I was drawn into Drop expecting a tight thriller, but its uneven pacing and overdone ending left me at 6/10, though some might drop to 3/10 if the slow bits lose them.
This tech-driven thriller tracks Violet (Meghann Fahy), a widowed mom whose date with Henry (Brandon Sklenar) turns nightmarish when ‘DigiDrop’ (a bit like AirDrop) messages blackmail her to save her son and sister.
The premise crackles, and Christopher Landon’s slick direction delivers 9/10 scenes of heart-pounding suspense, but intermittently. Fahy’s raw intensity carries the film, with Sklenar’s warm Henry a solid foil, though his patience feels unreal. Violett Beane adds spark, but too many 2/10 slow fillers (drawn-out dialogue, unnecessary slow drawn scenes with BGM, redundant subplots) bog down the first half, making the 100 min runtime feel 20 min too long. Needed better editing.
The script by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach nails early tension but fumbles with an over-the-top, out-of-sync climax (last 10 min) that feels forced to justify the stakes. It would appeal to some audiences though.
Drop has thrilling highs but needed tighter editing to shine. Fun for patient viewers, but sluggish for some.
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