Rachel Nichols, Simon Reynolds, Wes Bentley

A woman gets trapped inside a public parking garage.

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Franck Khalfoun

Release Date: November 9, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008

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  • June 21, 2009
    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 more)dy 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.
  • March 8, 2009
    P2 is an average psycho/stalker/slasher film which works on the level of suspense. It really is not a horror film, although it has a fair share of gore. The acting is standard and the film is cliche filled. Interesting enough to keep you around to find out the ending, although...( read more) you could probably predict it...
  • February 26, 2009
    ! this was HORRID! I watched maybe the 1st half hour to 45minutes (I think I got to the part where she was in the security office, when she wakes up) & I think even before that I had to fast forward through some of the movie. want to talk about Torture by boredom! this was worse...( read more) than a SUPER slow day at Torre! Besides the Saturdays I?ve bought movies to watch there on the DVD (cause I figure I wouldn?t watch them at home otherwise.. are ones that turned out decent but this movie!! The only time to watch this is well never! Not even on your death bed! Not on a plane, train or anything! Someone wants to torture you??? tell them to get this movie its enough to WANT to be put out of your misery! ITs too slow, the dialog is crap plus HELLO! can the script have been ripped out of MORE crime & horror novels/movies?? How about someone give me some money for an ORIGINAL story?? better yet.. How about the studio pay me for actually having had watched it! F
  • November 5, 2008
    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. He gave off a "pathetic, lonely, and ...( read more)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. Or watch it more than once.

    As negative as this review may sound, I do think that most movie critics were too hard on P2. It's not brilliant by any measure, but it's not nearly as awful as many other recent films in the genre.
  • September 30, 2008
    Creepy...
  • November 11, 2009
    great suspenseful story. a great gory scene. great, believable acting.
  • November 9, 2009
    make me scare with psycho.It really is not a horror film, although it has a fair share of gore.P2 is simple but also quite effective. It keeps the action very enclosed and mostly believable.
  • October 14, 2009
    Nothing terribly special about this movie, although the premise is pretty good.
  • October 14, 2009
    Ive heard so many bad reviews of this flick I really expected it to suck but it was WAY better then I expected it to be.A VERY good film.NOT your normal Christmas film
  • October 13, 2009
    Gets alittle too violent for me but good movie - well done - and good acting!!

Critic Reviews


November 30, 2007
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Has quite a bit going for it, which makes its eventual reliance on inane genre gimmicks that much more disappointing. full review

November 9, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim

Just in time for the holidays comes this vile exercise in yuletide terror. On the plus side Rachel Nichols gets to run around in a slip most of the time. full review

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

November 9, 2007
Colin Covert, The 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

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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Comments


  • perfectgentlemn
    July 20, 2008
    This one kinda sucked, a couple good Shockers, but it took 30 min's of my life & had to call it quits, LOL. Sorry... story wasn't original. ;-)
  • IRONMANBLAST
    February 24, 2008
    SO I JUST WATCHED P2 SOMETHING I THOUGHT ID NEVER DO
    THE SCENE WITH THE CAR WAS KEWL ON P4 BUT IT JUST LEFT ME WANTING MORE
    BLACKHEART FROM GHOST RIDER WAS A GOOD CHOICE FOR TOMS ROLE
    AND RACHEL SURE FREAKS OUT WHEN THINGS HAVE TAKEN TOLE
    WATCH IT ONCE THEN LEAVE IT BE IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND NOTHING TO DO
    EVEN THE TITLE DON'T DO IT FOR ME THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST CALLED IT P POO
  • gordo214
    December 13, 2007
    it was that great, but hell it did have some funny parts. and can be just like that guy at times.
  • rspekin
    December 8, 2007
    Heh, I like the to-the-point plot summary. I'm sure "she breathes and walks around" could be added to that.
  • lovecyn4ever
    November 13, 2007
    In the beginning made me think this was gonna be like the film Captivity but not as bad & with better performances.The story is predictable & no twist,not like i was expecting one but this film manages to keep my interest.Some black humor & few good scenes,specially two violent ones.Perhaps not the best thriller but still entertaining.

    Horror fans who enjoys gore will enjoy one brutal & violent scene that goes on the parking lot-Nice one!!!
  • whvzle
    November 10, 2007
    Being trapped at P2? They can make it a movie?...wow!
  • ImmortalDisciple
    November 7, 2007
    LOL. mtrumantigeru MUST have been kidding. Either way the comment is still funny.
  • MannBra
    September 20, 2007
    Im geussing P2 stands for the floor level she is on like Parking 2
  • mtrumantigeru
    September 19, 2007
    what the heck is "P2"? what happened to "P1"?!

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