A new level of fear.
The story centers on a corporate climber who gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.
Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 98 minutes
Rating: 6.0/10 (8,593 votes)
Release Date: 9 November 2007
Country: USA
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Company: P2 Productions
Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS
MPAA: Rated R for strong violence/gore, terror and language.
Director(s): Franck Khalfoun
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Producer(s):
Alexandre Aja - producer
Greg Copeland - co-producer
Erik Feig - producer
David Garrett - executive producer
Bob Hayward - executive producer
Daniel J. Heffner - co-producer (as Daniel Jason Heffner)
Grégory Levasseur - producer (as Gregory Levasseur)
Andrew Matosich - associate producer
Jean Song - co-producer
Alix Taylor - executive producer
Mimi Tseng - associate producer
Patrick Wachsberger - producer
Writer(s):
Alexandre Aja - (story) &
Grégory Levasseur - (story) (as Gregory Levasseur)
Franck Khalfoun - (screenplay) &
Alexandre Aja - (screenplay) &
Grégory Levasseur - (screenplay) (as Gregory Levasseur)
Cast:
Wes Bentley - Thomas
Rachel Nichols - Angela
Simon Reynolds - Jim Harper
Philip Akin - Karl
Stephanie Moore - Lorraine (voice)
Miranda Edwards - Jody
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee - Man in Elevator
Grace Lynn Kung - Woman in Elevator
Bathsheba Garnett - Homeless Woman
Philip Williams - Cop #1
Music: tomandandy
Alexandre Aja - producer
Greg Copeland - co-producer
Erik Feig - producer
David Garrett - executive producer
Bob Hayward - executive producer
Daniel J. Heffner - co-producer (as Daniel Jason Heffner)
Grégory Levasseur - producer (as Gregory Levasseur)
Andrew Matosich - associate producer
Jean Song - co-producer
Alix Taylor - executive producer
Mimi Tseng - associate producer
Patrick Wachsberger - producer
Writer(s):
Alexandre Aja - (story) &
Grégory Levasseur - (story) (as Gregory Levasseur)
Franck Khalfoun - (screenplay) &
Alexandre Aja - (screenplay) &
Grégory Levasseur - (screenplay) (as Gregory Levasseur)
Cast:
Wes Bentley - Thomas
Rachel Nichols - Angela
Simon Reynolds - Jim Harper
Philip Akin - Karl
Stephanie Moore - Lorraine (voice)
Miranda Edwards - Jody
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee - Man in Elevator
Grace Lynn Kung - Woman in Elevator
Bathsheba Garnett - Homeless Woman
Philip Williams - Cop #1
Music: tomandandy
Posted on: November 1, 2007
November 14th, 2008
While not completely unwatchable this was nothing special. With sub-paracting performances with a film filled with pretty boy types andglamour girls in unrealistic situations in life , this film did notimpress. I have seen many movies of one on one … girl vs psychopath.Usually ,its the same old clichés … ala this is another one with thesame clichés. There was no new ground here . Nothing original. Even thetitle was uncreative. Oh I get it , this was the section of the parkinglot. Just a very blase, dull movie. This reminded me of a writer thathas one script and changes the situations of the script but alas itsthe same old script. The writer should be ashamed . I do not mind asprinkle of a cliché or 2 in these type of movies but not the wholedamn movie.Substance is absent. OK you have been warned. There is somegore to tide you over for the thrill park ride in you but not muchelse.
December 27th, 2008
So one has witnessed numerous different forms of sociopathic thrillersover the years and this one is no different except that it takes placein a parking lot. I must say that it started off well and the acting bythe lead actress Rachel Nichols is pretty good. Also I liked how theparking lot was filmed, spacious, suffocating and claustrophobic. But'P2' really has nothing new to offer and the reason why I sat throughthe whole movie is because I thought Nichols was cute and eventuallystarted to care for her character…even it doesn't take an expert topredict how the film would end, I wanted to know how this young ladystruggles to win the battle. It's got all the usual clichés (obviously,since it's following the same formula) and some silly jumps but it'sfunny that I am watching it about two days after Christmas. Well,whatever, I suppose only those into typical predictable sociopathicthrillers will like this one.
January 4th, 2009
There is absolutely nothing new in P2. Nothing. Even the violence isyour typical "rip-off-a-fingernail-in-agony" and"closeup-of-an-eye-bludgeoning" that we've all seen a hundred times inthe last few years. Even the girl running around in a nightgown (HA!)for 90 minutes with her boobs hanging out is not enough to distract mefrom the myriad of problems this movie has.
