DROP: 4 STARS. “The story of the worst—but perhaps most memorable—first date ever.”
SYNOPSIS: In “Drop,” a darkly comedic new thriller now playing in theatres, Meghann Fahy plays a widow whose first date in years takes a strange turn when someone named Let’s Play “drops” a series of mysterious messages on her phone that threaten the lives of her sister, son and date. “You gotta be within fifty feet to send a drop,” says her date, Henry. “It’s someone in this restaurant.”
CAST: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan Spring, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson. Directed by Christopher Landon.
REVIEW: Not since the high-flying blackmail of Wes Craven’s “Red Eye” has a movie embraced its unlikely premise with such conviction.
The story of the worst—but perhaps most memorable—first date ever, fully commits to its story of technical and psychological warfare, no matter how silly the situation gets.
Action-packed, “Drop” is not. Director Christopher Landon trusts the “WWYD?—What Would You Do?— situation and the characters to carry the show as Violet (Meghann Fahy) tries to follow the crazy, texted demands clogging up her phone without alerting her date (Brandon Sklenar). With stylish photography—including some splashy Hitchcock inspired visuals—and the sparkling chemistry between Fahy and Sklenar, the director crafts a rollercoaster ride of a movie.
So, as a viewer, it’s best to leave your disbelief at the concession stand. If you can do that, “Drop” will be a darkly fun and tension filled story that pays off just before you fall off the edge of your seat.
If not, you may find yourself wondering why Henry didn’t hightail it out of there after the first text.
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