I Know Who Killed Me Movie
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TAGLINES
If you think you know the secret...Think twice.
Look For The Clues...
Aubrey Fleming is a regular high school student with friends and family. One night, she unexpectedly disappears. Two weeks later she is found unconscious in the middle of the woods. When spoken to, her loved ones realize she has forgotten her identity and the personality living in her body is Dakota Moss, a character that Aubrey created in one of her stories for an English assignment. Dakota denies ever being Aubrey knowing that they look identical. Now, Dakota must try to unravel the mystery of how her and Aubrey co-exist and find out who abducted Aubrey that night.
| Lindsay Lohan | Aubrey Fleming |
| Julia Ormond | Susan Fleming |
| Neal McDonough | Daniel Fleming |
| Brian Geraghty | Jerrod Pointer |
| Garcelle Beauvais | Julie Bascome |
| Spencer Garrett | Phil Lazarus |
| Gregory Itzin | Dr. Greg Jameson |
| Bonnie Aarons | Fat Teena |
| Kenya Moore | Jazmin |
| Thomas Tofel | Douglas Norquist |
| Rodney Rowland | Kenny Scaife |
| David Figlioli | Lanny Rierden |
| Amy Fuehrer | 1st Reporter |
| Michael Adler | Dr. Alex Dupree |
| Art Bell | Himself |
| Chris Sivertson |
3.70 out of 10 (10344 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Ending leaves a bad taste in your mouth!
posted on 23 Aug 2009I know who killed me is Lindsey Lohan's first R rated film. In this role she plays a girl with memory loss, who has lost her limbs after escaping a sick kidnapping involving torture. Unable to explain what happened, she insist that she isn't the same girl who was kidnapped. Lohan's character sets out to discover what happened and who she really is.
I was really rooting for Lohans first mature film experiment, but it didn't live up to my expectations. I found it watchable (as in, it wasn't so bad that I felt compelled to leave the theater). However, it wasn't great either. Most of the time I felt like I was watching the teenybooper version of one of the SAW movies. The worst part by far was the ending which I found predictable and lame.
It's worth a rental, but not worth buying for your DVD collection (unless your collection is a dust magnet).
Lindsay Lohan's new career in stripping isn't going well...
posted on 16 Aug 2009Hmmm I do not know really what I can say about seeing a movie where Lindsay Lohan starts out as a stripper. I mean, I don't think she is a hot girl, despite the fact that many guys see her bisexuality as a plus. She does nothing for me and that includes her acting skills.Anyway, the entire movie Lindsay is continued to be thought of as this one girl when she claims to be another. Yet, she has the same scars as the missing girl that is thought to be dead by some. Not only that, but those miraculous wounds end up making her a double amputee. But that doesn't stop her from having a bizarre sex scene with the missing girl's boyfriend.What is really stupid is that it ends up being a strange case of twin stigmata, which I found dumb. But not only that, she finds ere long lost twin is found alive in the grave. And yes, its also Lindsay Lohan, but as the other girl.It was a dumb movie. The fake arms and legs fetish in the movie made it even more bizarre. "D-"
A horrible movie to rent...
posted on 12 Aug 2009I'd give it a zero if I could, but they didn't have that option, so I had no choice but to give it a 1 out of 10. This has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life (and I've seen several bad horror/suspense and non-horror movies). The plot was terrible and the movie really made no sense. The acting made it far worse. I'll admit, I only rented this because Lindsay Lohan was in it and I was curious to see how she'd do in a horror type film. While I did in fact make it all the way through the movie, I was left wondering what it was actually supposed to be about. I was never able to understand why Aubrey and Dakota were doppelgangers. And the part about only cutting off some of her limbs and not all of them definitely made no sense at all. Awful, just awful. Do NOT rent this movie, you are wasting your money.
