Review of Drop Zone (1994) by Martin D — 03 Apr 2010
US Marshal Wesley Snipes takes on skydiving criminal mastermind Gary Busey (!) in this high octane - and dopey as hell - 90's actioner. The plot is straight out of a textbook and not even worth going into but what were you expecting from a 1994 Wesley Snipes flick called Drop Zone? This was always going to be over the top skydiving action porn and it doesn't let you down with impressive aerial stunt work, shoddy special effects and laughable implausibilities coming together to make a super silly but entertaining whole.
The movie also scores points for its characters - Busey's villain (naturally Busey plays him as though he's got a screw loose), Michael Jeter's jittery hacker, Yancy Butler's tough skydiving instructor and her quirky crew.
.. Snipes pretty much phones it in as your standard hero but for all his blandness he does get an award winning WTF moment where he punches Yancy Butler in the face (!!). Overall a fun, if average no-brainer.
This review of Drop Zone (1994) was written by Martin D on 03 Apr 2010.
Drop Zone has generally received mixed reviews.
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