11/16/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

An Underdog

I was pretty surprised that I enjoyed this movie quite a bit because a lot of critics didn’t like it. While I don’t disagree that this is no different than most cat-mouse thrillers out there, I thought it was solid when it came to delivering the thrills. If one expects nothing but to be entertained when it comes to the characters making stupid decisions, the killer popping out of nowhere, and missing opportunities of escape, one will bound to like this picture. Wes Bentley (”American Beauty”) is pretty effective as the parking attendant who terrorizes Rachel Nichols (”Alias”). I wasn’t that surprised to see Bentley as an effective stalker because I noticed a little bit of craziness in his eyes on “American Beauty.” His charisma works worked with him in the beginning and I wish they could’...

Rating of
3/4 

05/31/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Scary

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 i...

Rating of
3/4