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BeastatBay

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Typical of the genre.Just some girl getting chased around by some psycho.The guy who directed this directed High tension which i liked.Though he also directed the hills have eyes which i didnt like.That movie and p2 both share in common that...
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Typical of the genre.Just some girl getting chased around by some psycho.The guy who directed this directed High tension which i liked.Though he also directed the hills have eyes which i didnt like.That movie and p2 both share in common that instead of some good gore moments theses films dont have much to offer.

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Posted jun 18, 2008 5:06 pm pt

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I honestly had no idea that I would enjoy P2 as much as I really did. I was starting to get sick of these horror movies being released which are just the same old trash over and over again. Alexandre Aja has kind of grown when it comes to the...
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I honestly had no idea that I would enjoy P2 as much as I really did. I was starting to get sick of these horror movies being released which are just the same old trash over and over again. Alexandre Aja has kind of grown when it comes to the horror genre of things. His first major studio film, High Tension, is truly a spectacular movie. It really pushed the limits of horror movies and had a plot in which is nothing original, but he certainly had elements of the movie which made it a lot better. Coming to France to the US he moved on to do the remake for The Hills Have Eyes, which is in my favorites for best horror movie. But instead of directing this time, hes producing. Franck Khalfoun takes over the directing spot this time and does an amazing job. The cinematography of the movie is amazing. Instead of getting constant gore covered death scenes, we get more calm and subtle scenes in the beginning of the movie. So when something finally does happen, its short and sweet. This introduces us to one of the greatest scenes in the movie. Where Tom sits Angela down in his office for dinner, but shes chained to the chair. He sits there and interrogates her about her family and love life. After this 10 minute long sequence, the real movie begins. After this, we get a little gore, some chasing and scares, a little more gore, some chasing then scares and a little more gore...ending. Make no mistake, this is an Aja film. Alexandre Aja is known for making some really brutal and twisted movies, as both High Tension and Hills Have Eyes were high on the gore meter. While P2 approaches it more slowly then the others did, the gore looks great and it is set up so perfectly. While there are only 2 main gore scenes, both were done fantastically. I am pretty sure the make up was done by KnB because they have become very large in the film buisness lately. There were a few things which annoyed me about the movie though. Since this is a modern day horror movie, there were things which happened which were just little stupid moves by the characters. For example, getting blood on the door in the room you are trying to hide in, nope. Plus the movie is very slow in some parts so make sure your awake for the majority of the movie. So in the end, P2 is an example of a pretty good horror movie. While some things got me alittle angry and what not, it was engaging and a little bit creepy. Recommended.

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Posted may 17, 2008 9:11 am pt

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It wasn't bad I guess. Its just a little too much of the same. Pretty girl and crazy guy battle it out and police are nearby but just don't get that something is going on.

But that's a little bit of whats good about it though. Its a...
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It wasn't bad I guess. Its just a little too much of the same. Pretty girl and crazy guy battle it out and police are nearby but just don't get that something is going on.

But that's a little bit of whats good about it though. Its a simple concept done again in a confined setting that actually manages to keep your interest in what happening.

I think they tried to capitalize a bit too much on people's fear of dark, isolated underground parking. The story-telling (besides the key concepts being overdone) weren't actually that bad.

Go into this movie knowing you know whats probably going to happen anyway and its actually not a bad show besides.

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Posted apr 23, 2008 4:34 am pt

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P2 is pretty much your usual hostage psycho killer movie. Nichols plays the young lady who works late on christmas eve. Her cars does not work so she goes to the security guard to ask for help. He cannot help her and he also ends up being obsessed...
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P2 is pretty much your usual hostage psycho killer movie. Nichols plays the young lady who works late on christmas eve. Her cars does not work so she goes to the security guard to ask for help. He cannot help her and he also ends up being obsessed with her. He then ends up kidnapping her and keeping he rhostage. Then he helps her get some revenge and they end up having a cat and mouse game until the end. The tension is well done as is the acting. I have to admit this is not a very good movie to be honest. Its not much of a horror movie and more of a violent movie. Its fairly predictable with an ending that pretty much just ends.

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Posted apr 20, 2008 8:43 am pt

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Angela works late on Christmas Eve. When she is finished working, her car cannot start so she gets hel from a scurity guard. But the guard has other plans for Angela..and it's certainly not letting her go.

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Posted mar 25, 2008 2:54 pm pt

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The movie had me shocked! I was really scared watching since there were a lot of times that surprised me. Also, there are things that are almost impossible.

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Posted feb 22, 2008 10:47 pm pt

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I LOVED this movie! why did it get bad ratings? I mean it's AT LEAST A 3 or a 4 people.I also hate bad endings but this one had a good one so why not a 3?

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Posted dec 15, 2007 11:26 pm pt

• [+] Village Voice
  
  70
  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.

  by Chuck Wilson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  If in the end P2 contains few surprises, it's still a nice piece of polished escapism.

  by Mike Mayo | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  63
  P2 doesn't crash and burn, but its finale is more generic than what the effective first hour leads us to hope for.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  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.

  by Jeannette Catsoulis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  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).

  by Sean Axmaker | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
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  No two ways about it: The screenplay is derivative. But the location adds a little novelty to the standard-issue running and screaming.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
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  Standard-issue slasher pic.

  by Walter Addiego | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  In the sadism-for-thrills sweepstakes, P2 is no "Saw," but it will get young women to clutch their dates for a week or so in theaters before fading to DVD shelves.

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  What "Psycho" did for the shower, P2 tries very hard to do for the parking garage, spending most of its time below ground, and below an adequate level of convincing dread.

  by John Anderson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  Ultimately, though, and despite an enormously creepy turn from Bentley (American Beauty), the story has nowhere else to go but into the standard (albeit judiciously-used) stalk-and-slash territory.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
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  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.

  by Jessica Reaves | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
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  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. Lots of laughable moments provide camp value, though, and Bentley ("American Beauty") makes for a charismatic creep.

  by Kyle Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
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  A pointless thriller.

  by Jason McBride | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
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  Has the feeling of something done many times before.

  by Robert Abele | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
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  Amid the dumbness and disgust for paying customers, the movie does manage to cough up something I didn't expect: a performance so terrible you can't quite believe it's happening: Bentley's.

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »