Directed by Franck Khalfoun, 2007.
Christmas is coming and it’s time to get into the holiday spirit! The short-titled P2 (2007) takes place on the eve of Christmas and introduces Angela, a young businesswoman who plans to spend the night with her family in Jersey. After leaving her office block later than expected, things take a wrong turn on parking lot level P2. The movie offers everything you need for the holidays: a few gifts, a fancy dress, a few classic Christmas tunes, a kidnapping, and a lot of blood.
P2 is build up as a formulaic horror film and doesn’t excel in any specific area, but it rises above many other films with a similar premise, due to its gritty and atmospheric setting and its strong reliance on the acting of Rachel Nichols and Wes Bentley, the films only stars. Wes Bentley’s performance reverberates the creepiness of his role as the neighbors’ son in American Beauty (1999) and Rachel Nichols, who is best known for her action roles in”G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and Conan the Barbarian (2011) plays Bentley’s victim. The movie strips the actress of her elegance and shows how both she and her captor descend into madness on a ‘cold, cold, lonely Christmas night.’
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Content creator Pim Razenberg is an experienced traveler who’s been roaming the planet for many years. After a stint in the Dutch film industry, he lived and worked in Romania, the United Kingdom, and Thailand. Pim is currently working in the Netherlands, bringing creative new projects to fruition and writing a novel detailing his journeys across the world.