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It's a praiseworthy movie with intense scenes of apprehension and anxiety. The lead actress delivered a great performance and the whole spectrum of emotions. In addition, Wes Bentley brilliantly portrayed an insane and lonely lunatic who tortured and tormented the main character. I was hooked from the very beginning. Firstly, it seemed like a typical passable thriller, but then, it appeared to be very well-made and noble work. Highly recommended for those who are thirsty for a dynamic heart-pounding film.

A businesswoman (Rachel Nichols) is pursued by a psychopath (Wes Bentley) after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.

The film was directed by Franck Khalfoun, written and produced by Khalfoun, Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur. The trio previously worked on "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006). Aja has said, "With a strong plot in the vein of High Tension, P2 gives us a chance to further explore the survival aspect of the terror movie." This really is a tense, suspenseful film.

The film is almost disgustingly gory, especially with the office chair death. Horror fans will eat it up, even if it makes them squirm in their seats.

Although reviews were mixed or negative, one man surprisingly came to its defense. Roger Ebert liked the film, giving it 3 out of 4 stars, and stated in his review that "although the plot may seem like a formulaic slasher film, P2 is in fact a very well made, atmospheric thriller with gritty yet realistic characters." Ebert is spot on, and coming from someone who is not generally kind to horror films, this praise is well-received.

I looked this movie quite a bit. I've always seemed to enjoy this weird little movies with 2-3 people trapped in something. This one was very good. A bit of gore, a bit of violence, a bit of suspence, and a great rack on the lead actress. Would definitely recommend that you watch it off your a horror fan.

No point where you shout, just run, just look back - -just this just that - this was a satisfying non ghost horror thriller and I really liked the villain... Wes Bently, never knew him before this movie or just never remembered but I will definitely remember now

I admit, I'm usually rough on many horror movies that come out nowadays, because...well...they suck. "P2," on the other hand, has many exciting moments and I was engaged the whole way through. The acting is solid. The actress who plays the lead does a great job at conveying real terror. I also like that she wasn't the typical big-breasted female lead who seems ripped from the pages of Maxim magazine. She is attractive, yes, but not your traditional Hollywood beauty, who's cast simply so she can have a scene where she's taking a shower and has to flee from the villain naked, with her gargantuan boobs bouncing in close-up. I loved Wes Bentley in "American Beauty," and was quite disappointed to find out that he fell off the radar after delivering that great performance as Ricky Fits. He would only pop up occasionally in braindead slasher flicks like "Soul Survivors." In "P2" he was given a chance to redeem himself, and that he did. He is a perfectly creepy villain, especially with those dark, piercing eyes. The movie is not without flaws. It has some of the expected fake scare moments and, without giving anything away, let's just say that I'm SURE it would take less than 20 minutes for the cops to show up after you make a 9-1-1 call. The filmmakers do a great job at setting up a creepy tone, starting off the film by playing "Santa Baby" over the opening credit sequence. That's ten times creepier than, say, playing a standard horror movie score. If you're sick and tired of many of the braindead teen slasher flicks that have been hitting theaters lately, this should come as a refreshing surprise. I think this film is sadly underrated.

This movie takes a long time to get going, and I frequently found myself throwing in the flag. There are a lot of events which happen that just don't make sense and don't ring true. Initially Wes Bentley irritated me, but eventually I got to like him and his character. He's pretty good at playing a dissociative psychopath. Once the story got going it was easy to forgive the obvious mistakes and just have fun with it. The setting, a parking garage, is very cold and unforgiving. It's all concrete. That aesthetic helps set a tone that Thomas is going to be unforgiving. closed, and cold with people he doesn't like. Angela (Rachel Nichols) doesn't suffer from stupid chick syndrome. She makes a few smart moves, and that makes it easy to root for her and empathize with her. You want her to kick butt, but Thomas is a pretty strong opponent.

P2. Let's pray there is never a P3 or even a P1-The Prequel.

Ambitious, overworked young woman becomes the obsession of a crazed security guard who manages to orchestrate holding her hostage in the parking garage of the building she works... on Christmas Eve, no less.

The whole cat and mouse-mouse gets bloody-mouse turns tables on cat premise has been played and overplayed, and now it is just plain being abused. The stalking scenes are boring. The psycho (Wes Bentley) is an obnoxious twit, rarely scary, always annoying. Rachel Nichols does a fair job here as the victim, but ironically falls "victim" to Hollywood's whoring her out in a white slip boasting her cleavage to maintain the attention of feeble minds and teen mallrats.

Miss this and I assure you, you won't miss a thing.

DUDE!!!! I thought this movie was gonna suck but stuck at home trying to avoid COVID I was looking for some mindless horror films to watch and stumbled upon this one. I instantly recognized the weirdo from American Beauty and he's 10x more messed up in this one. I don't hold my breath much in thriller / horror films but I have to admit I did a few times in this one and it was actually very well acted and at times terrifying. There's a few scenes you will never forget and it's not one of those horror movies where you're saying omg are you kidding me... the girl being terrorized is actually very intelligent, she doesn't do any of the cliche horror film idiot chick moves, she's a survivalist sealing with a deranged obsessed maniac. It's gripping at times and keeps you guessing and pining for more excitement. Very gory and suspenseful and this could happen to anyone. It's a hidden gem for those of us who like these heinous films. My girlfriend left the room cause she couldn't take it. LOL. Merry Xmas!!!

