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Long before it was fashionable Hollywood was into recycling.
It’s called making a sequel. Taking the same stuff that
worked before and hope that the audience has Alzheimer’s
that way they won’t remember they’ve seen it done before
and better. “I Still Know What You Did Last Summer” is an
example of the perfect idiotic sequel; lots of people do
stupid things and die, well, with as much comprehension
in their eyes as a cow led to slaughter. This is the type
of movie that has people squirming in their seats because
they realized they just wasted their money on a really stupid
movie AND will never get the two hours they wasted back.
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Julia James (Jennifer Love Hewitt of “The Ghost Whisperer”)
experiences déjà vu all over again but in a bad way. A summer
has passed since the killings from the previous film and
she’s enrolled in college. The hook if you’ll pardon the
pun here is that she along with her friends win a trip to
the Bahamas and find that murder, mayhem and leaving a bloody
mess has become a new popular sport courtesy of the only
other guest in town. Ray (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) desperately
tries to reach her before Julia becomes fish bait in a still
born suspense thriller. ---
Image & Sound:
The good news is that “Still” looks quite nice in its
Blu-ray debut. It’s really too bad because all of the resources
wasted on this unimaginative thriller could have been used
bringing another worthwhile movie to Blu-ray. Detail is
good but not outstanding and while depth is an improvement
over the original DVD, this is far from a terrific looking
transfer. The film suffers from an overuse of DNR resulting
in waxy complexion for the pretty looking cast. ***
We have a nice effective and often spooky mix that
uses the 5.1 format well. It’s presented in TrueHD and lossless.
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