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10 out of 10 people found the following review useful: Enjoy this hearty action movie, 13 February 2002 Author: Elijah-19 from U.S.
Drop Zone is an action ride from start to finish starring Wesley Snipes as a detective hunting down the men who killed his brother. No, the movie won't win any academy awards, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable action romp. The action is excellent, the girls are gorgeous, and the musical score is top notch. If you go in looking for a touching movie, don't bother. But if you just want something to enjoy for a couple hours of visual fun that requires little mental exercise, this will do quite nicely.
8 out of 10 people found the following review useful: "Skydivers" with a big budget, 2 January 2001 Author: Mike Sh. (michaelshannon123@comcast.net) from Lowell MA
<*sigh!*> Am I the only one this entire sad, weary world who notices that all these action films use the exact (and I mean exact!) same plot? Or am I just the only one who cares?As action movies go, this one is OK, I guess. (But that's a little bit like saying "As cases of diarrhea go, this one was OK.") On the plus side, the aerial photography depicting the skydiving scenes was spectacular. There were the requisite number of explosions, chase scenes, and witty banter on the part of both the hero (Wesley Snipes) and the villain (Gary Busey), delivered archly in the expectation that one of their ripostes might become a popular catchphrase. And Yancy Butler is not too hard to look at, either.However, if I pay $8 or $9$ to watch a film, I expect a little more than something made from a cookie cutter. Hollywood spends a great deal of time, effort and money putting together movies with extraordinary special effects, and they've become quite good at it. OK, so I'm impressed! Can't a few more of them work a little bit on story, characterization and dialogue? Is that really too much to ask?As I watched this movie (and to be fair, I stumbled across it on television rather than paying an exorbitant ticket price at the theater; this probably made me more disposed to be tolerant) All I could think was that this is what Coleman Francis might have made had he had a bigger budget. Maybe he would have thrown in more coffee, cigarettes, booze and bad tempered swearing as well.
9 out of 15 people found the following review useful: Typical Snipes Film: Brainless, But Entertaining, 5 January 2007 Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States
The only reason I gave this any kind of "stars" is that the story moves well, keeping one entertained. Otherwise, the dialog is so sophomoric and the characters so macho-idiotic, it might make one throw up. Also, the no one is likable in here and the Rambo mentality where the "good" guys never get shot while the reverse happens all the time just adds insult to injury. In other words, this is a typical Wesley Snipes movie of the period.I didn't care for the female lead, either, played by Yancy Butler, who is just too Hollywood '90s- tough and turned me off. An interesting film at times.....but extremely dumb.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: A movie I love, 29 August 2005 Author: AlexRem from New Haven, Connecticut
Although it's utterly ridiculous, I really, really enjoy this movie. Badham is a fine, if underrated action/thriller director; WarGames is great, Nick of Time is good, and his other notable movies include Stakeout, Saturday Night Fever, and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings. He keeps Drop Zone moving quickly enough that suspended disbelief doesn't lift, which is a good thing considering that the bad guys are rogue skydivers. Seriously. Fortunately, the head bad guy is played by Gary Busey, who could make an interior decorator evil.There's some great aerial photography, and it makes skydiving look awesome. It's extremely well-paced, the supporting cast is likable, and the script is enjoyably amusing. Snipes is one of the premier action stars of his generation, and his presence alone can elevate a movie from the mediocre to the above average. And Yancy Butler is absolutely smoking. End of story.This movie is actually one of the more compulsively watchable to be released at the end of the action movie renaissance of the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. I'd watch it right now, even though I just saw it last night. My definition of a good movie.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: your typical action movie, 11 March 2002 Author: jericho31 from trenton, nj
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.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: U.S.Marshal chases skydiving criminals, 17 June 2007 Author: disdressed12 from Canada
i liked this movie,but i didn't love it.if you like watching people jump out of parachutes,you'll enjoy this one.there are a few good action sequences,including a involving bad guys kidnapping someone from a 747 at 38,000 feet and escaping with parachutes.Wesley Snipes is in this one as a U.S Marshal on their trail and he also has a personal stake in catching them.he has some decent fighting scenes,but he has been better.Malcolm-Jamal Warner also appears in a definite departure from his Cosby Days character of Theo Huxtable. Gary Busey is also in the movie,and is his usual reliable self.Michael Jeter is also good for some laughs.and of course,for eye candy,we have Yancy Butler,who is also a fairly good actress.at least i have always thought so.when you put everything together,the movie is pretty good though not great.still, i enjoyed it for the most part.my vote for "Drop Zone":7/10
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Enjoyable in a silly way, 16 January 2006 Author: dgaffen-1 from New York
This is fun. The premise is ridiculous -- really, a parachuting gang? But Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey liven it up. Don't take it too seriously, and you'll have a good time. It's one of my guilty pleasures. The idea of what's going on is a bunch of hooey, and really, Wesley Snipes hasn't made a lot of good movies lately, so this one is starting to look better and better. (Blade? Good. Blade 2? Pretty good. Blade 3?? Not so much.) He's better when he keeps it light, and this was before Gary Busey turned into a gigantic pile of mush and started to do reality television (gasp, ugh, barf). It's clever, reasonably well put-together, and goes down easy.
