P2 (2007)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Franck Khalfoun

Writers:

Alexandre Aja (story) &
Grégory Levasseur (story) ...

Release Date:

9 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

A new level of fear.

Plot:

A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Christmas Eve | Car | Psychopath | Businesswoman

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
Arnold Pinnock	...	Cop #2
Franck Khalfoun	...	Newsman

Also Known As:

El nivel del pánico (Argentina) (DVD title) (Mexico) [es]
2ème sous-sol (France) [fr]
Meno 2 - Livello del terrore (Italy) (alternative spelling) [it]
P2 (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
P2 - Schreie im Parkhaus (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
P2 - Sem Saída (Brazil) [pt]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, terror and language.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A | Taiwan:R-18 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | UK:18 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | France:-16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-18 | Brazil:16 | Australia:R | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

P2 Productions

Trivia:

The film was shot in two months, exclusive at night, at a real working Toronto parking garage.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Angela's BMW had an outdated New York State license plate. The Red, White and Blue with Statue of Liberty graphic was phased out in 2000. All of the other cars in the film had the correct (and current) blue and white NY license plate which New York required all vehicles to change to by 2002. Because many of the cars shown in the film were 2005 or later models the film was set in at least 2005 so there is no way her car could have still been using that style of NY license plate.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Angela Bridges: Yes, sir, I redrafted the contracts to include the new stipulations.

It's OK -- nothing special

This movie takes a long time to get going, and I frequently found myself throwing the bullshit 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.

This is a good one to sneak into after you watch a movie that you paid to see.