I rented P2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804516/) from a Redbox DVD vending machine last night and was pleasantly surprised.
I had read some reviews (http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/p2) for it and for the most part, critics generally panned it.
It was directed by the same guy who brought us "Haute Tension", a film that many of you here seemed to like. (I thought HT was just ok)
P2 is unique in that almost the entire movie takes place in an underground parking garage.
Basically, a young woman named Angela stays late at work on Christmas Eve and finds that leaving the parking garage isn't going to be as easy as she thought.
The parking garage has three levels...
P3, which is the lowest level.
P2, the second level.
And P1, the top level.
Level P2 is also where the security guardhouse is.
And inside that guardhouse is the security guard/parking attendant.
All would be good for Angela except for the fact that the guard is a friggin' psychopath!
Basically, he just wants to "be friends" with Angela.
That includes locking down the entire garage to prevent escape, drugging Angela, chaining her leg to a table, handcuffing her, siccing his dog Rocky on her, murdering her co-worker in front of her and generally terrorizing the s**t out of her throughout all three levels of the darkened parking garage.
Overall, I found it to be a decent flick. There were a few times in the film when it started to get kinda cheesy, but it all came together nicely in the end.
The movie has a claustrophobic feel to it and you begin to wonder if Angela will ever manage to escape the parking garage.
This one is definitely worth a rental and if you watch it, be sure to do so at night with all the lights off.
I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. :thumbup:
Watch the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlRsK5uOwNM
I want to see this one myself, while it was it theatres it along with AWAKE seemed to be one of the few horror/suspense trailers on TV that didn't remake or blatanly rip off something. :smile:
I put this one on my wish list a few days ago, sounds like it would have a nice atmosphere to it. And the fact that the word "cleavage" was used several times in the review I read didn't hurt either.
I have it but have yet to watch it.
Just FYI it wasn't directed by Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension) but was co-written by him.
Quote from: Skaboi on May 16, 2008, 04:14:55 PM
Just FYI it wasn't directed by Alexandre Aja (Haute Tension) but was co-written by him.
Oops! You're right.
I must've misread the credits on the IMDB page.
I bought and watched this film. Apart from one well done death scene, I felt completely unimpressed. I never felt tense during any scene, and this is the kind of film that I think should be pretty intense. I felt that a lot of the scenes were awkward for the characters, sure, but I also felt like there should have been more tension.
I saw this awhile renting it from Netflix and just thought it was ok. Nothing stuck out for me.
I watched this last week and it didn't seem as good the second time around.
Some movies are like that.
Seen it a while ago. I thought it was an OK film, but a far cry from anything Aja has directed himself. The villain was one of its weakest points, I though he sometimes crossed the line into camp, and so did the movie.
I Thought The Movie Was Pretty Good....I Have It On DVD
Can't wait to own this I saw this last year online and loved every second of it.The main character was very interesting as was the psychotic guy that had an obsession with her.It was also pretty graphic and nasty in certain parts and intense at times.This was one of those movies that kept you guessing never knowing what would happen from moment to the next well for me it did anyways lol.