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    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
    Genre:Horror

    Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Brandy, Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Bill Cobbs, Matthew Settle, Jeffrey Combs

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 3.5
    Sound Rating: 5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Columbia/TriStar Home Video
    (Catalog Number): 03607
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Retail Price): $34.95
    (Running Time In Minutes): 100
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1998
    (LD Release Date): 4/99
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Danny Cannon
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    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Panavision
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): SDDS Digital
    (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
    (Remastered Dolby Digital): No
    (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    I Still Know What You Did Last Summer stars Jennifer Love Hewitt as Julie James in this sequel to the horror hit I Know What You Did Last Summer. Here, Julie’s roommate Kate (Brandy) wins a trip to an island resort and invites her boyfriend Tyrell (Mekhi Phifer), Julie and Will (Matthew Settle) along. The trouble is, the man Julie almost killed—the one who came around a year earlier and killed all of Julie’s friends—has decided to go on holiday as well and look for some more revenge. Additional DVD features include a making-of featurette and Jennifer Love Hewitt’s music video.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The LaserDisc appears plugged-up and oversaturated. Colors are smeared and wanting in clarity with yellowish-orange fleshtones and deep undefined blacks. Images are sharp and detailed, but often marred with noise. Most impressive is contrast and shadow delineation. The LaserDisc aspec ratio measures 2.35:1.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The discrete 5.1 Dolby® Digital and matrix PCM soundtracks are sure to please with an effective holosonic soundfield experience. Surround envelopment is aggressive and dimensionally delineated, often putting you into the scene. Discrete split surrounds are terrific and enhance the sense of space. Bass extension is deep and powerful, and while the .1 LFE is often active, bass is no more prominent than on the matrix PCM version. The music score is well recorded and dynamic with the discrete version sounding better delineated with a wider soundstage presence. Dialogue sounds natural, but is a bit forward and wanting in effective spatial integration.
    (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): Yes
    (Aggressive System Surround): Yes
    (Intense 25Hz Bass): No
    (Deep Bass Challenging): No
    (Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
    (Holosonic Soundfield): Yes
    (Aggressive Split Surround): Yes
    (Center Back Surround Imaging): No
    (Directionalized Dialogue): No
    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
    Superb Music Score Recording Quality:
    		 Yes
    Superb Special Visual Effects Quality:
    		 No
    Superb Color Fidelity:
    		 No
    Superb Cinematography:
    		 -
    Reference LaserDisc:
    		 No
    Collector Edition:
    		 No
    DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
    Even when not directly compared to the anamorphically enhanced DVD, the LaserDisc appears plugged-up and oversaturated. Colors are smeared and wanting in clarity with yellowish-orange fleshtones and deep undefined blacks. The DVD, when viewed in component video, is more naturally rendered. Images are extremely sharp and detailed, with superb vertical and horizontal resolution. While the LaserDisc is often marred with noise, the DVD is solid. Most impressive is contrast and shadow delineation, which is better resolved on the DVD. The LaserDisc aspec ratio measures 2.35:1, as does the anamorphic and letterbox DVD. Both the DVD and LaserDisc discrete 5.1 Dolby® Digital and LaserDisc matrix PCM soundtracks are sure to please with an effective holosonic soundfield experience. Surround envelopment is aggressive and dimensionally delineated, often putting you into the scene. Discrete split surrounds are terrific and enhance the sense of space. Bass extension is deep and powerful, and while the .1 LFE is often active, bass is no more prominent than on the matrix PCM version. The music score is well recorded and dynamic with the discrete version sounding better delineated with a wider soundstage presence. Dialogue sounds natural, but is a bit forward and wanting in effective spatial integration.