The Divide

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The Divide

R,

2012,

1h 50m,

Sci-Fi/

Mystery & Thriller

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26%

58 Reviews

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38%

5,000+ Ratings

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58 Reviews

38%

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5,000+ Ratings

A devastating nuclear attack thrusts nine strangers together in the bunker-like basement of their New York apartment building. The survivors are trapped underground with no hope of rescue, and only horror on the other side of the door. As supplies dwindle and tempers flare, they become increasingly unhinged by the close quarters and hopelessness of their situation, and turn on one another. Still, one survivor holds on to a thin chance for escape, even though salvation is unlikely.

Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Apr 9, 2015

1/4

Gens' film, while a far darker vision of the day the world ends, is more sexually sordid than satisfying. Save the humans? Why bother?

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Apr 9, 2015

2/5

Its nihilism feels cynical rather than authentically bleak, and the increasingly histrionic scenes start to resemble an indulgent actors' workshop that has spun out of control.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Apr 20, 2012

1/5

Michael Biehn and Rosanna Arquette are in the cast but not helped by a cursory screenplay.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Dec 4, 2022

2/4

The film’s muddled metaphors suggest the filmmakers have resolved to explore the situation merely to test the limits of revulsion, leaving the audience with an expected sense of doom, but not in a way that fills us with admiration

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Kyle Anderson

Battleship Pretension

Mar 22, 2021

While not an easy movie to watch, it is a movie that deserves to be seen, if for no other reason than so that all of us can decide whether or not the lucky ones died in the blast.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 26, 2019

The one valuable lesson gleaned from The Divide? We learn a multitude of new uses for duct tape! However, one of them should be to seal the film canisters of The Divide shut to save you from seeing it.

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Abraham W

Nov 26, 2018

This was surprisingly ok/good. The way it started, it seemed like a low budget indie that had crap acting. But as the movie played on, the acting turned out to be ok (there were protagonists I rooted for and antagonists I despised). The story isn't original at all, but its executed nicely.

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Hagrid L

Sep 23, 2018

Epic. True nature of humans. Not more than other animals in nature. Not ugly, not beautiful, just natural. Starts with "masks on" and ends with "real face".

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Draco M

Aug 5, 2018

Can't believe I spent two hours watching this turd. An hour and 10 minutes in, still had no idea what the story was about, even at the end of the movie several characters still had no personality. Lots of screaming and leering and not much else. It should be grateful it has 24 per cent here; it deserves zero. Find entertainment elsewhere.

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Leia W

Jul 29, 2018

Wanna watch 9 brainless strangers eat canned beans for 2 hours while treating each other inhumanely...this movie was made for you! When I'm trapped in a bunker after a nuclear strike, I hope none of the people involved in this movie make it inside with me.

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George S

May 26, 2018

As the trapped circle of strangers becomes compressed by the crushing weight of their situation, the interpersonal relationships are transformed by the pressure. In this respect the film is interesting but is also a little too long. The pressure also cracks and destroys social norms, and worst of humanity is squeezed out. Be prepared for some disturbing scenes.

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Mar 14, 2018

Great movie. Perfectly captures what humans are capable of under such pressure and circumstance.

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Synopsis

A devastating nuclear attack thrusts nine strangers together in the bunker-like basement of their New York apartment building. The survivors are trapped underground with no hope of rescue, and only horror on the other side of the door. As supplies dwindle and tempers flare, they become increasingly unhinged by the close quarters and hopelessness of their situation, and turn on one another. Still, one survivor holds on to a thin chance for escape, even though salvation is unlikely.

Director: Xavier Gens
Producer: Ross M. Dinerstein, Nathaniel Rollo, Juliette Hagopian, Darryn Welch
Screenwriter: Karl Mueller, Eron Sheean
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Instinctive Film
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Disturbing Strong Violence|Sexuality)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 18, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.2K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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