The Divide (2011)
Survivors of a nuclear attack end up holed together in Michael Biehn's shelter. As supplies and tempers wear thin the band of strangers begin to self destruct and find that often the enemy you fear most is trapped inside themselves
Had The Divide not been entirely populated by characters you wish dead from the off it may have been a more satisfying piece of cinema. As it is Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens has given us a well made, tightly paced film, which is both psychologically and graphically quite nasty in places, especially it's depictions of sexual violence, but without anyone to sympathize with or root for in this post apocalyptic tale, the film ultimately fell short for me.
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