In “The Gorge,” now Apple TV+’s biggest-ever movie, two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. 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.
Mike Flemming Jr. for Deadline:
Apple Original Films’ The Gorge has become the biggest film launch in the young streamer’s history.
It’s one of the sharper direct-to-streaming films I’ve seen in a good long time. The Gorge eclipses numbers turned in by the Jon Watts-directed George Clooney-Brad Pitt-starrer Wolfs, which launched last fall, pivoting from a planned wide release to a small theatrical and global streaming release.
Apple does not divulge specific numbers, but the company confirms it is the biggest film premiere in Apple TV+ history, driving double-digit growth globally for the service and boosting new viewers by +80%, weekend over weekend, following its debut on Friday, February 14.
MacDailyNews Take: Two thumbs up. “The Gorge” is a fun popcorn flick! It’d be perfect for a drive-in.
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It was a pretty good movie. A couple slow spots but needed for story to build. The ending was a bit predictable but a fun watch, nonetheless.
I just couldn’t finish Wolfs.
Too bad you didn’t finish it. The last few minutes were the best part of the movie.
Ending was too predictable and artificially upbeat. Only a couple minor check marks. Pretty woke free. Unusual for Apple. Must have missed the memo. Otherwise a solid lowish budget movie.
Hopefully this is more the future direction of Apple TV.
Not a great movie. Quite predictable and some parts were just quite silly. Especially the winch pulling the vehicle up a cliff face.