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.
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Nate H. reviewed The Divide (2012)
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An assortment of personalities escape to a fallout shelter moments before a devastating nuclear blast. As the reality sets in that they will be stuck there for awhile, a power struggle amongst the group begins to develop. The Divide is an uneven piece that starts out abysmally. Even a couple veterans like Michael Biehn and Courtney B. Vance come off flat and uninspired in the first 25 minutes. The film also feels rushed and unrealistic in character’s reactions to the fact that the world has changed forever. But as it moves along, we discover what The Divide is really about: the examination of the gradual losing of sanity of two characters (Milo Ventimiglia and Michael Eklund) and the reaction of the other survivors to it. This is where The Divide redeems itself. Its dark stuff, made even more grim by some pretty strong performances from Ventimiglia and Eklund, at least once they lose their marbles. Early on they just come across as a couple of moron douche bags. Here’s to sitting all the way through what seems like a bad movie. Good things await on occasion.
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