I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Infobox Film
name = I Still Know What You Did Last Summer


amg_id = 1:173844
imdb_id = 0130018
writer = Characters:
Lois Duncan
Screenplay:
Trey Callaway
starring = Jennifer Love Hewitt
Brandy Norwood
Mekhi Phifer
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Jack Black
director = Danny Cannon
producer = William S. Beasley
Neal H. Mortiz | distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = November 13, 1998
runtime = 100 mins
language = English
music =
awards = 1 ASCAP Film and Television Music Award,
2 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
preceded_by = "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
followed_by = "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer"
budget = $17m
gross = $84,000,000

"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" is a horror film released in 1998 as a sequel to "I Know What You Did Last Summer". The film was then followed by "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer". The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer, and Freddie Prinze, Jr.. The film also include cameo appearances by Jeffrey Combs, Jennifer Esposito, Bill Cobbs, and an uncredited Jack Black. The screenplay was written by Trey Callaway, based on characters originally created in a popular novel by Lois Duncan. Calloway's script was published in an edited "young adult" format, leaving all descriptions of violence but omitting the harsher language. On August 15, 2006, Columbia Pictures released "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer" as a straight-to-video sequel to the film.

Plot

In "I Know What You Did Last Summer", Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) had just spent a harrowing summer running for her life and dealing with the brutal murders of her high school friends by a vengeful fisherman named Ben Willis. 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 one-year anniversary of last summer's tragic deaths, Julie's college grades are slipping, and her relationship with high school sweetheart Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) is faltering, although he secretly plans to propose to her. Karla Wilson (Brandy Norwood), Julie's spunky friend and roommate, wins an all-expenses-paid Bahamas vacation for four on the Fourth of July weekend, providing she can name the capital of Brazil. She answers "Rio," and is told that she is correct. Julie wants to invite Ray on the trip, but he declines, hurt by her refusal to visit him in Southport, where last summer's murders took place.

Thus, Julie, Karla, Karla's boyfriend Tyrell (Mekhi Phifer), and their new friend Will Benson (Matthew Settle) head to the Bahamas. However, the other hotel guests are leaving because hurricane season has begun. Meanwhile, Ray, who has decided to surprise Julie and go on the trip, and his friend Dave (John Hawkes), are driving out of Southport. Suddenly, they see an idling BMW and a body lying in the middle of the road. Ray goes to check it out and it appears to be fake, and Dave is impaled by the fisherman who stabs his hook inside Dave's mouth while he waits in the driver seat of the truck. Ray runs as the fisherman hops in the truck and attempts to run him down, and he stumbles into a ravine. He awakes in a hospital and realizes Julie's in trouble. He leaves without being discharged, exchanges Julie's ring for a pistol, and steals a boat.

Meanwhile, several murders have occurred at the resort, and Julie is forced to tell the others about her past. Suspicion falls on the voodoo-practicing porter Estes (Bill Cobbs), who is trying to protect them. It's revealed that the vacation was arranged especially for Julie, and Karla hadn't "won" anything, because she'd incorrectly answered the question (the capital of Brazil is Brasília, not Rio de Janeiro). Estes leads them to a gravyard sight where Ben Willis' family is buried and there is one tombstone that has Julia's name on it with an open hole, where Ben plans to dump her body in after he kills her. It turns out though, another person of the Willis family is alive: Will Benson is in fact Ben Willis' son, and he leads Julie away from the others after killing Estes. Meanwhile Ben disposes of the bartender Nancy (Jennifer Esposito) and attacks Karla. The survivors attempt to hide in a small building, but this does not work. Tyrell is killed with a hook through the head.

Ray arrives just as Ben catches up with Julie and Will. In the ensuing fight, Ben accidentally stabs his son with his hook, and is shot with Ray's gun several times by Julie and falls into an empty grave. The Coast Guard arrives, rescuing Ray, Julie, and Karla. In the last scene, Ray and Julie are in their newly-purchased house, and Julie, who is wearing an engagement ring, hears a sound coming from another bedroom. She goes to shut an open window in the other room, not noticing the muddy footprints on the floor. As Ray is cleaning his teeth the door mysteriousely closes and locks behind him. As Julie enters her bedroom and sits down on her bed, she looks in the mirror leaning against the bottom part of her wall, and notices the fisherman under her bed. She screams, and Ben grabs her legs and pulls her under the bed.

Aftermath

In the third film "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer" an internet news article confirms that Ray and Julie were killed by Ben the fisherman. It's suggested that Ben murdered Ray and Julie in their home, which was the last scene in this movie.

Reception

The sequel grossed $16.5 million at 2,443 theaters during its opening weekend. Unlike the original, it opened at number two at the box office and dropped to number five only a week later. At the end of its fifteen week run, the movie grossed $39,989,008 in the United States, just barely covering the $40 million budget. It did eventually earn double its budget with the help of international success. The movie grossed $84 million worldwide.

The sequel did not impress most critics, and it only received a 7% fresh rating at RottonTomatoes.com

Cast

*Michael Palin as Dutch "Handyman" Jones
*Dolph Lundgren as GR13
*Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James
*Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson
*Brandy Norwood as Karla Wilson
*Mekhi Phifer as Tyrell
*Muse Watson as Ben Willis
*Bill Cobbs as Estes
*Matthew Settle as Will Benson
*Jeffrey Combs as Mr. Brooks
*Jennifer Esposito as Nancy
*Jack Black as Titus Telesco (uncredited)

Production

* The action takes place in The Bahamas, the film was shot at El Tecuan Marina Resort Costalagree, in Jalisco, Mexico; Los Angeles, California; and Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California

* The character of "Karla Wilson" was originally intended to be a Caucasian girl, until Brandy auditioned and won the role.Fact|date=March 2008

External links

*imdb title|id=0130018|title=I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Box Office Leaders USA
before = The Waterboy
date = November 22
year = 1998
after = The Rugrats Movie