No summary necessary
posted on 12 Aug 2009What is striking about this film is how it has affected its intended audience. It isn't intended to be for general consumption and I hated the gore. But I loved that it was hard for me to figure out.The best indication of how successful the script writer was is that the comments from the people he was attempting to entertain show such knowledge of films, create such beautiful turns of phrases, and OMG even use "correct grammar", etc., etc. But I think I understand what the writer was trying to provide for all of us who were this strongly affected by the movie.First of all, a writer needs to select an audience, and this guy sure picked a doozy of one. It must be the hardest audience to try to entertain. It takes one to know one, so he must be like all the others of us who have written comments (I'm basing this claim upon having skimmed 20 comments). I believe that his script was aimed at the minds of everyone who can almost always anticipate a minimum of 90% of the "twists and turns" in any plot and often even the exact dialog that will appear on the screen within the next 15 seconds to 120 minutes or so.It's so easy to watch a movie and roll your eyes because the people who collaborated on a script weren't as empathic, intelligent, creative, or nontraditional as you are.But for someone to actually be this successful in touching the most untouchable audience of all with his first movie script... well, we all better keep our eye on this guy.Oh, and although I could hammer so many aspects of the film, I LOVED that in my case my usual ability to predict what would come next dropped from 90+ to maybe 20%.There is nobody in an audience as sophisticated as this who hasn't known all their lives about the basic concept underlying this movie. But ask your self this... what might the movie have been like if a scriptwriter like this hadn't written it? Would the surprising impact this script had upon you have inspired you to leave any comment whatsoever?
Not As Bad As One Has Been Led To Believe
posted on 11 Aug 2009I will admit that I decided to view this film to see how much of a train wreck Lindsay Lohan's acting career had become. The good news is that while not great the movie is surprisingly watchable. The plotting and acting in director Chris Sivertson's is fair and the film does keep your attention throughout.
It would be hard to decide if this was a thriller masking itself as a horror film or the opposite. For my money this is more horror than thriller. Lohan plays good girl Aubrey Fleming who is kidnapped by a serial killer (Thomas Tofel). A woman who looks surprisinly like Aubrey is discovered on the side of the road who claims her name is Dakota Moss a hard as nails stripper. The issue to be resolved in the film is whether Dakota is really Aubrey or not.
The film looks great due to the phenomenal photography of John Leonetti. The story by Jeff Hammond becomes predictable after a short while. The disc features only minor special features including an extended stip club scene.
Watch it for the fun of it. If you don't expect greatness it's really not that bad.
I know now who killed me too
posted on 06 Aug 2009Even I saw it alone, and at 12 pm I liked it. In what respects me, a very strong film, and awesomely well acted by a surprisingly mature Lohan. Yes, maybe there are certain distracting things, but please, this is not supposed to be perfect, is thriller not the Phantom of the Opera. The blue was overused, but it was all about that: Aubrey the blue ribbon and Dakota, the leftover red ribbon that lived a very hard life. I must say, I'm not a fan of Lindsay Lohan, sometimes I even hate her , but I defend this film because is the prove that the girl can act, at least is what she proved me. Even you are a fan or not of Lohan, youshould see this film. Noir, gory and deep are the best three adjectivesto describe this movie.
A NICE LITTLE THRILLER.
posted on 05 Aug 2009lindsay lohan may be all messed up, but she can act. there's no lie to that. this was a pretty good movie, and she did it the way she knows how. both good and bad. i kind of expected the twist, but it was cool none the less. it starts out with this chick aubrey fleming (good girl) nice off, educated, planning her future, when all of a sudden she's abducted. by none other than a seriel killer. she's tortured, gets cut up, and then reappears. missing something here and there, but it's her. except she says she's not her. same face, different personality. she says she's dakota moss (bad girl) uneducated, stripper, lowlife, and doesn't give a damn. you don't know what's up. is she crazy, traumatized, what the hell right? well, the further along it goes, the more complex it gets then you know somethings not right. it's up to dakota to catch the killer before the killer kills her. the ending was pretty good, but i would have wanted to see a bit more of the aftermath. overall it was not a failure. i could have did without the stripping scenes though. her acting hasn't faultered in my opinion. she gave it a shot, and she got it right. if you want edge of your seat this is a recommendation.
You'd let both of us die just to keep your secret?
posted on 04 Aug 2009This time the Razzie's got it wrong. This movie was no where near as bad as made out to be and was, in fact, a fascinating movie.Let's get the major complaint out of the way first, as I happen to agree with it.If you are going to take a role that calls for you to be a stripper, then you damn well better be willing to strip. The fact that Lohan wasn't really detracted from the film. There that's it. She was the wrong choice for the role.But, she really did a credible job playing Dakota Moss and being Aubrey was just a natural for her. I really enjoyed her performance and could totally see her as this girl with a terrible childhood.The movie was also well written as a neo-noirish mystery that had some clues, but also did not make sense. How could she be the same person? How could she not be Aubrey? When the secret is revealed, it should come as a surprise. It did for me.This film was enjoyable, and if Lohan ever decides to play a role for real, then she may gain some credibility.
Oh-My-God!!!!
posted on 02 Aug 2009I got through this movie. All I can say is that is nearly impossible to watch this at one time. I couldn't. This is bad. Dialogues (if you can call them that) are stupid, people actions and comments are out of context. Not mentioning the scenes. It looks like someone randomly cut the movie, then throw all the pieces of a film tape into a box, and then draw them back from it and put together in the order of drawing. Linsday plays bad. This is weird, cause I have to admit - she is not exactly one of ma favorites, but she is usually not SO BAD. Also I have no idea why someone like Julia Ormond would play in this crap. I wish i could tell you what this movie is about, but I can't. I don't know. I'm not even sure the actors know (Lohan definatelly doesn't).
So, so bad.
posted on 31 Jul 2009This was by far the worst movie I have seen to date. As we were walking out of the theater, wondering what just happened, even two elderly ladies that had been sitting behind us said "No wonder she drinks so much! Awful acting, plot holes, just horrible. In fact, it's kind of like a biopic on Linday Lohan's crumbling life.I'm sitting here at a loss for words, trying to figure out how to best describe having lost 2 hours of my life. I'll just point out some of my favorite parts: *The color blue. EVERYWHERE. Tacky roses, bright blue gloves shared by the murderer and the police, blue glass weapons, the list goes on... *The fact that Aubrey is made to be such a good girl yet one of the first things out of her mouth is "I'm done f**king guys I don't care about" *Dakota seeing the "blue man" while at the bus stop, but he jumps from place to place without actually moving. *Dakota's fingers shrivel up & fall off, but she refuses to go to the hospital because she doesn't have health insurance? And goes about her merry way dancing & hanging out at home? What!? *Dakota figuring out the tie between the murdered girl & Aubrey - just by seeing trophies *Dakota's magical epiphany that explains the mistaken identity - "your daughter died in the incubator so you bought me from a crack head down the hall!" - WHAT? *The image of Aubrey getting beaten appearing to Dakota in a misty haze in her bedroom *The father entering the bad guy's house just moments before Dakota finds him lying in a tub of his own blood. *The expression on the bad guy's face as Dakota shoves a glass spiral into his neck *Dakota & Aubrey lying on the ground, cuddling, after Dakota rescues Aubrey from her living grave - which she found randomly in the middle of the woods? Oh, and Aubrey lifting her "veil" when Dakota breaks the glass - wouldn't she have already done that??Oh, there are many more, but I'll spare you. The only part of the movie that I liked was watching Aubrey's mom freak out while she hears (clear as day) Dakota f**king Aubrey's boyfriend upstairs. I'd definitely recommend seeing this movie if you want a good laugh, or if you're just intrigued by the mess that is Lindsay Lohan. If you're looking to catch a good flick, this is not the one you want to see.
Just a terrible movie
posted on 31 Jul 2009I'm surprised that despite the movie's overall rating, there are a lot of people who think this movie is good, even great. It makes me laugh.I'm generally a movie person, and very few movies, no matter how bad they are, actually come across as terrible or worthless to me. This one did. It's one of the very few movies I've watched in my 22 years on earth that I hated.The acting was about the best thing in the movie, and it was actually pretty bad. The camera work was sloppy, the color use was terrible, shifting scenes were so confusing that they looked like you were watching TWO bad movies at once, the imagery was laughable, and this movie has the most irrelevant and worthless "killer" I've ever seen. it's like he was just a random person in the movie. You just had no reason to care, even though it was a core element to the story. What does that tell you? Don't even get me started on how indistinct and terribly done the scenes featuring the killer were. That's just another atrocity on top of the rest of them.Just don't watch this. It's simply trash.
