I Know Who Killed Me (C- or 1.5/4 stars)
Blood runs cyan blue in 'I Know Who Killed Me', a thriller directed by Chris Sivertson. Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright & promising girl, is abducted and tortured by a serial killer. Luckily, she escapes & winds up in the hospital. But the traumatized Aubrey regains consciousness only to insist that she is 'not' Aubrey Fleming. She claims her name is Dakota Moss, the daughter of a crack addict mother, and she feels that the real Aubrey is still in real trouble somewhere. Who is Dakota Moss? Are Dakota & Aubrey the same person or not? I wish the acting & screenplay were as gorgeous as the film's use of color.
A young student from New Salem Jr. College was found brutally tortured & cut up by a killer. Some days later, after attending a school football game, Aubrey Fleming, a straight-A student, went missing. 2 weeks go by before she's found in the woods (having seemingly escaped), but she's missing some limbs. Her parents (including Julia Ormond), and horny boyfriend (Brian Geraghty) are bereft that Aubrey seems to have forgotten her identity. She claims she is a stripper named Dakota Moss, a character that Aubrey created in one of her English assignments. The MDs believe she is suffering from post-traumatic stress. Are they right? Or is this person 'really' Dakota Moss? Before long, the lowly Dakota starts to think that she may be Aubrey's identical twin? Or is that answer just too easy?
Well, it seems that Dakota was an only child; so there goes THAT theory ... or perhaps not? Does Aubrey & Dakota co-exist? Is it a split personality thing? One thing the movie does well is keep us guessing. This is why I kind of scratch my head at the truly abysmal reviews this film is getting. It just isn't as bad as they'd lead you to believe. Yes, there's gore, elements of torture, sketchy acting, & bizarre screenplay choices. But it's not a complete disaster, not at all.
Lohan is okay, but she's done infinitely better work before. All this film does is give her access to curse, smoke & pole dance (I'm pretty sure at least 2 of those traits are indicative of her real life hobbies). And I'm sure she just loved playing the good girl/bad girl ... sometimes, life does imitate art. The answer to the big mystery surrounding Aubrey/Dakota isn't the greatest. I hated it at first, but have gotten used to the idea since. Still, to be strung along the whole time (to have what ends up being the answer) kinda stinks. At least the plot started with promise, & at least the theme of 'cyan blue' (and how it ties into the serial killer's identity) was well executed. But it's also the kind of movie where you can watch the first 20 minutes, and the last 10, & everything in-between doesn't really matter.
A young student from New Salem Jr. College was found brutally tortured & cut up by a killer. Some days later, after attending a school football game, Aubrey Fleming, a straight-A student, went missing. 2 weeks go by before she's found in the woods (having seemingly escaped), but she's missing some limbs. Her parents (including Julia Ormond), and horny boyfriend (Brian Geraghty) are bereft that Aubrey seems to have forgotten her identity. She claims she is a stripper named Dakota Moss, a character that Aubrey created in one of her English assignments. The MDs believe she is suffering from post-traumatic stress. Are they right? Or is this person 'really' Dakota Moss? Before long, the lowly Dakota starts to think that she may be Aubrey's identical twin? Or is that answer just too easy?
Well, it seems that Dakota was an only child; so there goes THAT theory ... or perhaps not? Does Aubrey & Dakota co-exist? Is it a split personality thing? One thing the movie does well is keep us guessing. This is why I kind of scratch my head at the truly abysmal reviews this film is getting. It just isn't as bad as they'd lead you to believe. Yes, there's gore, elements of torture, sketchy acting, & bizarre screenplay choices. But it's not a complete disaster, not at all.
Lohan is okay, but she's done infinitely better work before. All this film does is give her access to curse, smoke & pole dance (I'm pretty sure at least 2 of those traits are indicative of her real life hobbies). And I'm sure she just loved playing the good girl/bad girl ... sometimes, life does imitate art. The answer to the big mystery surrounding Aubrey/Dakota isn't the greatest. I hated it at first, but have gotten used to the idea since. Still, to be strung along the whole time (to have what ends up being the answer) kinda stinks. At least the plot started with promise, & at least the theme of 'cyan blue' (and how it ties into the serial killer's identity) was well executed. But it's also the kind of movie where you can watch the first 20 minutes, and the last 10, & everything in-between doesn't really matter.