Drop Zone (1994)

Director:

John Badham

Writers (WGA):

Tony Griffin (story) &
Guy Manos (story) ...

Release Date:

9 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Taking crime to new heights

Plot:

A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Busey specialize in landing on police roofs and...

Plot Keywords:

Dea | Parachute | Skydiving | Plane | Washington D.C.

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Wesley Snipes	...	Pete Nessip
Gary Busey	...	Ty Moncrief
Yancy Butler	...	Jessie Crossman
Michael Jeter	...	Earl Leedy
Corin Nemec	...	Selkirk
Kyle Secor	...	Swoop
Luca Bercovici	...	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

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | France:U | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (cut) | USA:R (certificate #32964) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The character of Jess Crossman was originally written as a man. After the character was made a woman and Yancy Butler was cast in the role, the filmmakers wanted to remove the part where Nessip hits her after she drops him out of the plane. However, Butler insisted that the "hitting" scene be left in, and it was.

Goofs:

Continuity: The bandage around Nessip's neck when he's lying on the stretcher.

Quotes:

Ty Moncrief: Let me tell you about Jagger. He betrayed you. He left you in prison to rot like jailbait.
Ty Moncrief: This
[Kara]
Ty Moncrief: is his girlfriend. You meant nothing to him.
Ty Moncrief: He's dead. You're on the wrong team.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Naked Fear (1999)

Soundtrack:

The Strangest Party

your typical action movie

Drop Zone is pretty much your typical action movie - at least plot wise. Wesley Snipes turns in another passenger 57ish performance, not great but competent. and Gary Busey is always competent playing a guy you always want to die no matter how bad the plot gets.

The movie however, is worth watching more than other bland action movies because firstly, the skydiving scenes are shot wonderfully. The cinematographer and the stuntpeople (unless thats Snipes in a free fall, which i doubt) are the true stars of this one. I really enjoyed watching the skydiving sequences in this movie.

plot wise, the movie kinda plods along, not a whole lot of suspense but enough of a story to keep people entertained. I think its worth watching at least once, purely for the skydiving and action sequences.

Also, besides being a fairly competent actress - one I can actually believe skydives - Yancy Butler is really hot.