I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER was surprising because I was bound to hate it but instead I found it decent, not great. After it was over I was afraid to try the sequel as it has lots of negative reviews, an abysmal score of 4,6 and sequels to horrors are hard sells. But, being often a masochist, I bit the bullet and believe it or not, I liked it even much more than the original (and it happened very rarely except for the live action GARFIELDs).
In the beginning Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is caught in school having a nightmare where she confesses to a priest about killing a man and he reveals to be Ben Willis (the fisherman from the first movie). After her class finishes she meets Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze jr) who now works as a fisherman and they promise to keep always in touch. Soon we see Julie in her home shared with Karla Wilson when she wins a game show contest on the radio and they win a trip to the Bahamas and Karla invites also her friends Tyrel Martin (Mekhi Phifer) and Will Benson. After they check in the hotel, strange things start to happen; when Julie is doing karaoke the words 'I know what you did last summer' appear on screen, Darick the dockhand is attacked by the fisherman, rastafarian Titus Telesco (Jack Black) is killed near the pool and the housekeeper murdered by Ben and dragged in a closet along with the other. Ray survived a murder attempt always by Ben where his friend (John Hawkes) died hooked and will stop at nothing to go to the resort all by himself and save Julie and her friends (and there is the big shocking twist but I can't report it here).
When it began it looked pretty much like the original but as Julie and her friends went to the Bahamas it became nearly great and the movie never failed to surprise me. The jump scares made me feel very excited because I actually couldn't believe what would have happened next and how Ben would have killed his next victim. Jack Black despite being uncredited was very entertaining, and there were some funny moments in between the killings and blood splattered. Freddie Prinze jr gives probably his best performance of his short career. Yes, he plays the same character from the first one, but here is much more determined and doesn't take a no for an answer. And the big confrontation scene with Ray, Julie, Will and Ben under the rain... it has to be seen to be believed as it looked like the mother of all endings!
I took everything off my chest about this greatly underrated sequel. Resuming, greatly acted, lots of killings that make your heart beat very rapidly and probably the most tense ending ever seen in a movie of this genre. Not to be missed even for folks who didn't liked the first one or aren't into these sort of films (like me).
In the beginning Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is caught in school having a nightmare where she confesses to a priest about killing a man and he reveals to be Ben Willis (the fisherman from the first movie). After her class finishes she meets Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze jr) who now works as a fisherman and they promise to keep always in touch. Soon we see Julie in her home shared with Karla Wilson when she wins a game show contest on the radio and they win a trip to the Bahamas and Karla invites also her friends Tyrel Martin (Mekhi Phifer) and Will Benson. After they check in the hotel, strange things start to happen; when Julie is doing karaoke the words 'I know what you did last summer' appear on screen, Darick the dockhand is attacked by the fisherman, rastafarian Titus Telesco (Jack Black) is killed near the pool and the housekeeper murdered by Ben and dragged in a closet along with the other. Ray survived a murder attempt always by Ben where his friend (John Hawkes) died hooked and will stop at nothing to go to the resort all by himself and save Julie and her friends (and there is the big shocking twist but I can't report it here).
When it began it looked pretty much like the original but as Julie and her friends went to the Bahamas it became nearly great and the movie never failed to surprise me. The jump scares made me feel very excited because I actually couldn't believe what would have happened next and how Ben would have killed his next victim. Jack Black despite being uncredited was very entertaining, and there were some funny moments in between the killings and blood splattered. Freddie Prinze jr gives probably his best performance of his short career. Yes, he plays the same character from the first one, but here is much more determined and doesn't take a no for an answer. And the big confrontation scene with Ray, Julie, Will and Ben under the rain... it has to be seen to be believed as it looked like the mother of all endings!
I took everything off my chest about this greatly underrated sequel. Resuming, greatly acted, lots of killings that make your heart beat very rapidly and probably the most tense ending ever seen in a movie of this genre. Not to be missed even for folks who didn't liked the first one or aren't into these sort of films (like me).