P2 2007

Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune: The same old grim game of cat and mouse. Sure, we hope the mouse gets away. But mostly we just want the whole thing to end. Read more

Mark Rahner, Seattle Times: P2 may be bad enough to become some other type of classic than the holiday kind. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: P2 doesn't have the grisly intensity of Aja's other work, in spite of a few moments of cartoonish gore. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: 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. Read more

John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: Even by the low standards of the horror subgenre playfully nicknamed "torture porn," P2 is scraping the bottom of the movie barrel. Read more

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. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: [A] miscast, misdirected botch of a can't-miss plot. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A serviceable gore-minded thriller --- a competent execution of a premise that ultimately becomes hampered by its inherent constraints. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It sounds like a formula slasher film, but it's actually done well. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: There's some ghoulish humor in P2, and a couple of scares, but it's little more than the umpteenth variation of the woman-locked-in-a-house plot. Read more

Colin Covert, 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. Read more

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Jason McBride, Globe and Mail: The majority of [director Khalfoun's] chase and fight scenes are so artlessly staged that they render suspense moot. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: P2 feels like a vehicle lost in an after-hours parking facility, constantly backing up, shifting gears and generally speeding around in circles in a vain attempt to get somewhere. Read more

Drew Toal, Time Out: Bentley plays the role of funny, cagey psychopath quite well, and the film packs more laughs than frights. What woman wouldn't be interested after his homicidal message of love? Read more

John Anderson, Variety: P2 struggles to maintain its momentum because there's simply not enough to do in a parking garage to fill out a feature film. Read more

Mike Mayo, Washington Post: Cheerfully manipulative, P2 is the kind of movie that invites audiences to yell back at the screen and cheer. Read more