I am sorry to say but I quite enjoyed the mystery/suspense/thriller.
posted on 27 Jul 2009Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan) is a young bright college student, who's lives in a small town with her caring parents (Julia Ormand and Neal McDonough). She's hoping to have a future career in writing than for her talent for playing the piano. One night, Aubrey disappear from her friends and her boyfriend (Brian Geraghty) after a college football game. Now weeks has passed... a stranger finally find her left for dead but she claims that her name is Dakota Moss. A young woman, who lives a difficult life and she's also a exotic dancer. Her parents are shocked that she doesn't recognized them and she doesn't know any of these people from Aubrey's life. The FBI thinks that Aubrey got so traumatized, that she adopts a new memory as Dakota. They also thinks that she might be living in the memory of Aubrey's short stories. Dakota feels that she might be a twin after remembering her life more than Aubrey. Especially since Dakota remembers losing her arm and leg like that suddenly just happen like that. Dakota feels that Aubrey still alive somehow (she's staring to feel her presence) and find her before Dakota might die as well.Directed by Chris Sivertson made an suspenseful mystery thriller isn't quite as bad as some critics said it was. I find myself enjoying this unusual film. True, it has some shares of its flaws and including a few unintentionally funny moments. But the intriguing premise written by Jeff Hammond has some fascinating ideas. The film might be a bit very heavy-handed for its visual style at times. The third act really slow down the movie, it becomes quite weak and predictable. But Lohan is surprisingly good in this film, playing two different characters. Her lap-dance sequences is quite tasteful (Although some male and female fans of Lohan's are probably disappointed, she's not nude in this picture at all). Her exotic dance moves are sexy enough.DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer (Also in Pan & Scan) and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD includes Alternate Opening & Ending, Extended Lap-Dance Scenes and Bloopers. I would have love to see an behind the scenes featurette and an audio commentary by the filmmakers. Since this movie was an box office disappointment, the studio felt this film didn't need any good special features. Fans of Horror/Thrillers and Lohan's work will find plenty of enjoy here than the causal viewer. This isn't the worst film, i seen that came out in 2007. There's worst movies than this one. There's some good scenes here and there. Best sequence is when Dakota character finds a loving bond between Aubrey's mother sitting on the couch, while watching a video of Aubrey's been not born yet. Which it's the heart of the picture. But in this interesting but misfired picture, it's more style over substance movie and John R. Leonetti's (Dead Silence, Detroit Rock City, Mortal Kombat) excellent cinematography are the highlight of this effort. For all it's flaws and occasional silliness, it's worth a look. HD Widescreen. (*** ½/*****).
The Plot Wasn't AS Bad as the Acting...
posted on 21 Jul 2009This movie was not good, but it could have been worse. No, the acting as a whole was not good. Yes, Lindsay Lohan DID suck, but she was not the sole reason for why this movie wasn't good. As you get deeper into the story (when I say deep, I do not mean that this is a "deep" movie, I mean it as you get farther into the movie) you come to find that the basis for why she doesn't know who the Hell the Aubry chick is, is just not probably possible. Why Lindsay Lohan #1 is this perfect girl that strives to become a writer (aka--the character that seemed to be a little bit too hard to play for the actress now). Lindsay Lohan #2 is supposedly the daughter of crack addicts and a stripper and is more believable because it wasn't a huge stretch from her real life.All is not lost in this movie, however. There are a few scenes that had some really strong moments. The one that truly struck out to me was the one with the mother (played by Julia Ormond who is the one lone spot of light in this dismal movie) and LL #2, basically most of all because LL didn't speak a lot during it. I felt for Julia Ormond as I saw her performing strongly next to LL who just failed.I give this 4 stars because of a plot that wasn't THAT bad, but the casting agent just couldn't find the actors that could pull it out. The acting is the main downfall to this movie, not the plot. True, the plot still has a good amount of holes in it, but it was terrible.
