P2 (DVD)

It's Christmas Eve and, as usual, Angela is the last to leave the office. Despite the fact that her family is waiting for her to join them for Christmas supper, she is unable to tear herself away until very late, when the security guard is patrolling the office floors. Escorted down to parking level P2, she bids the guard goodnight and makes her way, wearily, to her car to take the short trip to her waiting family. But what was supposed to be the end of a long day becomes the beginning of Angela's worst nightmare. Somebody is watching her every move and he has no intention of sharing her, this Christmas night..... As French director Aleandre Aja's ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on my film review website, ShaunMunro.co.uk! P2 is the latest entry into the canon of Christmas-time horror films, seemingly kick-started by 2006's hilariously bad Black Christmas. P2 is by no means a terrible film, but seems to be a case of director Franck Khalfoun attempting to instil a sense of complexity and worth into his project, when, for all means and purposes, it really isn't necessary, especially when it seems this awkward and confused. The film's premise harks back as far as horror films go - our protagonist, Angela (Rachel Nichols), is a happy-go-lucky, hard-working businesswoman, and as Khalfoun goes through the ...  Read the complete review

P2 is a film starring Wes Bentley (better known to me as Ricky in American Beauty) as Tom, a parking attendant and Rachel Nichols as a businesswoman in an office building somewhere in Toronto, the film takes place entirely in the parking lot, p2 being one of the 4 levels of the parking lot and the same level that Angela is captured by the parking attendant... The film is fully shot within the parking lot, bar the opening few minutes inside the office building, this I think give the film a certain edge and a very good sense of not being able to get away, all gates are shut, locked or chained, there is no exit for Angela who has been chained to the table and ...  Read the complete review

Rachel Nichols stars as Angela, a young workaholic businesswoman working late on Christmas Eve. Buried in her work, the building slowly becomes deserted until Angela notices the time and has to rush out to get to a family get together for Christmas. As fate would have it, Angela arrives at her car in the parking garage, but she turns the ignition and the car won't start. None of her associates are around to give her a lift, so the only option left is to call for a cab, and that's when a friendly security guard appears on the scene offering his services. Thomas (Wes Bentley) attempts to resolve her car problem without any luck, and so Angela leaves to call a cab. It's ...  Read the complete review