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Wes Bentley, Rachel Nichols

A corporate workaholic finds that her decision to work late on Christmas Eve has potentially deadly consequences in this thriller starring Wes Bentley and Rachel Nichols. It's that time of the year, a... read more read more...nd as the snow falls outside and families gather around the dinner table, Angela vows to close one last deal before the holiday. Now late for her family gathering, Angela rushes down to the garage in hopes of racing home and catching dinner before it gets cold. When her car refuses to start, her phone fails to get a signal, and everyone else has already left, it begins to appear as if Angela's luck may have finally run out. Thankfully, a friendly security guard appears and offers to lend a helping hand. During the course of discussion, the security guard flirtatiously invites Angela to share the Christmas dinner he has prepared in the parking office -- an offer that the high-powered corporate climber laughingly dismisses. The next thing Angela knows, she wakes up tied to a chair in the cold security office located on level P2. It appears as if the security guard's invitation wasn't optional, and that Christmas dinner was the last thing on his mind. Upon realizing just how serious her situation truly is, Angela struggles to escape her subterranean prison and make it out so that she might live to see another Christmas morning. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Franck Khalfoun

Release Date: November 9, 2007

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  • kenstachnik
    December 6, 2010
    kenstachnik
    The suspense and execution of this cat and mouse thriller is pretty solid, however the most remarkable thing about this piece are Mrs. Rachel Nichols assets (and I don't mean her acting chops)
  • lewiskendell
    July 25, 2010
    lewiskendell
    "Wait! Why? Why can't we be friends?"

    First of all, this is definitely not a horror film. It barely qualifies as a thriller. I could tell early on that cleavage was going to be the main reason that I finished watching P2. The villain was definitely crazy, but not dangerous crazy... read more. He gave off a "pathetic, lonely, and probably picked on a lot when he was little" vibe. His dog was much scarier than he was. I have to say that Rachel Nichols' character wasn't quite as stupid as one would expect in this kind of movie, she even actually did appear to be making an effort to save her own life on several occasions.

    Of course, there are contrived situations that are there solely to provide "suspense" and allow the story to continue (the cab driver leaving; the phone not working inside the parking garage, but it works a few inches past the gate; Rachel stabbing the villain in the shoulder instead of somewhere more damaging, like maybe the NECK). I'd like to think that if I was in her situation, I would have been able to calm myself enough to figure out that simply triggering a fire alarm would probably be a good way to get some help. Rachel Nichols in that dress makes it easier to ignore the plot holes and keep watching, but I don't think anyone would want to spend more than a few dollars for it.

    As negative as this review may sound, I do think that most movie critics were too hard on P2. I can't really pinpoint exactly why I liked it so much (beyond the aformentioned dress and its effect on Nichols' figure). Maybe it was because Nichols makes her heroine so easy to root for, because Bentley makes his character so creepy pathetic and easy to hate, or because of the novelty of the setting. Or maybe it's simply because the undeniable ridiculousness of it all somehow works in P2's favor.
  • 3niR
    May 6, 2010
    3niR
    The most horrible scene was when that parking attendant Tom drive his car and crashed that man on the wall. It seemed so real and gross. Didn't like the movie though. It's boring.
  • kiriyamakazou
    June 21, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    P2 is simple but also quite effective. It keeps the action very enclosed and mostly believable. Sure there are your usual moments of generic horror bad luck, such as no phone signal or dropping a phone out of reach, but it uses them sparingly. The chills will be familiar to anybo... read moredy that has ever walked through an underground car park alone. The gore is very minimal, only one scene truly shocks and disgusts, but it is done so well and with utter hopelessness, making it a painful (in a good way) watch. A good psychological/stalking film.
  • dreamfaeries
    September 30, 2008
    dreamfaeries
    Creepy...
  • Stinger839
    September 10, 2008
    Stinger839
    What makes a story like this work is mostly in the acting, and we get all of that. Visuals are thoughtful, as is expected of an Aja/Levasseur production. A great killer thriller, especially for such a small cast. Wes Bentley of American Beauty's "Ricky" fame does a fantastic kill... read moreer, and Rachel Nichols is an even better screamstress. The only doubtable scene is the elevator scene, and everything else feels possible and easily mirrored in real life.
  • deano
    July 13, 2008
    deano
    An underground parking garage becomes a focus for terror in this tense and gruesome horror thriller is a fine simple but effective exercise.
  • MovieGeek13
    July 1, 2008
    MovieGeek13
    Another crappy torture porn flick trying to disguise itself as a metaphor for female empowerment.
  • thefog1331
    April 19, 2008
    thefog1331
    In a game of cat and mouse it's kinda important that the cat and mouse are actually believable.
    Rachel Nichols seems to hold her own but it's Bentley that the film collapses under.
    Not that he's a bad actor but he's just not intimidating or even menacing.
    He's more fit for a P... read moreG-13 or family movie villian. Someone who doesn't kill people, just threatens to do it.
  • Beefy
    April 9, 2008
    Beefy
    To be fair, the idea wasn't so great to begin with, and the direction void of suspense. Still, why do people keep thinking Wes Bentley should play a heavy? Double plus ungood, Mr. Aja.

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Critic Reviews

Geoff Pevere
November 9, 2007
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

P2 feels like a vehicle lost in an after-hours parking facility, constantly backing up, shifting gears and generally speeding around in circles in a vain attempt to get somewhere. Full Review

Walter V. Addiego
November 9, 2007
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

There's some ghoulish humor in P2, and a couple of scares, but it's little more than the umpteenth variation of the woman-locked-in-a-house plot. Full Review

Roger Moore
November 9, 2007
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

[A] miscast, misdirected botch of a can't-miss plot. Full Review

Kyle Smith
November 9, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post

This is one of those thrillers where the person on-screen is often the only person in the theater who can't guess what'll happen next. Full Review

Colin Covert
November 9, 2007
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

A slickly efficient neo-grindhouse shocker, a gory palate cleanser for this season of high-toned Oscar magnets and high-minded political dramas. Full Review

John Monaghan
November 9, 2007
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

Even by the low standards of the horror subgenre playfully nicknamed "torture porn," P2 is scraping the bottom of the movie barrel. Full Review

Wesley Morris
November 9, 2007
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Amid the dumbness and disgust for paying customers, the movie does manage to cough up something I didn't expect: a performance so terrible you can't quite believe it's happening: Bentley's. Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
November 9, 2007
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Swift and stealthy P2 is a canny exploitation of one of the urban woman's greatest fears: the after-hours parking garage.

Jason McBride
November 9, 2007
Jason McBride, Globe and Mail

The majority of [director Khalfoun's] chase and fight scenes are so artlessly staged that they render suspense moot. Full Review

Roger Ebert
November 9, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It sounds like a formula slasher film, but it's actually done well. Full Review

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  • When Angela (Rachel Nichols) is running from, Rocky, she breaks the window of a BMW in order to get in. However, you can see her opening the door without even unlocking it.
  • The film's location was an actual parking garage in Toronto.
  • 14 white dresses, used by Rachel Nichols (Angela), each in a different state of of dirtiness and decay, were used in the film.
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