I Still Know What You Did Last Summer takes the guilt, paranoia, and hook-handed terror of the original and drops it into a tropical nightmare. Directed by Danny Cannon, this sequel trades foggy coastal docks for a sun-soaked island resort—and then drenches it all in blood once the storm rolls in.
Jennifer Love Hewitt returns as Julie James, still shaken by the events of the first film. Trauma hasn’t faded with time, and when she wins a suspiciously convenient radio contest vacation, she heads to a remote island resort with her roommate Karla and a small group of friends hoping to finally escape the past.
Of course, the past isn’t done with her yet.
As a violent storm cuts the island off from the outside world, the rain-slicker-wearing killer resurfaces, stalking the resort and picking off victims one by one. The setup is classic slasher territory—isolated location, rising body count, and nowhere to run once the danger closes in.
One of the film’s biggest strengths is Brandy Norwood as Karla. She brings a confident, charismatic energy to the film and proves more than capable of holding her own once things turn deadly. Alongside her, Mekhi Phifer adds intensity as Tyrell, while Matthew Settle keeps the audience guessing about who can really be trusted.
And then there’s the surprise appearance from Jack Black, whose brief cameo is bizarre, unexpected, and oddly memorable.
The island setting gives the sequel a fresh visual style compared to the gloomy docks and small-town streets of I Know What You Did Last Summer. Palm trees sway in hurricane winds, hallways flood with rainwater, and lightning-lit nights add an extra layer of tension to the killer’s stalking.
That said, the story occasionally stretches logic well past its breaking point. Some plot twists feel pulled straight from a soap opera, and the film leans harder into spectacle than subtle suspense. But honestly, that’s part of the fun.
The kills are bigger, bloodier, and sometimes gleefully over-the-top. The film clearly knows it’s a slasher sequel and isn’t afraid to embrace the chaos that comes with it.
In the end, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer may not capture the tight suspense of the original, but it compensates with scale, atmosphere, and a willingness to go bigger with its horror set pieces.
It’s messy, stormy, and gloriously campy.
Sometimes the past doesn’t stay buried.
Sometimes it books a flight to paradise and brings a hook with it.
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