Drop Zone (1994)

A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Busey specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell ... See full summary »

Director:

John Badham

Writers:

Tony Griffin (story), Guy Manos (story),

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler

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

Storyline

A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Busey specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Snipes lost a brother to this crew and learns skydiving with the help of tough-but-lovable instructor Butler so he can track them down. DIE HARD meets PASSENGER 57 meets CLIFFHANGER.

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Plot Keywords:

dea | parachute | terrorist | skydiving | plane | 

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Taglines:

La amenaza está en el aire. (The threat is in the air.) [Spain]

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Drop Zone - pudotusalue

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

£902,239 (UK) (14 April 1995)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Nicita/Lloyd Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The tagline for Jess Crossman's skydiving school is "Get Up, Fall Down, No Problem."

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Goofs

After Swoop cuts away from his main to assist Selkirk with his malfunction we see a close up as he falls down to Selkirk, clearly his 3 ring connectors are still stowed which means his main has not even deployed at this point, yet we have just seen him cutaway.

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Quotes

Jessie Crossman: People probably told you that Jessie Crossman was the only person skilled enough to jump from a 747.
Pete Nessip: Well, the actual phrase used was "dick brain".

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Connections

Referenced in Naked Fear (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Baby Please Don't Go"
by Big Joe Williams (as Joe Williams)
Performed by Webb Wilder
Courtesy of Zoo Entertainment

User Reviews

Typical Snipes Film: Brainless, But Entertaining

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.