I Know Who Killed Me and Perfect Stranger have something in common.
posted on 19 Jul 2009They both sucked. I felt like the director was trying to get something across on both films but they failed miserably, like on Perfect Stranger for example, SPOILERS, Hallie Berry was killer. Both films have these set ups where it's like who did it and it's all very predictable. I'd skip this one if I were you. Just awful. Bottom line it wasn't completely the DUI that Lindsay got that tanked the film, it was various aspects: The acting, horrid; the day it was released, honestly July 27th? Me and most people went to the Simpsons Movie instead of seeing this. I mean if Lindsay wasn't in this and had someone like Megan Fox or Michelle Rodriguez : ) then hey, it might have faired better in the box office.
it was okay
posted on 15 Jul 2009i went and saw it last night. it was a little weird and had its comedy moments and of course cheesy moments but over all it wasn't that bad. Im a Lindsay Lohan fan and it was interesting to see her branch out and do something besides a Disney movie. She does pretty well at a suspense movie. The gore in it was a little much for me. (however i hate gore) The overall twist/plot was pretty good. I've seen MUCH worse. The ending could of been taken a bit further but, nothing you can do about that. This movie will probably get bad ratings from almost everybody but me and i guess its because i've learned to appreciate movies for what they are. So if you have the extra $8 to spend and know how to appreciate movies, go for it.
wow!
posted on 15 Jul 2009This ranks easily as the worst movie I have ever seen. I say movie only because it had credits at the end. I watch a lot of movies and this one easily ranks right there with Meet Joe Black and Simply Irresistible. Do not pay to see this movie and I actually wish I had been paid to watch it, because my time is worth more than this. I like the basic idea of the movie, but the presentation of it was just horrible. The plot was not easily followable nor interesting. The acting was not horrible, actually it was believable by some standards. I had thought that the caliber of actors would prove to make a great movie. However, I was sadly disappointed. I am just glad that I did not spend very much money other than renting the flic. I am also happy that I watched this movie as number two of the six I had rented for the weekend, so this makes any other movie I watch seem like an Oscar winning movie.
Horror Flick Fans Hate Surprises
posted on 12 Jul 2009This was an interesting story. It forced the viewer to think about identity, belonging, personality development and human connections at a depth horror flick flans are ill prepared for. Judging from the nasty reviews, they really hated all that thinking and feeling. People who go to the movie to think and feel don't go to horror flicks, so they missed something unexpectedly deep. I don't know much about Lindsey Lohan or pop culture in general. Apparently the starlet is someone a lot of people love to hate. What's that about? Grow up already. It's doubtful this young woman deserves your vitriol.
The not very clever twist is the only reason you'll keep watching this not very good film.
posted on 11 Jul 2009There have been a bunch of articles this week headlined "I Know Who Killed My Career" on how Lindsey Lohan's career problems are all her own doing. I guess its nice that Lohan can rest in knowing that the mess that is I know Who Killed Me isn't all her doing, after all film is a collaborative medium.A woman found on the road is believed to be some one who went missing, but gosh darn it no one believes that she's not who they think she is. The twist like much of this film just doesn't work or make any sense (I was going to reveal the twist but honestly its the only reason to see the film because knowing it going in makes seeing it pointless). I mean why cast a 45 year old with a whiskey barrel voice as a young...oh wait Lohan is only 21, sorry. Geeze she looks older than me, and older than her Mom. Anyway Lohan and her very lived in body aside this isn't a very good movie. I don't know what possessed me to see this but I did hoping for "The first great bad film of the year" which Newsday proclaimed it in its 0 star review. Unfortunately its not great, just bad.