A business woman has to work late on Christmas Eve, when she finally finishes and heads down to the parking garage, her car won't start. She asks the parking attendant to help her, but what she doesn't realize is that he is a deranged psychopath who has been watching her and wanting to be with her for quite some time now.

I had pretty low expectations for this film, after all it is set in a parking garage. Yet P2 surprised me, not only was it suspenseful, it had great performances and a pretty surprising amount of violence. With a lot of horror/thrillers these days they seem to skim out on the bloody violence, but P2 uses it very well here. It's not overly done, only used sparingly. When it is used, it's gruesome, which adds to the ick factor. P2 gets a thumbs up from me because of that.

Wes Bently plays the parking attendant and he plays crazy very well. His calm demeanour is even more sinister than what a loud lunatic would be. He wants to be Rachel Nichols' friend desperately, he is madly in love with her. In his sick and twisted way, they need/have to be together. He is there to help her realize this and is willing to kill those who either get in the way or mistreat her. This takes us into our first death and one of the most gruesome parts of the film. For those that are squeamish, they should look away because one characters gets beaten repeatedly and then some. I find myself liking Bently more and more with every film I see him in, with the exception of Ghost Rider...ew.

Rachel Nichols is the female lead, she is suppose to be the clichéd blonde bimbo in distress. P2 switches the tables around, no longer are we stuck with a stupid character who falls over when they are running away from the killer. We are given a smart and determined business woman, who is constantly showing off her cleavage. Yes, this movie for some reason has put our heroine in a white dress that was most likely done to please the male audience.

P2 isn't for everyone, I'm sure there are dozens of things wrong with it. Such as why doesn't she simply pull the fire alarm, just for starters. But the film did what it was suppose to do. Put a female in danger, have a strange and sadistic murderer follow her and the film becomes a cat and mouse game. In the endless list of films that do this, P2 is surprisingly well done. It's definitely underrated as many people seemed to have overlooked it. I wouldn't suggest you rush out and rent this today, but if you were ever interested even a little bit, check it out. That is, if you've ever heard of it.

Woman working late on Christmas eve is trapped by a psycho security guard in her office parking garage. Better than this has any right to be, this is actually a good little thriller. Psycho stalker films are not my cup of tea, but this one is actually pretty good thanks to a sense of humor, sense of horror, and a sense of place. if you've ever been in a garage you'll feel right at home at being uneasy. The director was an actor in the French horror film High Tension a film that I thought fell apart in the end, Here he's taken what worked in the earlier film and manages to make it work all the way to the end. If I have any real complaint is that the film is probably much longer than it should be, still if you like this sort of thing you're sure to be pleased.

I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie. I first watched it a couple years ago on my computer in the dark with headphones. Great sound! I found the movie to be very thrilling indeed. Also found Wes B. to be a fine actor. The guy was funny! He was the kind of crazy nut that you know you shouldn't laugh at but you just can't help it. Loved the whole Christmas theme and the parking garage of an office building theme. I'm a big fan of 1940's film noir and I don't know why but this movie felt very norish to me. What can I say, I just loved it! It had a very creepy dark vibe. I watched it again a couple weeks ago after my mother saw it for the first time. She really enjoyed it, couldn't stop talking about it.

I will never give a movie a 0-1 because I know how much goes into making a movie and to make it this far its not a 0-1. This movie was terrible, the script had to be written by a 7 year old, and the acting was horrible. There were parts of the movie when I didn't know if I should laugh or be scared, if there was any suspense to this movie at all. The lead character, (the security guy) was a terrible terrible actor and played his role out like a whiny girl at times in this movie.

I found myself looking around not sure what people around me were doing in the "empty" movie. So I figured I'd give it a shot and a comment here gave it a 10 out of 10. By no means was this a 10 out of 10 because at some parts I felt like I was watching a horror movie spoof where they make fun of other horror movies. I am not a harsh critic and don't point my finger and say "that sucks!!". Never in my life have I thought about getting up and leaving a movie, for the fact that I felt like I was going no where and it was an utter waste of time and money.

There are very good thrillers out there, ones that keep you on the edge of your seat, ones that keep you guessing, and ones that just mystify you:

This one kept me on the edge of my seat because I didn't know if I should walk out or not.

I am someone who does get scared and I am not afraid to say I was scared, but I jumped at one point in this movie, and thats it. A thriller should be jumpy and have you guessing whats going on, a thriller should have you not expect whats going to happen next, and P2 seriously did none of those for me. The only things that weren't predictable was what that security guard was going to say or do next because I swear everything was horrible improv.

I never leave comments and I rarely go out of my way to do this stuff, but please do not watch this movie, save it for BEE movie or something that you will actually laugh a couple times. I was sickened at how bad this movie was and sickened that other people like it, I would love to see this movie in the 3's because thats what it deserves. IF for some reason you don't follow this guide, which is totally understandable, I hope you come back and read this again and say, wow he was right.

