Apple TV+ Original The Gorge - 2025

 


Genre: Action, Romance

Rating:  PG-13

Synopsis: Two highly-trained operatives become close after being sent to protect opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.

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From watching the trailer I was super intrigued about this story as it reminded me of The Great Wall in many ways. And it started with a bang which gave me high hopes. 

I will say props to the main actors, both Anya Taylor-Joy as Drasa and Miles Teller as Levi. No matter what the writers threw at them they handled it with grace, though sadly I do not think it helped in the end. 

As I suspected from the trailer this movie is about 80% ‘talking’ and 20% action so keep that in mind before viewing it. I was happy once some action started as it did add a new layer to the story and introduced some cool looking creatures. 

Sadly, before the action started I was a little eye rolling as I could not help but wonder what kind of mercenaries would deliberately make a huge ruckus knowing there was an enemy not far away. I really wanted to root for them at that point however, I could not help but laugh at their karma. 

Oh, and then the decision, shown in the trailer, to where one goes to the other side, leaving their post entirely, AFTER, they knew what was down there. I am sorry but at that point I face palmed. 

The latter half of the movie had potential and again some interesting creatures that are mostly explained, which I appreciated but with all the color changing I felt like it was different levels in a video game. When you watch the movie you will see what I mean. 

Final Thoughts

Honestly for me this wasn't entirely bad since there were some cute, funny and action packed moments and the creatures were cool looking. However, the rewatchability for me was practically zero. I feel if the threat had been more severe or the origin had been more complex it would have worked better overall.

Score: 7 out of 10. Cool creatures and worth a watch. Just not a redo. 

Always Keep Fighting. 

You Are Enough. 

 

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