The Divide

Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: January 13, 2012

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 60 Ratings

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dan95Mar 30, 2012

This is the heaviest movie I have seen in few years. The Divide exactly giving us picture of people with fractured psyche, people, who are broken and trying to survive. Being locked out with no hope of getting outside is turning them slowlyThis is the heaviest movie I have seen in few years. The Divide exactly giving us picture of people with fractured psyche, people, who are broken and trying to survive. Being locked out with no hope of getting outside is turning them slowly into animals. And as we know, human beings are animals that have evolved, which means, that this movie shows real human nature. Epic.… Expand

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bett3rthanyouApr 12, 2012

The storyline is seemingly broken in places to take you off guard in order to generate an actual emotion inside of you.

The movie does this very well. The reason it gets so many bad reviews is people it has grabbed people and dragged themThe storyline is seemingly broken in places to take you off guard in order to generate an actual emotion inside of you.

The movie does this very well. The reason it gets so many bad reviews is people it has grabbed people and dragged them down into it. And frankly, it's disturbing and uncomfortable.
Which is exactly how the movie is designed to make you feel. From the characters to the decisions to the flow. It's designed to crawl under your skin and make you frustrated. You should feel injustice, hopeless and anger.

Do you know what it feels like to be in a basement with the whole world gone and just a matter of time before you are too? If you watched someone in a basement would this be able to convey that feeling? Or all the psychological horrors that spawn from isolation overtime? Disconnect with reality, no police, no justice system while your peers are going crazy and become a danger to your life?
If I set up the movie so that you have little to no choice but to get this feeling how is that a bad movie?
It seems many aren't able to make this link or appreciate the seemingly unique approach. But this is what the movie is based on and it does it wonderfully. And if you actually crawl under the skin of the movie instead of it crawling up yours you see that there is a very strong thread keeping everything together.
Look for the thread instead of being blinded by rage. If you can't comment on the why don't bother commenting on the what. You simply have nothing to add.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder so if you're blind the world will look like a dark place. Try not to be blind.

I'd rate it a 7.5 - 8 for a general realistic grade however if there are gonna be deluded votes because people vote 1 I'd rather not vote at all. You rate that low because you don' t want others to see the movie and understand it while you don't.… Expand

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ilscuroApr 9, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can't understand all the negativity towards this movie, yes it's brutal and hard to watch, but try to imagine the feeling of being trapped in a basement after a nuclear war, knowing all your friends and loved ones have died, the feeling of helplessness that you're going to die of starvation or worse, and knowing it will take a few hundred years for the radiation to subside, the way certain characters descend into madness is portrayed very well, may i suggest all the haters of the film stick to romcoms in future.… Expand

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JudgeNjuryApr 22, 2012

Just what the doctor ordered - when feeling down & wanting some survival horror movie - this one hits the spot with the slow descent into madness. Each step in this journey makes you wake up to be aware of just how far they have come - thereJust what the doctor ordered - when feeling down & wanting some survival horror movie - this one hits the spot with the slow descent into madness. Each step in this journey makes you wake up to be aware of just how far they have come - there maybe just a few minutes between one scene & the next - but the movie makes you acutely aware how much time must have passed. Some of the plot towards the end isn't exactly what I would have written, but it gets it through rather quick to a satisfyingly desolate ending.… Expand

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v_for_vendettaJun 21, 2012

People are complaining about some hard material here. They didn't say it was going to be Alice in Wonderland. Really hate all this woosie reviews! Just watch this good movie and remember life is hard, and this characters are very plausible toPeople are complaining about some hard material here. They didn't say it was going to be Alice in Wonderland. Really hate all this woosie reviews! Just watch this good movie and remember life is hard, and this characters are very plausible to me. I really like this pos-apocalyptic survivalist movies and this is one of the best ive seen in 30 years of life.… Expand

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Smiteofgod3242Apr 25, 2012

Fantastic nail biting apocalypse film. Lauren German and Michael Biehn are both fantastic in the way they portray innocent morality driven people put in one of the most desperate situations imaginable.

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iLightningSep 11, 2013

The Divide presents the dark and merciless side of post-apocalyptic survival surprisingly well. Although the film lacks spectacle and the setting remains the same for pretty much the whole movie I felt compelled to keep watching to find outThe Divide presents the dark and merciless side of post-apocalyptic survival surprisingly well. Although the film lacks spectacle and the setting remains the same for pretty much the whole movie I felt compelled to keep watching to find out what would happen to the nine survivors as the story progressed. Their stark love-or-hate personalities clashed really well over the two-hour film and it soon becomes clear that no one is perfect when their life is on the line. However, I would have liked to have seen more of the devastated city outside the basement before the credits rolled. Despite this, The Divide is still captivating and engaging with a clear message about how low humanity has the potential to go.… Expand

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Tim7472Jan 6, 2019

Very cruel (not in the sense of blood or smth.) film. It shows the truth about what will happen to people locked in a room without going out. And not everyone will like this truth.

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BroyaxOct 25, 2018

A la suite d'une espèce d'attentat (?), d'invasion ou d'un genre de catastrophe nucléaire (Fallout ?!), un groupe se retrouve piégé dans un trou à rats, puis des tensions apparaissent au fur et à mesure que l'espoir s'amenuit...

Dans leA la suite d'une espèce d'attentat (?), d'invasion ou d'un genre de catastrophe nucléaire (Fallout ?!), un groupe se retrouve piégé dans un trou à rats, puis des tensions apparaissent au fur et à mesure que l'espoir s'amenuit...

Dans le genre donc de "l'enfer c'est les autres", The Divide se pose en huis-clos post-apocalyptique assez saisissant et peu amène... Enfermés et livrés à eux-mêmes, il leur arrive ainsi ce qui doit arriver et ce que ne s'expliquent pas les adeptes du vivre_ensemble : ça dérape lourdement dans les grandes largeurs. Sans doute parce qu'ils n'ont pas Twitter ou Facebook pour loler et partager les photos... et là c'est le drame.

Volontiers pessimiste, le film de Xavier Gens ne prend pas de gants et a même tendance à exagérer, voire caricaturer la descente aux enfers, ça en devient presque drôle même s'il me semble que c'est très involontaire. Michael Biehn en tout cas (qui n'a pas échappé au Terminator) en connaît un rayon sur l'apocalypse et Rosanna Arquette désormais cougar de son état va étonnamment loin dans la déchéance...

Les autres tirent plus ou moins leur épingle du jeu dans l'excès bien qu'on s'étonne que la très jolie Lauren German ne passe pas bien plus vite à la casserole (au propre ou au figuré) dans ce blockhaus improvisé. La réalisation se révèle perfectible (montage nerveux un peu trop cut) mais la fin assume son propos et ne déçoit pas. Globalement un bon huis-clos à l'ambiance délétère où on ne voit pas le temps passer.… Expand

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Sane__Mar 13, 2020

This is a masterpiece. The fact that the opinions are so polarizing is enough to tell you that this movie is very different. I won't spoil you the plot, but the cinematography, the human emotion and the idea are all captured beautifully and IThis is a masterpiece. The fact that the opinions are so polarizing is enough to tell you that this movie is very different. I won't spoil you the plot, but the cinematography, the human emotion and the idea are all captured beautifully and I haven't seen a movie yet that does these so effortlessly. |

If you are a firm believer in society and that the mankind is good by nature and not a ferocious beast when everything goes to hell, then this movie is not for you.

But if you know the facts that in our nature we are still animals and when our survival is in question, we are capable of doing unimaginable things - you will LOVE this movie.… Expand

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