Rated: PG-13
Director: Scott Speer
It's been a decade since an "apocalyptic event" killed off millions from the world's population - though "killed off" might not be a wholly accurate phrase, as ghost-like versions of many remained behind - remnants - repeating the same actions over and over every day before evaporating, as if waiting for permission to fully cross to the other side. Ask high school student Veronica (Bella Thorne), who goes downstairs every morning to still see her see-through father reading the paper, until he evaporates in a wisp of smoke, like vapor, at the same moment every morning. It's just another day for the goth-like teen ... until a young, handsome "rem" actually makes physical contact with Veronica - a phenomenon that's never happened before - and she has to team up with her school's social outcast (Richard Harmon), whose been tracking these spectral entities for his own purposes, to try and find out who is after her from beyond the grave. A decent script but wholly predictable story - right up until the supposed "surprise" ending that any fan of thrillers will see coming miles away - should have made this film worse than it actually is, but I Still See You held my attention throughout with a few edge-of-your-seat moments of suspense that (along with the somewhat original premise, and a finale that plays out on an icy lake at night) turned it into a genuine guilty pleasure for me. Thorne is good as the put-upon Veronica, Harmon even better as the misfit Kirk, with Dermot Mulroney effectively rounding out the headlining trio as a concerned teacher. 7/10 stars
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