The Gorge
NZ release: 14 February 2025
Violence, horror, offensive language Rated on: 14 February 2025
What’s it about?
Two highly-trained operatives are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from a mysterious evil that lurks within. They work together to keep the secret in the gorge.
The facts
- Directed by Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange)
- Stars Miles Teller (Whiplash), Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Sigourney Weaver (Alien)
- English language
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Challengers)
- Apple TV+ Original film
Why did it get this rating?
This film was self-rated by Apple TV+. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Violence
The main characters both kill for a living and are attacked several times by enemies including grotesque humanoid creatures. Weapons such as guns and knives are used, and characters are also injured in explosions, crashes and falls. Blood is seen when a character is wounded by shrapnel and glass, but there is no wound detail.
Characters talk about a past war which involved injured children and death by suicide however no graphic detail is shared.
Horror
The Gorge has several horror elements including a nuclear contaminated location, which is described by a character as “worse than death.” In some scenes you see the ground covered in bones and bits of flesh.
There are grotesque human-like and animal-like creatures which attack the main characters. They are shot in some scenes and can be seen exploding from a distance, with bursts of purple bodily fluid.
Offensive language
There is occasional offensive language including “f**k”, “sh*t” and “bitch”.
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