Synopsis
A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.
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Cast
- Rachel NicholsAngela Bridges
- Wes BentleyThomas
- Simon ReynoldsBob Harper
- Philip AkinKarl
- Miranda EdwardsJody
- Paul Sun-Hyung LeeMan in Elevator
- Grace Lynn KungWoman in Elevator
- Philip WilliamsCop #1
- Arnold PinnockCop #2
- Bathsheba GarnettHomeless Woman
Recommendations
- 70
Village Voice
If it weren't for two excessively violent deaths, P2 could be termed a refreshingly old-fashioned thriller, one dependent on hairbreadth escapes and the pluck of its heroine. - 70
Washington Post
If in the end P2 contains few surprises, it's still a nice piece of polished escapism. - 63
ReelViews
P2 doesn't crash and burn, but its finale is more generic than what the effective first hour leads us to hope for. - 60
The New York Times
Swift and stealthy P2 is a canny exploitation of one of the urban woman’s greatest fears: the after-hours parking garage. Throw in a car that won’t start, a creepy security guard and a filmmaking team with perfect synchronicity, and the result is a minimalist nightmare. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The minor pleasures of P2 lie in the simple effectiveness of the sleekly unshowy direction and the clean, unadorned script, which pares away extraneous distractions like motivation and complicated back stories to get on with the mechanics of tension and the obligatory jumps and startles (which stand in for genuine scares). - 50
TV Guide Magazine
No two ways about it: The screenplay is derivative. But the location adds a little novelty to the standard-issue running and screaming. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Standard-issue slasher pic. - 25
Chicago Tribune
The lighting is appropriately dim, the music is reasonably clever, and they get in a few nice scares in the beginning. But as the movie wears on and Angela’s desperation grows, any glimmer of fun seeps away. And we’re left watching the same old grim game of cat and mouse.
