When I rented P2 I wasn't expecting anything more than the usual gruesome horror that we have come to expect these days. It seems almost impossible to find a decent movie in this genre anymore. Therefore, I was particularly suprised that P2 turned out to be such a good film.
As a whole, the film brings nothing necessarily new to the genre of horror films, but it does expand upon and perfect what we have come to expect from these types of movies. The feeling of being trapped, working against a superior foe, running scared for your life, and facing increasingly insurmountable odds all come into play in P2. Each and every scene is crafted to keep the audience yelling at the screen in a desperate plea to help the young damsel in distress played by Rachel Nichols.
However, what makes this movie more than just an average flick is the powerful and haunting performance delivered by Wes Bently. He captured the depth and mental instability of a man who's loneliness masks a deeper psychotic problem. In each and every scene he delivers his dialouge in a manner that will remind you of a certain cross-dressing murderer from a little film called Psycho. He had sharp wit, cool yet menacing dialouge, and outright rage from time to time and each different "character mode" he delivered in a big way.
Definitely a film that suprised me and would certainly reccomend it!