Divide, The2011

Director
Xavier Gens

Acters

Lauren German (Eva)
Michael Biehn (Mickey)
Milo Ventimiglia (Josh)
Courtney B. Vance (Delvin)
Ashton Holmes (Adrien)
Rosanna Arquette (Marilyn)

To survive the end of the world, you first must survive each other.
Director Xavier Gens follows his $99 Million grossing “Hitman” with the The Divide – a high concept post-apocalyptic thriller that opens with pandemonium and a chaotic sprint towards the basement of a New York apartment building, just moments before the city outside is decimated.
When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey. It’s barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones. But suddenly men in HAZMAT suits storm their shelter and open fire. The strangers join forces in a desperate bid to take on this enemy, with no-one understanding what these HAZMATS are looking for, and what drives them to be so merciless. As tension mounts their sanctuary becomes a living hell. With twists and turns throughout, and no way of knowing who will make it out alive, The Divide is an action packed psychological thriller.
“It’s bravura filmmaking by the director, Xavier Gens, who also deserves credit for abetting testy ensemble acting from a solid cast. Most notable are Milo Ventimiglia and especially Michael Eklund, as cocky young jerks.” – New York Times
“Like Gens’s features, Hitman and Frontiers, this is a nasty, efficient film that makes the imminent end of life on Earth seem like the judgment of a wise God.” – The Guardian
“Gens’ dystopian narrative begins with absolute mayhem and never slows down; the end of the world marks the beginning of a far scarier one.” – Indie Wire