The Gorge
Published September 13, 2025
Film info
- Title The Gorge
- Director Scott Derrickson
- Year 2025
- Run time 2hrs 7m
- Genres Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Tagline The world's most dangerous secret lies between them
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:49 | The physics of super long range rifle shots boggle my mind. |
| 4:35 | Very quiet movie. 4 mins before anyone says anything. |
| 9:24 | “You give the shame to me and move forward.” |
| 14:38 | It must be a mind-trip to not even know what country you’re in. |
| 19:26 | “A decades long game of telephone.” |
| 27:35 | This seems like the ideal life for me, I’ll stay longer than a year. Be useless if anything happened in the Gorge though. |
| 33:13 | Sniper flirting. |
| 38:47 | They are definitely going to need to refill the guns in the morning. |
| 47:32 | That inspirational wall was bound to be trouble. |
| 51:58 | “What’s that you’re growing?” “I brought you flowers.” |
| 1:06:05 | Man eating trees is next level gross. |
| 1:16:59 | I love how these military types can work so well together despite not having been in battle together before. |
| 1:22:13 | Ooh, Captain America super soldier. |
| 1:26:35 | The odds just seem non-existent of them getting out of here. |
| 1:37:05 | Jeez, this guy had nightmares before, he’s never going to sleep again. |
| 1:55:27 | Aww, the poem. |
Thoughts
It’s hard to know what to make of this film and I think that’s mostly because the film itself doesn’t really know what it wants to be. It’s good and very watchable, but such a mish-mash of genres and tones that it gets a bit distracting. The romance moments are lovely, and probably the best part of the film. The sci-fi part is okay and the CGI is great. The big conspiracy thriller plot is a bit tacked on but does the job. The problem is switching between these moods happens instantly, jarringly, and irritatingly.
Also, and let’s all be honest, it’s a great and unique concept, but once you get past that, the rest is derivative. Aliens, Pirates of the Caribbean, every zombie film ever, it’s all in there. The cast are great though, Anya & Miles have excellent chemistry despite being so distant, and Sigourney, whilst criminally under-used, does very good bad-boss-in-a-suit.
I think I’m making it sound worse than it was, because it’s definitely worth a watch, I just wish it could have been better because the good stuff is great.
Rating: 3 / 5