2007: Year of La Lohan.
posted on 09 Jul 2009It never ceases to amaze me how far the presence of Lindsay Lohan elevates seemingly mediocre directors and writers. Georgia Rule, a fascinating and emotionally brutal film, was made by the director of Pretty Woman and Exit to Eden. Lohan does not have the same level of overwhelming charisma in this movie as she did in Georgia, but still the no-name director and writer have put together something just as unique and unexpected.I wonder if anyone will notice that this is basically the horror movie version of Georgia Rule? The plot is the same -- a girl, Lindsay of course, suffers an intense trauma, and to escape the pressures of her own mind she begins to lie so compulsively that it creates an alternate bad girl personality, beneath which the true, angelic little Linds lies buried. Real-life parallels may or may not be intended.One of the pleasures of any Lohan film is the pointed dialogue, which usually reflects ironically or tragically on the star's tabloid situation. I'm sure people will snicker when her alter ego Dakota says of her mother, "She was on crack and she was a loser!" But perhaps they will also feel a bit sad when her real mom, played by Julia Ormond, says "One day very soon I'll know you'll wake up, and forget all about this." Waking up is a big theme in the world of Lohan.I Know Who Killed Me is unlikely to do very well at the box office. People who are expecting torture porn based on the ad campaign will be surprised at what they get instead, which is just -- gotta say it -- really classy stuff. This is closer to Nicolas Roeg remaking the psychedelic anime Perfect Blue. You could even call it the teenybopper Inland Empire! It is a very slow, chilly, almost impressionist rendering of a fractured psyche. The emphasis is not on the villain, but on Lohan's tortuous attempts to regain her identity after being *SMALL SPOILER* literally cut in half.The dialogue is too plain and needed more energy -- the opposite of Georgia Rule, which was brilliantly written -- but director Chris Sivertson shows major talent, and it would be interesting to see what he could do outside the young-Hollywood ghetto. The fade-outs to red and blue, the split-screens, the cracked mirrors, the shots of inky blackness, the blue roses, add up to a twilight's-last-gleaming kind of atmosphere, where Dakota/Aubrey's subconscious imprints itself on the surface of the film stock. At one point he even throws these speckles on the screen, like streams of sparks off a firework, when Aubrey is in a perilous situation. Almost any shot from this film is worthy to be hung and framed on your wall. Believe it or not, it looks similar to, but even better than, David Fincher's Zodiac.Lohan, after hitting her career peak in Georgia Rule, is professional as always but maybe not as committed as she could have been. In some of the final scenes, when her character is in the most danger, she seems neither tough nor distraught -- just robotic. Lohan doesn't seem to want to reach as far down into her own agony as she could, but she tantalizes you with the possibility that she's barely using a fraction of her talent. As for the vaunted strip scenes, they aren't very sexy, even when Lohan is making the most explicit gestures. Lohan is so complex and exhausting that it's hard to see her as just a body, though the body is certainly there.IKWKM, like its star, is a little schizo, because the director has big ambitions that are occasionally crippled by trying to satisfy both the sophisticated adult film fans and the teen date-night crowd. But luckily, he pulls it all together for a final shot that is nothing less than perfection, the whole mystique of Lindsay Lohan captured for all time in one poignant, grotesque image.
Surprisingly Acceptable Genre Film
posted on 27 Aug 2009When this movie was released to the theaters, tabloids speculated about whether Miss Lohan's antics would boost ticket sales. Perhaps they did, but, if so, one only can imagine how poor they would have been otherwise. The critics, by overwhelming proportion, savaged the film mercilessly, and moviegoers took them at their word by staying away in vast numbers. (Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post was a rare mainstream exception.)
The reviews prompted me to make up my own mind. There were fewer than a dozen viewers in the theater audience with me for a 10 PM Friday show.
I have to go with The Washington Post on this one.
This is not the kind of film that most critics like to like. I Know Who Killed Me is a gruesome little horror flick that sticks to the standards of the genre. Some of the torture scenes are graphic. Had it been made by one of the independent studios which specialize in B horror and sleaze, and starred a lesser known actress, the movie would not have been reviewed at all by any mainstream publication. Yet, if you are not expecting some other kind of movie, it really isn't bad. There are the required elements of suspense, sordidness, and revenge. Lindsay Lohan rose to the occasion and gave a perfectly credible performance (within the possibilities of the script) in both her roles.
Miss Lohan's personal life may be untidy (hardly a rarity in her circles), but she actually is good at what she does. The opportunity to showcase her versatility may be why she chose this script. Perhaps one day she can show it again with a better one.