The Divide

Show of hands...who found The Divide in theaters and went to go see it last month?  A few of you?  None of you?  Well, if you missed its incredibly small theatrical run, the film - from director Xavier Gens - is hitting DVD and Blu-ray on April 17th.  Both formats will contain commentary from director Xavier Gens, and actors Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia and Michael EklundIt.

Michael Biehn can be an intense guy.  I've interviewed him once before - for his upcoming directorial debut The Victim - and it took some time for him to warm up to us, but, during a recent jaunt to the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles, this writer found Biehn all smiles.  It was a good day for him.  The Victim was picked up by Anchor Bay Films for distribution; also fueling his amiable vibe was the fact The Divide, also arriving from Anchor Bay, was being released, putting Biehn back in the spotlight.

The actor - who we have, of course, seen in The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss and many other favorites - plays "Mickey" in the upcoming film from Xavier Gens (Frontieres, Hitman).  He's joined by Lauren German, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Eklund and Courtney B. Vance.  

The Divide begins at the start of New York City's destruction.  Residents of a Manhattan tenement barricade themselves in a bomb shelter - Mickey's bomb shelter - and hope to wait things out.  But like the crumbling foundations of the building around them, these survivors begin to crack and Mickey becomes the source of hatred and suspicion.

For Biehn, The Divide is an opportunity for this screen vet to chew the scenery and he does it well, thanks to the freedom that came with the job.  Freedom that came with a price, however, as the actor hints at on-set tension.  Here is our short and sweet, but nonetheless honest and revealing, chat with Biehn.

This Friday, Xavier Gens' The Divide hits theaters uncut via Anchor Bay Films.  The distributor passed along five clips from this claustrophobic, post-apocalyptic thriller and you'll find those snippets inside.

Enough time has passed and folks have probably forgotten that the opening to Xavier Gens' The Divide was revealed at the beginning of the summer of 2010.  Mind you, it was only available for 24 hours, but it spread like wildfire and blew your ass to the back of your living room.  Good things are worth repeating as that opening has once again been made available, giving you a taste of the world's end.