Four teens go out partying during the last summer before they set off the
conquer the world. While driving back from the beach, the driver is distracted
by the drunk asshole hanging out the sunroof screaming his brains out and they
run some dude over. So what do they do? Call the coppers and risk ruining their
lives or just dump the motherfucker in the ocean? They decide on option #2, but
unfortunately right as they're tossing the dude in the ocean...he's still alive!
Yikes! Shit happens and they make a pact to never tell anybody ever. That works
out alright for a little while, then the bodies start showing up. And by
"bodies" I mean five total.
If you're looking for a badass horror movie then go watch
INSIDE,
because IKWYDLS is pure 90's teen soap opera cheese with some horror elements
tossed in. It's awesome. After the tragic event, Jennifer Love Hewitt gets
all guilt-ridden and haggard looking; shit-talkin Ryan Phillippe doesn't become
the big football star like he was boasting; Buffy Summers doesn't go to NYC and
has to get a job at a department store and Freddie Prinze, Jr. ends up working
on a fishing boat. Ohhh, so sad! And if all that wasn't crappy enough, now some
dude in a fisherman jacket starts killing people with a big hook. Life just
isn't fair!
Compared to other cheesy 90's teen horror movies like
SCREAM
or
URBAN LEGEND, IKWYDLS is a little bit more light-weight (I'm surprised it got an R rating),
but I have a soft spot for it because it stars a "Buffy"-era Sarah Michelle
Gellar! I'm guessing she filmed this between Seasons 1 and 2. The two things
that bothered me the most (besides the lack of violence and nudity) was JLH's
god-awful screaming and the killer's almost supernatural abilities...the gym
locker room scene and the cleaning up of the car trunk are the two biggest
things that made me think "Bullshit!".
Worth watching if you're into this sort of thing, but don't expect anything
profound. It's pure junk food for the brain.
Part 2 - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Part 3 - I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006)
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
THE KILLING (1956)
There's no foolin' around here! THE KILLING jumps straight into the exciting story about a group of tough guys that are looking pull a racetrack heist worth $2 million clams. You got two inside men (a cashier and a bartender), the distractions (a giant wrestler to start a bar fight and a sharpshooter to snipe the lead horse during the big race), the financier, the gun man and the getaway guy (a crooked cop). The plan is full proof. Full proof I tells ya! Except that this one palooka keeps running his yap to his dame - a selfish money-hungry, shit-talkin' moll, that'll stop at nothing to get her mitts on all that tasty spinach.
THE KILLING is awesome. It's hard to think of a better example of a young filmmaker improving his craft from one film to the next better than with Stanley Kubrick and the rough around the edges, KILLER'S KISS in 1955 to the incredible THE KILLING only one year later. Memorable characters that are all bitter and hard-boiled as fook, a quick pace, the acting by the entire cast is great, awesome story, a few shocking moments...but I think the two things THE KILLING is remembered for the most is its photography and non-linear storytelling. Both have been copied many times since. I won't get into all the examples, but it's a lot.
Sadly, The Kube turned his back on film noir after THE KILLING but at least he went out with a bang. Highly recommended.
THE KILLING is awesome. It's hard to think of a better example of a young filmmaker improving his craft from one film to the next better than with Stanley Kubrick and the rough around the edges, KILLER'S KISS in 1955 to the incredible THE KILLING only one year later. Memorable characters that are all bitter and hard-boiled as fook, a quick pace, the acting by the entire cast is great, awesome story, a few shocking moments...but I think the two things THE KILLING is remembered for the most is its photography and non-linear storytelling. Both have been copied many times since. I won't get into all the examples, but it's a lot.
Sadly, The Kube turned his back on film noir after THE KILLING but at least he went out with a bang. Highly recommended.
Rodney Dangerfield
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