A bunch of teens are together celebrating a wedding, and they bump into another friend they have lost touch with. Wanting to chill together like they used to, they all decide to go and see the 4th of July fireworks, and whilst viewing the fireworks, an accident occurs, and they leave the person, whom they presume to be dead. A year later, a mysterious note pops up stating "I know what you did last summer," leaving the teens to wonder who is pranking them, but when bodies start to fall, the teens need to figure out who the killer is and stop them before they all die.
I was about 10 minutes too late to watch 'F1' or 'Jurassic World Rebirth', so I decided to watch 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' instead because I watched the original back in the cinema all those years ago, enjoyed it so much, watched the sequel with Brandy, enjoyed that one too and purchased both of them on DVD. So, hearing about this movie and also hearing it was decent, I was comfortable in watching this to check it out for myself, and I must say, I had a blast. I did not see the trailer, and I did not expect anything from it, but I still managed to find the movie really enjoyable.
The characters, who cares? I mean, back in the day, it was Freddie Prinze. Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Love Hewitt, who were names of that era and were recognised, but this movie has a bunch of actors I do not recognise at all, and I still enjoyed the film regardless. The film had that late 90s vibe, and it was executed superbly. The film ran smoothly, and the story was decent, I mean, it is a revenge flick, but none of the characters were boring, and all the actors did a great job. There were a couple of standouts for me. The characters all felt like they were essentially meant to be carbon copies of characters from the original. I have nothing to back that up because I have not seen those movies in ages, but it was definitely a feeling I got.
The deaths. I might as well talk about the deaths rather than the music and cinematography, because you don't watch a slasher film for those things. The deaths were great! I won't go into any in case you have not seen the trailer and want to go in fresh like me, but there were a bunch of times I was squirming, and in terms of comedy elements, there were a few funny lines. One of the best lines in the film was "Are you an egg?". The delivery was excellent. I couldn't stop laughing for a good 5 minutes afterwards. When you watch the movie, you will see who says it, why, and why it was funny.
All in all, this was a great and unsuspecting watch where I went in blind, and I really enjoyed the movie because it did what a slasher film is meant to do. You know, it does what it says on the tin. Kills, a couple of laughs here and there, and a decent storyline. There were a few moments which were blatantly meant to be jump scares and some unexplained manoeuvring, but slasher films have got to slaher, you know. Whilst I will say there is a scream 5 or 6 element to the movie that makes you think, but other than that, a good and enjoyable slasher summer movie and the precredits scene was also interesting. Should they do a sequel, are they gonna call it, 'I STILL know what you did last summer?', likely.
