The Divide

R

Released Jan 13, 2012

1h 50m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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26%

58 Reviews

Tomatometer

38%

5,000+ Ratings

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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.

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Charlotte V

I found this movie really sick and disturbing. Never boring tho but so many times so creepy. It kinda went off being horror genre too. But hey didnt mind that. Still really disturbing movie and will not watch it a second time

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Gabrielle T

Eva is an evil bitch. Hated her. Hated Josh,and hated Bobby. The story was cringe as fuck and horrible,the women were pathetic,and Sam was a joke.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/14/23

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Jeffrey P

As far as post-nuclear attack movies go, the set-up is good, I'm all in. It does take a bit of a weird turn but manages to stay on track despite drifting out of sci-fi and into straight horror, which isn't a bad thing if you're a horror fan. If you're a fan of the genre, and don't mind horror, I think you will enjoy it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/23

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Michelle P

For a while it's "normal," then things really change, as the people do... If you love doomsday, gore, psychological torture, mental depravity, demented everything... Then this is the movie for you. Not predictable, which is a big plus.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/22/23

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Amanda L

It would have been better if there was a timeline shown. How many days/weeks/months have they been trapped? It would have made it easier to understand if we knew exactly how long they were down there before they started going nuts. Without that, it seems like they lost their sh*t way before they should have. They've all been in the same place for the same amount of time. Yet 2 of the main characters (Ecklund and ventimiglia (sp?) look like they're near death, worse than the man who was shot, and are completely out of their minds. I watched it and was somewhat intrigued but I just couldn't get into it. I also didn't like how it ended, no explanation about the ppl in the suits, the lab, the kids, etc. There were too many missing pieces. Also please tell me how it's possible to knock someone unconscious by hitting them over the head with those helmets on? That made no sense either.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/09/23

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Vera A

This movie is a very brutal perspective of what human nature would become if put to the test of surviving! Most of all how people are PIGS deep inside, and would do anything to survive! Only part that should of had more clarity or even left out of it was these persons I assume are Government in protective gear who took one of the survivors daughter, and we saw one more time, never saw them again?! That was Confusing and took away from the movie, other then that I liked it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/21/23

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Xavier Gens

Director

Michael Biehn

Mickey

Lauren German

Eva

Milo Ventimiglia

Josh

Rosanna Arquette

Marilyn

Courtney B. Vance

Delvin

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Marc Savlov

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

Rated: 1/4

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

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.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 9, 2015

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

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

Rated: 1/5

Apr 20, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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

Rated: 2/4

Dec 4, 2022

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Kyle Anderson

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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.

Mar 22, 2021

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

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.

Nov 26, 2019

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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: Jamie Carmichael, Kevin Iwashina, Ross Bryan, Bobby Schwartz, Shail Shah, Manoj Jain, Chris Ouwinga, Michael Horn
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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