Whilst
Michael D.Weiss’s script is actually rather imaginative, and even
manages to breath ‘some’ new life into an ostensibly dead series -
nobody expected that, right? - By coming up with something fresh and
‘different’, he’s been let down by the other parties. There’s an
ensemble that’s clearly only there to ‘eat’ not to ‘act’, and a budget
that doesn’t allow for any shockingly fun death sequences – something
the film really calls for. After all, what’s a good teen slasher film
without a good decapitation or noose slip? The reasonably witty
script plays out like a lampoon – as in, the events of the previous two
films have been put down to no more than Urban Legends – that
ultimately liquefies into ‘same ol, same ol’ territory, by midway
through. In a nutshell, it fixes on a group of teenagers - the girls,
of course, get around for the most of the movie in nothing but tight
fitting tank tops (somewhat of a constant in the I Know
movies) – who find themselves harbouring a deep, dark secret: a friend,
pretending to be gutted by another friend, playing the killer
fisherman, is killed for real (by, obviously, the real fisherman), but
knowing that the authorities won’t believe their story, they decide to
just stay quiet – and later are stalked and consequently, knocked off
one-by-one by a mysterious figure with a hook, seemingly, the killer
fisherman from the stories. The film will keep die-hard
teeny-horror fans interested – if only because it is the third
instalment of a pretty popular film franchise, and many will simply be
interested to see what they’ve done with it – but that doesn’t mean
even the fans won’t be hoping Jennifer Love Hewitt – or even, for that
matter, Muse Watson, who played the original killer fisherman! – make
an appearance before the screen goes black. Which they don’t. The fact
that Jennfier Love Hewitt says no to something, speaks volumes for the
film’s value, don’t ya think? EXTRAS There's
an Audio Commentary by director Sylvain White (but who really cares
about that...besides Sylvian White?), as well as a Behind the Scenes
featurette on the making of the movies (but who really cares about
that....besides Sylvian White?). Conclusion:
Movie 55% Extras: 45%
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