The Gorge Review

 

The Gorge is a sci-fi horror action movie that's produced by Apple Studios, Skydance Media, Lit Entertainment Group, and Crooked Highway and distributed by Apple TV+. Zach Dean wrote the script with Scott Derrickson directing.

The story is, two elite operatives are signed to two guard towers on the opposite sides of a gorge. It seems like a boring job just sitting around and watching over an uneventful gorge. But the more time passes the more the two learn of what kind of evil lurks underneath.

Initial Reaction

The sole reason as to why I wanted to see this movie is because Scott Derrickson is directing. I think he's a great directing, a bit underrated, but above all else I find him to be a great filmmaker.

Cons

Nothing here, just move to the next part.

Middle Ground

One mix bag comes from the pacing. There were a few parts when things were slow. I think had those scenes been tweaked little, then you won't nearly feel that 2 hour runtime. Now to move onto the romance. Yes, our two main characters start a romance. And in all honesty it's fine. Pretty standard stuff but nothing that made roll my eyes, mainly cause I've seen worse. I'll even fully admit there were some sweet moments. Overall, the romance is fine, it served its purpose.

Pros

Now for the good stuff, one being the special effects. They looked really good, the team did a tremendous job. I'll admit some parts looked off, but that was like once or twice. The rest of the time it's good. Now to me the movie did have some horror elements to them, but they didn't really grab my attention. So what about the action? Don't worry folks, it's awesome. I had loads of fun with the action scenes. They were exciting and I couldn't wait for the next one. Moving on from that, it's time to get to our main leads. Those being Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy. I don't see them winning any awards from this BUT, they were very good. On their own great job, put them together and they do a fantastic job. I was surprised with their chemistry. Whenever they share the screen together it's one of the movie's biggest highlights. My last praise goes to Scott Derrickson's directing. Once again when it comes to having a good eye for what a shot should look like, Scott hits it out of the park. I'll even give two shots I wanted to share. Nothing too much, you guys know I try my best to give spoilers. Here's shot #1.

A little intense war going on there, I dig it. But here's shot #2.

I absolutely love the eerie vibes this gives off. Just imagine walking through this on a dark night.

While not by any means flawless, there is a lot to enjoy from The Gorge. So if you just want to sit around, watch an entertaining movie with your brain turned off, this one's got you covered.

My final rating is, Good.

That's going to do it for me, at least for now. Come back on Saturday, Feb 22nd, for my review of the newest horror movie, The Monkey. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.