by Kevin Powers

Created on: August 26, 2007

I've never seen a film with star Lindsay Lohan so her current predicament in the tabloids of American in no way deterred me from going to see her new film I Know Who Killed Me. In fact, I was even more intrigued to see the film.

Lohan is Aubrey Fleming, a carefree high school student who would rather become a writer than a famous pianist. She lives her life through her short stories especially one about a Dakota Moss, a character far removed from herself and the opposite of her own personality. It isn't long before she finds herself abducted and a victim of the local serial killer who has a tendency of chopping off his victim's hands and feet, but unlike the killer's previous victims she manages to somehow escape.

Missing a few limbs and suffering from trauma her family and friends believe she is suffering from serious post-traumatic stress syndrome when she awakens believing she is Dakota Moss, her alter ego in her story. As the police and everyone close to her tries to figure out what she knows about the killer and where she was kept, Aubrey (who now only goes by Dakota) must discover the truth about herself and her past before the killer realizes that she is still alive and comes after her again.

What follows is a tour de force from Lohan in what has to be her most mature role yet especially following after such kid friendly films as The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, and Georgia Rules (none of which I've bothered to see yet). It also helps that Lohan also has a capable supporting cast from Neal McDonough and Julia Ormond as her parents trying to deal with the tragedy of what happened to their daughter both physically and psychologically.

Director Chris Sivertson and screenwriter Jeff Hammond should also be committed for crafting a taunt thriller both in terms of story and originality and visually as the film's color palette of blue and red takes on new meaning. The film is very much a well-crafted mystery in which you never know what new details will be uncovered with each turn of the coin and for that I am grateful. Very few films this summer have bothered to tap into the mystery genre which is a shame considering that when they do they're overshadowed by the tabloid-Hollywood machine such as this one has been.

This is definitely a film that will find its audience when it hits video and DVD release.

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