Miles Teller says long days on set and training for his new Apple TV+ action film, "The Gorge" strengthened his previous friendship with co-star Anya Taylor-Joy.

Two lonely assassins who meet-cute while guarding opposite sides of a mysterious abyss must work together to defeat a top-secret evil lurking below.

You'd think a movie with a legendary horror script starring Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver would be better than 'The Gorge.'

Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy play elite snipers manning towers on opposite sides of a mysterious gorge in the sci-fi thriller "The Gorge."

Miles Teller says long days on set and training for his new Apple TV+ action film, "The Gorge" strengthened his previous friendship with co-star Anya Taylor-Joy.

After a taut set-up, Scott Derrickson’s film gets restless and starts larking around that bit too soon, as moody Miles Teller and impish, punky Anya Taylor-Joy get together across the divide — even fitting in a gratuitous dance duet before the gorge disgorges its secrets.

Critics were able to screen the movie ahead of its release to Apple TV+ subscription holders, so let’s see what they’re saying. Miles Teller stars in his first blockbuster since Top Gun: Maverick, while Anya Taylor-Joy has enjoyed a successful past few years with The Menu,

In “The Gorge,” Teller and Taylor-Joy play elite snipers who are recruited to live in guard towers on either side of a fog-shrouded gorge for one year. Their recruiter, Sigourney Weaver, won’t tell them what they’re guarding — only that they can’t let it escape the gorge — and their rotation begins sleepily enough.

The Gorge may stumble with its twist, but the energetic performances from Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy more than make up for it.

Miles Teller says he and Anya Taylor-Joy trained extensively in the "sweet science" of snipers for the Apple TV+ film "The Gorge."

Getting to fall in love with Anya Taylor-Joy onscreen was just one of the reasons why Miles Teller wanted to get involved with "The Gorge."