FeatureR1994·101m·5.7

Drop Zone

Taking crime to new heights.

ActionThrillerCrime

A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.

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Cast

Wesley Snipes

Pete Nessip

Gary Busey

Ty Moncrief

Yancy Butler

Jessie Crossmann

Michael Jeter

Earl Leedy

Corin Nemec

'Selly' Selkirk

Kyle Secor

Swoop

Luca Bercovici

Don Jagger

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Terry Nessip

Rex Linn

Bobby

Grace Zabriskie

Winona

Robert LaSardo

Deputy Dog

Sam Hennings

Torski

Claire Stansfield

Kara

Mickey Jones

Deuce

Andy Romano

Tom McCracken

Rick Zieff

Mike Milton

Clark Johnson

Bob Covington

Charles Boswell

Glenn Blackstone

Natalie Jordan

Lena

Ed Amatrudo

Detective Fox

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$45.0M
Revenue
$62.0M
Age rating
R
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Paramount PicturesNicita/Lloyd Productions

Crew

Director

John Badham

Writers

Peter Barsocchini, John Bishop, Peter Barsocchini, Guy Manos

Hans Zimmer

Original Music Composer

Roy H. Wagner

Director of Photography

Frank Morriss

Editor

Joe Alves

Production Design

Kevin Stitt

Editor

Gallery

Reviews

DanDare

6/7/2017

5.0

Drop Zone is a cheesy action film which wants to emulate Point Break with even more green screen. Wesley Snipes plays US Marshal Pete Nessip (Wesley Snipes) who with his brother Terry (Malcolm Jamal Warner) are transporting a prisoner on a plane which is then hijacked. The hijackers led by Ty Moncrief (Gary Busey) capture the prisoner and parachute out of the plane from a very high altitude. Pete's bosses believed that all the hijackers died when his brother shot one of the hijackers that caused an explosion. Pete remains unconvinced that they died and does his own digging. He meets Jessie Crossman (Yancy Butler) a female parachutist and finds clues by hanging about other parachutists. The film is has a nice balance of humour and violence with appealing leads but some of the action scenes could had been better, in fact some of it looked cheap.

JPV852

5/24/2021

6.0

Adequate enough crime-thriller with some nice aerial photography mixed in with bad 90s-era green screen. Not at all a strong star vehicle for Snipes and pales to Passenger 57 released two years prior. But still entertaining especially with Gary Busey playing a villain as he tended to do in the 80s and 90s. **3.0/5**