Featuring a cast with a lot of genre street cred including Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), and Lauren German (Hostel, Part II), the script allows them to dig deep into areas of the human condition one would rather not visit, much less be trapped underground with. I am not entering spoiler territory in revealing that New York City is vaporized by nukes in the opening moments of the film (the scene is viewable below), and it is a test of survival from that point on as violent tensions simmer in the bunker.
The plot follows nine tenants of a New York City apartment high rise who find shelter in the building’s underground safe house, which is lord and mastered by Mickey the superintendent (played by a tough and gruff cigar chomping Biehn). Quickly the burning question presents itself. Which will prove to be the greater immediate threat: The nuclear fallout or the survivors themselves?
