Although this AppleTV+ film didn’t receive the best reviews from critics, upon its release, it still enjoys positive attention from the streaming audience, which isn’t stopping anytime soon.The Gorge, starringMiles TellerandAnya Taylor-Joy, debuted on the streamer on June 08, 2025, and it currently has a lukewarm 62% critics' score onRotten Tomatoesbased on 145 reviews. On top of that, several disapproved of the mixture of multiple genres that eventually began to lag in the movie, but still praised the lead duo’s performances.
Despite the reviews,The Gorgedebuted strong on the streaming charts, hitting the top spot globally and maintaining that position for weeks. Later in June,the film dropped to #3, still among the top global performers, a position it still holds to date, even in the U.S., asreported by FlixPatrol. It currently has a popularity score of 679, far ahead ofWolf’s 461 and behindEcho Valley’s 772 andFountain of Youth’s impressive 954.
Produced by Skydance and Crooked Highway, the sci-fi horror made history on AppleTV+ by marking the streamer’s biggest film launch ever, and five months later, it’s still in the top films worldwide. In addition to Teller and Taylor-Joy, who portray elite snipers Levi and Drasa,The Gorgefeatures a similarly brilliant performer in the person ofSigourney Weaver.Directing the movie was Scott Derrickson, withZach Deanserving as scribe. Producers includeDavid Ellison,Dana Goldberg,Don Granger,Scott Derrickson,C. Robert Cargill,Sherryl Clark,Adam Kolbrenner,Zach DeanandGregory Goodman.
What Is ‘The Gorge’ About?
As the leads in the action romance, Teller and Taylor-Joy’s highly-trained characters are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides ofa vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within, perThe Gorge’s synopsis. It adds: “They 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.”
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