A genre-mashing horror-romance-action film, The Gorge is directed by Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone), and it stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller. The concept, as dreamt up by screenwriter Zach Dean, is that two elite snipers are paid to spend a year in separate concrete observation towers on either side of a remote, misty valley. They have no high-tech means of communicating with each other, but they chat and flirt via flashcards and binoculars. The only obstacle in the way of this burgeoning relationship is that the valley is, apparently, “the door to hell”, and their job is to stop monsters climbing out of it. The Gorge is a Valentine’s Day release, and Teller thinks that it’s the perfect film for the occasion, whether or not you’re in the mood for love. “Well, I just think it’s good alternative programming, as well, to your typical love story,” he told Screen Rant. “They meet each other for the first time, and you’re going to watch ’em fall in love. But they have to go through some really entertaining, engaging, high-octane, hellacious shit to end up with each other, so that’s cool.”
Released on 14 February on Apple TV+
