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Rating: 5.684/10 by 395 users

Drop Zone (1994)

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.

Directing:
  • John Badham
  • John Hockridge
  • Joseph J. Kontra
  • Barbara Thaxton
  • Diana E. Williams
  • D.J. Caruso
  • Craig Huston
  • Kevin Williams
  • Corey B. Yugler
Writing:
  • Peter Barsocchini
  • John Bishop
  • Tony Griffin
  • Guy Manos
  • Peter Barsocchini
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Dec 08, 1994

Rating: 5.684/10 by 395 users

Alternative Title:

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 41 minutes
Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $28,735,315

Plot Keyword: florida, washington dc, usa, miami, florida, training, emergency landing, u.s. marshal, tragedy, airplane hijacking, skydiving, break in, federal agent, escaped prisoner, criminal gang, dea, prison break, loss of brother, revenge thriller, prisoner transport, airplane passenger, 4th of july, crazy, d.e.a., former agent, prisoner escort, robbery crew, skydiving school, skydiving instructor, skydiving team

Wesley Snipes
Pete Nessip
Gary Busey
Ty Moncrief
Yancy Butler
Jessie Crossmann
Corin Nemec
'Selly' Selkirk
Andy Romano
Tom McCracken
Rick Zieff
Mike Milton
Clark Johnson
Bob Covington
Charles Boswell
Glenn Blackstone
Ed Amatrudo
Detective Fox
Melanie Mayron
Mrs. Willins
Al Israel
Schuster Stephens
Steve DuMouchel
Walsh Matthews
J.P. Patrick
Jump Master
Tim Powell
Gordon Maples
Steve Raulerson
Commander Dejaye
Dale Swann
747 Captain
Keith Leon Williams
747 Flight Engineer
Lexie Bigham
Big Man Passenger
Keith MacKechnie
Night Desk Sergeant
Jan Speck
Flight Attendant #1
Vic Stagliano
Convict (uncredited)
John Badham
Yacht Captain (uncredited)
Vince Cecere
Special Agent Jones (uncredited)
Sheldon Fogel
The Official (uncredited)
Anthony Giaimo
Head Jump Official (uncredited)
Steve Greenberg
Reporter (uncredited)
Dana Cox
Paramedic (uncredited)
Gary Rodriguez
Paramedic (uncredited)

DanDare

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

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**


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