Genre:
Science-Fiction/Thriller/Action
Directed by:
Xavier Gens
Starring:
Milo Ventimiglia, Ashton Holmes, Michael Biehn, Lauren
German, Peter Stormare, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Eklund,
Ivan Gonzalez
Release date:
Fri 13, Jan 2012
The Divide is a post-apocalyptic horror film[1] directed by
Xavier Gens[2] and written by Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean. It stars Michael
Biehn, Lauren German, Milo Ventimiglia and was released in theaters in the
United States on January 13, 2012. It was released on DVD in the United States
on April 17, 2012.
Plot
As nuclear explosions ravage New York City, the apartment
block residents rush downstairs to escape the building, only to be forced into
the basement by further explosions. Only eight of the residents, Eva and her
boyfriend Sam, Josh and his brother Adrien, Josh's friend Bobby, Marilyn and
her daughter Wendi, and Devlin manage to force their way into the building's
bomb shelter before the superintendent, Mickey, seals the door. The group
acclimate to the cramped surroundings while Mickey asserts his dominance of the
shelter, to the chagrin of Josh, Bobby, and Devlin. After time passes, the
shelter's door is broken open and the shelter is invaded by armed soldiers in
biohazard suits; the men's speech is unintelligible, and their allegiance
remains ambiguous. The men attack the group and seize Wendi, leaving the
shelter with her. Devlin and Mickey manage to kill three of the men, and Mickey
takes his rifle. Josh volunteers to use one of the dead soldier's suits to
leave the shelter and search for Wendi.
Outside of the shelter, Josh finds the area entirely sealed
off by material tunnels connected to a laboratory. His outfit allows Josh to
explore the lab, where he discovers several children, including Wendi, in
stasis units, unconscious, their hair shaved off and their eyes bandaged. One
of the soldiers checks the ID on Josh's and, realizing he is an impostor, tears
out his breathing apparatus, exposing Josh to the air. Josh flees back to the
shelter, killing two of the soldiers on the way. After Josh returns, the
soldiers weld the door shut from the outside, trapping all within. Time passes;
Josh begins to suffer the effects of his exposure and admits to Adrien that he
only went outside to find rescue for Adrien and himself; Eva, in a fractured
relationship with the meek Sam, grows closer to Adrien; Bobby is forced to hack
up the bodies of the dead soldiers so their decaying remains can be thrown into
the toilet septic tank; Devlin grows suspicious that Mickey is hoarding
resources; and Marilyn, told her child is dead by Josh, enters a sexual
relationship with Bobby.
Marilyn attempts to convince Eva to sleep with Josh, warning
her that the men will want sex. The group grow increasingly angry with Mickey
as resources grow scarce, culminating when Devlin discovers Mickey's locked
safe room and threatens him with a taser to open it. A scuffle ensues and
Mickey shoots Devlin dead with the machine gun. The group do not believe
Mickey's argument of self defense and an increasingly ill Josh, and an
increasingly deranged Bobby, torture him to gain the code to the safe room; Eva
throws the machine gun into the toilet to stop Josh using it. Seizing
authority, Josh and Bobby are physically and emotionally abusive of Marilyn.
Josh makes it clear that he wants Eva, and Sam is unable to stand up for her.
Eva and Sam try to protect Marilyn from Josh and Bobby, but are unable to.
While Eva is tasked with watching Mickey, Mickey reveals that there is a gun
hidden in his safe room.
Josh and Bobby force Eva to hack up Devlin's corpse when Sam
cannot, leaving Eva distraught. Josh and Bobby, both losing their hair to
radiation sickness, shave their heads. Mickey informs Eva that there is another
way out of the shelter; through the septic tank to the sewer. Eva tries to
retrieve the gun, but cannot get past the pair. She finds Marilyn's corpse, the
two having beaten her to death. Eva notices her hair is falling out and
realizes she is also sick; the shelter is not protecting them from the outside
because of the broken door. Eva sends Sam to retrieve the gun while she cuts
the power to distract Bobby and lures Josh away with the promise of sex. Josh
grows suspicious and tries to rape Eva, but she fights him off with help from
Adrien. Sam retrieves the gun, but as Bobby, Josh, Eva, and Adrien yell
instructions at him, Sam shoots and kills Adrien. Josh brutally beats Sam.
Bobby turns on Josh and is about to shoot him when Eva cuts his throat with a
tin can lid. Eva frees Mickey who shoots Josh. Josh smashes an oil lamp,
setting himself alight and causing a fire in the shelter. While Sam and Mickey
attempt to put out the blaze, Eva chooses to escape. She recovers the biohazard
suit, and locks herself in the bath room, leaving Mickey and Sam trapped
outside, where both die in the fire's flash over.
Breaking through the toilet into the septic tank below, Eva
drops into the sewer and finds a ladder to the street. She emerges into the
remains of the city and stares blankly at the total devastation.
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References.
External links:
"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Sept. 2012. Web. 03 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page>.
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