Where did it go wrong? Well if I start from the beginning… Let mesee. Oh, right… Maybe it was the show-the-end-at-the-beginning trickthat is usually a clear sign a movie has nothing new to offeraudiences. Then, there is the antagonist. A whiner from minute one andrelentless in his terrible acting. The protagonist was fine, I guess. Idon't know, it all was just so DONE before. Everything. (Well, therewas one good scene with a dog. And, there was one line that I thoughtwas priceless, but of course, they had to ruin that shining moment byREPEATING the line 30 minutes later.)
Dull. Dull. Dull.
January 15th, 2009
Just absolutely awful. It has been done a million times before, and itis just getting so old. Like nearly all Hollywood films. The story'sthey keep throwing out for the public to eat up. It is so standardized,just the same film over and over just different actors. I recentlystarted watching world cinema and boycotting Hollywood. I went to renta DVD and picked up this out of the plethora of rubbish, for exampledisaster movie, the hulk, hellboy and all the other mountains of crap.What a mistake. I am writing this as this rubbish film finishes. Ireally can not be bothered to say much about what is wrong with it justthat it has been done a billion times. Like all these money makingprojects that Hollywood dish out to the gormless masses. Never taking arisk because it might not make a profit. I will be sticking to worldcinema from now on. If you want some entertainment I suggest you do thesame. Or at the least avoid this trash
March 14th, 2009
P2 is certainly a step of from most thrillers these days. Wes Bentleyis perhaps the best part of the film, giving a frightening, buttouching performance as the love-sick psycho-killer. Rachel Nichols isfine as well, while I wouldn't say she was exceptional, she's milesabove your typical pretty bimbo. As with most thrillers, the filmsuffers from many implausible events as well as a bit of a lack fororiginality. Much of the film takes place in very dark (often pitchblack) settings which sometimes gets a bit frustrating, but there islots of suspense to keep you going. It's not something I'd watch again,but I would recommend it to thriller fans.
March 20th, 2009
Workaholic Angela (Rachel Nichols) leaves her office late on ChristmasEve with the intention of spending the holidays with her family.However, psycho security guard Thomas (Wes Bentley) has other ideas: hewants the pretty woman to spend the festive season with him and will doanything to get his way.
In my humble opinion, an underground car park—particularly an almostdeserted one late at night—is the perfect setting for a scary movie:full of hard, unforgiving, concrete surfaces (perfect for inflictingpain), dark menacing shadows, and eerie echoes, this unique environmentoffers horror film-makers maximum scope for scaring the bejeezuz out ofan audience (I still shiver thinking about the car park scene in ZachSnyder's Dawn of the Dead).
Certainly, P2—to my knowledge, the first film to be set entirely withinsuch surroundings—benefits immensely from its creepy locale's ominousambiance: with little more than a routine 'woman in peril' scenario fora plot, director Franck Khalfoun relies heavily on his cavernous,subterranean environment to provide atmosphere and scares. Narrowcorridors of light surrounded by blackness; flickering neon bulbs; evervigilant surveillance cameras; claustrophobic elevators anduncomfortable crawlspaces: every aspect of the car park setting iscleverly used to breathe new life into tired material.
Spirited performances from the film's two leads also help to gloss overthe film's numerous plot holes and clichés: Bentley is required toover-act as though his life depends on it, and obliges with animpressive, no-holds-barred display of nuttiness (in one hilariousscene, he even gets to pretend he's Elvis!). Nichols also handles herrole well, scoring maximum points for her screaming, running, andability to look unfeasibly hot in a flimsy dress (worn for no otherreason than to permit viewers a chance to ogle her impressivecleavage).
Occasionally, the material does get a little TOO predictable for itsown good: a couple of moments that attempt to deliver the 'surprisefactor' fail spectacularly, and the result of the climactic showdownbetween Angela and Thomas is telegraphed way too early (close-ups ofleaking petrol and a sparking Taser can mean only one thing…).However, with one particularly violent set piece guaranteed to shockall but the most desensitized of gore-hounds, and the constantdistraction of Rachel Nichols' magnificent heaving chest, I find itfairly easy to be forgiving about the film's weaker moments, hence mypossibly-too-generous rating of 7 out of 10.