amazon sequence based mostly on the identical guide can be made. It doesn’t function the Fisherman because the villain and wouldn’t finally seize an viewers. There have been rumblings of doing a brand new sequel with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddy Prinze Jr. excited about reprising their characters.
With Scream as soon as once more a scorching property, possibly it’s time the Fisherman introduced again his hook and slashed his method again onto the large display screen. Keep a watch on the highway, and maintain on to your secrets and techniques.
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