The Gorge – A Love Story That’s Not Just a Love Story (But Also a Bit of a Mess Which Still's Worth Watching)
Ah, Valentine’s Day. A time for overpriced chocolates, forced romance, and dodging all those smug couples on Instagram. But this year, Apple TV Plus decided to play Cupid in a way no one saw coming—by launching The Gorge, a film that is technically a love story but also a high-calibre, conspiracy-riddled, sniper-fueled, existential crisis of a film. Romantic, right? At first glance, you might think Apple buried The Gorge in a Valentine’s Day release schedule busier than an Italian motorway at rush hour, up against the likes of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Paddington in Peru. Surely, they wanted it to fail. But the plot twist—it’s actually rather good. Not perfect, mind you. It stumbles, crumbles, and occasionally falls flat on its face, but it does so in a way that’s oddly charming. Directed by Scott Derrickson (who clearly decided to throw logic out the window and just go for it), the film follows two snipers—Levi (Miles Teller) and Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy)—who are t...