The Divide (2011)

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Director:

Xavier Gens

Writers:

Karl Mueller, Eron Sheean

Stars:

Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lauren German	...	Eva
Michael Biehn	...	Mickey
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Josh
Courtney B. Vance	...	Delvin
Ashton Holmes	...	Adrien
Rosanna Arquette	...	Marilyn
Iván González	...	Sam
Michael Eklund	...	Bobby
Abbey Thickson	...	Wendi
Jennifer Blanc	...	Liz

Storyline

After a nuclear attack, seven dwellers of an apartment building seek refugee in a bunker in the basement of the building where the super Mickey lives. He rationalize water and supplies among the group formed by Eva and her boyfriend Sam; the gays Bobby and Josh and his brother Adrien; Marilyn and her daughter Wendi; and Delvin. When three invaders break in their shelter wearing protective clothing and breathing apparatuses, they abduct Wendi but the survivors succeed in killing the three men. Josh wears the only clothing that has not damaged and discovers a strange research center where he finds Wendi dead. He shoots on three men and returns to the shelter. Soon the group learns that the invaders have welded their access door from outside and they are trapped inside the bunker. Marilyn and Sam get crazy and the tense situation and the lack of water and food bring frictions among Mickey, Delvin, Bobby and Josh. When Delvin finds a panic room hidden in Mickey's room, they fight and ...

---

Plot Keywords:

explosion | basement | nuclear explosion | shelter | throat slitting | 

---

Taglines:

To survive the end of the world you must first survive each other.

---

Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing strong violence and sexuality, and for pervasive language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

Germany USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2012 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Aislados

Filming Locations:

Manitoba Production Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,000 (USA) (13 January 2012)

Gross:

$22,000 (USA) (13 January 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Instinctive Film, Preferred Content, BR Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The production hired a nutritionist who started the actors on a diet plan.

---

Goofs

Mickey asks if they ever saw what happened to the Japanese when "we dropped Little Boy on Nagasaki". The Little Boy nuclear bomb was, in fact, dropped on Hiroshima on Aug 6, 1945. Nagasaki was hit with the Fat Man bomb 3 days later.

---

Quotes

Sam: What was that? Another bomb?
Mickey: That was our building coming down.

---

Connections

Referenced in Inside Horror: Bloody Valentines (2012)

User Reviews

A surprise for me.

Im not sure why some people here have given The Divide one star. One person even called it torture porn (Im not sure how many movies this reviewer has seen but I reckon he certainly doesn't know what the torture porn genre looks like). I cant say it was an "art" movie either which has been indicated (by some) for some reason. The Divide is an apocalyptic tale based on the aftermath of the destruction of NYC by nuclear attack and how a few survivors, sheltering in a basement of a building, slowly fall apart as their grim situation becomes apparent. As already stated, the acting is quite good for the most part, and as the movie develops some scenes will be a little unsettling for some but its all in the vein of the story. I enjoyed it immensely, all the more so for not hearing of the movie anywhere in the media. At the beginning it seemed as if it would just be another load of emotional drama loosely attached to the apocalyptic situation above (something which plagues TV series like The Walking Dead (just not enough zombies for me, and far too much chitty chat) but it soon became apparent that this was not the case. The Divide descends into a dark hell of humanities worse attributes and two characters in particular cause the viewer to cringe as they play out their terrible roles. All in all, The Divide was excellent, and any mockers here really should stick to movies with Adam Sandler in - I think thats where they belong. This ones recommended by me.