THE DIVIDE’S Opening Scene Shows us How the World is Going to End

SXSW 2011 has such an  amazing line-up of films. The sci-fi comedy Paul, the ghostly The Innkeepers, and the werewolf (no not Red Riding Hood … though that is showing there) lurking Silver Bullets, are just some of the many titles.  Yet one that I am truly excited about is The Divide.  Though director Xavier Gens’ Frontier(s) was just fine and Hitman was barely watchable for me, it is The Divide’s claustrophobic setting placed against the post-apocalyptic backdrop that has me intrigued.  Plus … it has Michael Biehn, who seems to be making a comeback of sorts with this film and the independent feature Bereavement. He’s also in post right now on a film entitled The Victim which he directed! Anyway … the point of this new bit is that The Divide is going to be great, and that you can get your first peak at the opening minutes of the film after the jump.

The fine folks over at Twitch landed the clip from the film that premiers this weekend.  The chaotic sequence certainly sets up the plot to what will hopefully be a thrilling little nail- biter.  The official synopsis is below as well.  Enjoy.

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. With just three connecting rooms 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.

With twists and turns throughout, and no way of knowing who will make it out alive, THE DIVIDE is an action packed psychological thriller that combines ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ with ‘Lord of the Flies’. To survive the end of the world, you first must survive each other…