2025 · romance · sci-fi · thriller
The Gorge
Directed by Scott Derrickson2h 8m2025
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.
Our read: The Gorge (2025) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive romance · sci-fi · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured romance / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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