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: Solid action movie without too many frills, 25 March 2002 Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK
Pete Nessip and his brother are escorting a federal prisoner to trail. The prisoner is a top code breaker. On the plane terrorists take over, kidnap the prisoner and sky dive out of the plane – Nessip's brother is killed in the raid. Nessip pursues the gang to uncover what really happened, joined a group of skydivers led by Jessie Crossman. Meanwhile Moncrief is working out his plot to secretly uncover the identities of all DEA agents and sell them to a local drug lord.After the disaster of Passenger 57 you could understand if Snipes had passed on any more airplane related movies, but this is much better than 57 was. The story is daft of course, but it does allow plenty of good aerial photography and some good action scenes. However it takes itself a bit too seriously. It came out in the same year as Terminal Velocity (Charlie Sheen's skydiving movie), where TV was much more fun to watch as it never took itself seriously, Drop Zone loses the fun a bit by taking it all as a serious movie.Despite that Snipes is really good – as in 57 he is able to rise above the material and give a strong central performance. His charisma carries him even when his lines are weak and as usual his fight scenes are impressive. Busey does his usual bad guy stuff easily and is so-so and the rest of the cast are ok. The most interesting thing about the cast for me was the `Homicide, Life on the Street' connection that saw tow great actors from that cast in small roles here, namely Kyle Secor (who played Bayliss) and Clark Johnson (who played Lewis).Overall this is a solid action film. It's nothing special and not overly impressive but it passes 90 minutes without leaving any negative (or positive) marks!
3 out of 5 people found the following review useful: WESLEY & BUSEY AT THEIR VERY BEST., 10 September 2002 Author: FIVEDOLPHINS from SOUTH DAKOTA
I watch this movie at least once a month, just for "the adreneline rush". Sometimes, as often as needed! Wesley really pushes to the edge in this one.The entire cast were excellent! Including Mr. Busey, of course.The writers and casters of the movie did really well with little details, like turf fights, base not on race, but on the fact that "you are not welcome here". Then there was "The Title On The Book" Wesley was reading while flying on the jetliner.He didn't get the girl, but he did achieve more mile stones in the movie world for all of us, as one people.
4 out of 7 people found the following review useful: Exciting and amusing movie about an undercover agent infiltrated in the skydiving sport, 3 May 2005 Author: ma-cortes from Santander Spain
The tale deals a DEA agent(Wesley Snipes) who along with his brother(Malcolm Jamal Warner)are caring a convict(Michel Jeter) into a Boeing plane. Then he's abducted by a villain(Gary Busey) and underlings(Luca Bercovici and Claire Stanfield) and dropped in parachute. Snipes sets off in pursuit and is signed up in a skydiving airport instruction(managed by Yancy Butler) with the aim to resolve the issue.It's an action-ride movie from start to finish and the intrigue is continued. The film mingles suspense, tension,thriller, action-packed and is very entertaining because happen several events. The final confrontation amongst the protagonist and enemies is stimulating and breathtaking. The movie is fast moving and the action pace is rightly directed and for that reason the picture isn't boring, nor dreary but is bemusing. Of course, the spotlights and great climax film are the flight scenes, it's spellbound and overwhelming. There aren't special effects but ¨stunts¨who make it astounding. The motion picture collaborated to create the ¨skydiving genre film¨ thus has a certain remembrance with: ¨Break Point¨(Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves) ,¨Terminal velocity¨(with Charlie Sheen and Natassja Kinski) and ¨Cutaway¨(Tom Berenger and Stephen Baldwin).Wesley Snipes interpretation is good ,he's making an important step as a future action movies hero-star(Blade).Gary Busey plays very nice the nasty (as always) and Yancy Butler is enticing and enjoyable. Hans Zimmer music is fine but with too much tuning knob and few symphonic music. The motion picture is correctly directed by the veteran Joh Badham
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