We’ve been excited about this film for a long time.
The Gorge, one of JOE’s most-anticipated movies for 2025, has just been released via Apple TV+.
Hailing from director Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone, Sinister), the film stars Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa) and Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick) as two highly-trained operatives appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge.
This is in order to protect the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within the abyss.
The two operatives bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy.
“When the cataclysmic threat to humanity is revealed to them, they must work together in a test of both their physical and mental strength to keep the secret in the gorge before it’s too late,” the plot synopsis adds.
Co-starring sci-fi action legend Sigourney Weaver (Alien) and Sope Dirisu (Gangs of London), the movie is already earning solid reviews from critics.
Many have praised its visuals, its score from Oscar-winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the chemistry between its two leads and the film’s mix of action, horror, sci-fi and romance.
You can read some of these positive write-ups below:
Bloody Disgusting: “The sheer charisma of Taylor-Joy and Teller, combined with Derrickson’s flair for visuals and zippy action fun, ensures The Gorge delivers on its promise of a highly entertaining romance that refuses to colour within the genre lines.”
The Daily Beast: “With leads Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller generating considerable sparks, and violent set pieces that up the supernatural ante one out-there revelation at a time, the director’s latest proves a bonkers B-movie on a big-studio budget.”
Empire: “The spirit of the drive-in is strong in this trashy mash-up, though it’s best appreciated as an unlikely romance, where love and poetry somehow blossom amid heavy gunfire and monster rampages.”
IGN Movies: “Even when The Gorge disappears into generic run-and-shoot action, it benefits from the colourful confidence of Derrickson’s staging and a ’50s-inflected sci-fi score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.”
TheWrap: “An unexpectedly romantic movie coming from the Sinister and The Black Phone director, but it’s also a gnarly monster flick with memorable beasties galore.”
How to watch The Gorge
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The Gorge is now available to stream on Apple TV+.
If you want to watch it but want to save the cash, you could use this technique with an Amazon Fire Stick to save money.
The trick is something called ‘leapfrogging’, which is a way to skip between shorter, cheaper subscriptions to watch what you want to watch without signing up for expensive year-long contracts.
For example, you can get a basic Netflix package for £6.99, and stream what you want to watch via your Fire Stick and cancel it before your next bill.
You can then take advantage of the free trials of other services without signing up for them, all from the same place on your Fire Stick, so it’s super easy and convenient!
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