I gave this a 2 stars out of 10, not out of hate or harshness to anything, but I gave it a 2 only because they had to put a lot of time into making the movie....THAT IS ALL!!!

Workaholic Angela (Rachel Nichols) leaves her office late on Christmas Eve with the intention of spending the holidays with her family. However, psycho security guard Thomas (Wes Bentley) has other ideas: he wants the pretty woman to spend the festive season with him and will do anything to get his way.

In my humble opinion, an underground car park—particularly an almost deserted one late at night—is the perfect setting for a scary movie: full of hard, unforgiving, concrete surfaces (perfect for inflicting pain), dark menacing shadows, and eerie echoes, this unique environment offers horror film-makers maximum scope for scaring the bejeezuz out of an audience (I still shiver thinking about the car park scene in Zach Snyder's Dawn of the Dead).

Certainly, P2—to my knowledge, the first film to be set entirely within such surroundings—benefits immensely from its creepy locale's ominous ambiance: with little more than a routine 'woman in peril' scenario for a plot, director Franck Khalfoun relies heavily on his cavernous, subterranean environment to provide atmosphere and scares. Narrow corridors of light surrounded by blackness; flickering neon bulbs; ever vigilant surveillance cameras; claustrophobic elevators and uncomfortable crawlspaces: every aspect of the car park setting is cleverly used to breathe new life into tired material.

Spirited performances from the film's two leads also help to gloss over the film's numerous plot holes and clichés: Bentley is required to over-act as though his life depends on it, and obliges with an impressive, no-holds-barred display of nuttiness (in one hilarious scene, he even gets to pretend he's Elvis!). Nichols also handles her role well, scoring maximum points for her screaming, running, and ability to look unfeasibly hot in a flimsy dress (worn for no other reason than to permit viewers a chance to ogle her impressive cleavage).

Occasionally, the material does get a little TOO predictable for its own good: a couple of moments that attempt to deliver the 'surprise factor' fail spectacularly, and the result of the climactic showdown between Angela and Thomas is telegraphed way too early (close-ups of leaking petrol and a sparking Taser can mean only one thing...). However, with one particularly violent set piece guaranteed to shock all but the most desensitized of gore-hounds, and the constant distraction of Rachel Nichols' magnificent heaving chest, I find it fairly easy to be forgiving about the film's weaker moments, hence my possibly-too-generous rating of 7 out of 10.

I don't really know where to begin. I think for me what was the killer mainly was the casting. I am a huge fan of the genre so (not really much that can shock me) i expect the female character to escape 95% of the time but it was so easy i was left yelling at the screen.

Just bad acting across the board not to mention they crashed my Pontiac Sunfire (that did hold weight on the rating lol). But seriously i cannot find anything good to say about this movie. If you really wanna see it make it a rental.

I am glad that i did. If you want a good shocker or two. Go for "Catacombs", go for "Storm Warning" or "Murder set pieces". This one is comical at best and an insult to the genre.

Movies like this are hit and miss, from a filmmakers standpoint it may seem easy with few actors confined to a certain location, but in reality I think a thriller in confined space is super hard to pull off well, you need a really good lead, good directing and editing and a decent script, you can not cash in on cool locations (I'm looking at you James bond franchise) - after being sceptical about this film from it's rating I was surprised to find a good thriller with a great lead, decent editing and cinematography, gore wise it's a little more than an average thriller but certainly not more than you expect these days, recommended. PS. I've read some of Christopher Berry-Dee's books about narcissistic psychopaths and our well meaning but completely bonkers asocial narcissistic psychopath bad guy is quite well depicted in my opinion, just a bonus if you care, but clearly, the people behind this movie gave a sh about realism in that respect.

This movie really kicked my butt, with one of the creepiest villains I've seen in a long time,, You may think a movie taking place almost completely in an underground parking garage would be limited, well it's not. The actors did a fantastic job of creating a seriously anxiety producing atmosphere that keeps you both engaged and entertained. If you enjoy seriously tense and creepy confrontational battles between a villain and his would-be victim who refuses to go down quietly then you cannot go wrong with adding this gem to your collection.

I was looking for a movie on tubi and I found this and I haven never head of this movie and when I watch it it was pretty good then the second time I watch it I thought it was good then the first time i watch it if you are looking for a scary movie to watch if you are just bored you should give this one a try.

i'm sorry all who like to think they can give this film a chance, but it is one of the most wasteful 98 minutes of my life.

i mean i like b-movie zombie films and everything in between but this film just has no sense of purpose or reality. everyone involved must accept that at any point in this film it could easily be concluded by the fact that the main bad guy is incredibly dumb.

everyone has seen some stupid heroine's before but this 'angela' has got to be the worst. she not only foils multitudes of her own plans but she simply leads the bad guy to her every position and then sits there waddling like a duck.

please please please do not give these guys money

First thing for me when leaving a review on this title was that there is no plot nor story at all , its just as advertised, girl leaves work gets stuck on car park and all hell breaks loose. nothing more nothing less. lots of good jumpy bits, good enough acting, effects are good as can be expected.

its basic and yet a god watch