John Doe
The movie is dull and stupid with actors that do act good but the story is poorly written, and not good.I give 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' a 5/10
jerralagbayani
What triggers me is that this film was pretty okay compared to the hate Wes Craven lovers give it. It never copied it and was probably only inspired by it. Has it ever came to anyone that in Scream there is no man with a hook gutting people, no throwing a man that you ran over into the sea, and no cast of characters watching out for a killer, without cops involved, around the beginning of July? Nope. I am very deeply annoyed.
Now lets get with the rating part. I give this a 6/10 because it is a slasher film that really pushes your buttons into not knowing what's gonna happen next. It was quite bland towards the middle but other than that it was a Slash of a Good Time. What I especially like is how it messes with your mind every now and then, especially towards the end. Will be happy to rate the other two after I'm done with my list i need to watch.
Stephen Bird
The nineties brought new life to the slasher sub-genre, how many of these films were made around this time, they were about ten a penny and none of them carried any weighty emphasis, you could be forgiven for mistaking one for another. Four teenagers, a reason, and a murdering fisherman (really a fisherman of all things?) I guess so considering the film's location is a fishing village. The plot is painfully simple and follows the same format as any slasher film, need I have to recite this?Typical teenage fare when it came to the acting, not what you'd call particularly great..., everyone's favourite eye candy from the nineties was there, Sarah Michelle Gellar, as was Leonard from The Big Bang Theory, playing the weedy Max (Johnny Galecki).Indeed there are a number of jump scares but other than that the film wasn't the slightest bit scary, a better way to describe it would be "lame". If you like slasher movies I suppose there's something in it for you, but if you're not a fan of them, you might struggle to sit through this film, it may just annoy you instead.
zkonedog
Back in the late 1990s, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was a phenomenon. I remember it being advertised up the wazoo, and then catching it on late night cable some time later and liking it. Unfortunately, a recent viewing proved that this film has aged terribly (if it ever could have been considered "good" in the first place).The plot of this movie is simple: Four stereotypical teens are partying the Fourth of July before going off to college. The "good girl" (Jennifer Love Hewitt), her All-American boyfriend (Freddie Prinze Jr.), the beauty queen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), and the hot-head jock (Ryan Phillipe). While driving home on a windy mountain road, their car hits a figure in a rain-slicker. They make the decision to dump his body in the lake to avoid a police investigation. Fast-forward a year later, and all of a sudden a similarly slickered figure begins hunting the four down one by one.This movie is a mess from beginning to end. It does start with a kernel of a decent idea, but even at best it is three-star buffoonery. The characters are not nearly developed enough to make viewers care about them, and the plot is asinine even by horror film standards. By the end, it is a one-star train wreck.The reason this film gets such "strong press" is because it does tap into a sense of 1990s nostalgia. All the main four principles were huge '90s stars, so it was kind of a "perfect storm" of popularity. This is the kind of movie that tweens/teens saw to gush over the "dreamy" guys and the "hot" girls. Plot/character development were an afterthought. This film was meant (from what I have read, and it makes sense) to capitalize on the popularity of "Scream".The truly sad part? This flick had some potential. Those main four are all pretty decent actors, but there is just no material to work with here. Again, a film made too hastily to capitalize on box- office success. It did manage to make quite a name for itself, but that luster wears off rather quickly as soon as you pop it in and press "PLAY".
AD
