There can’t be anyone that hasn’t had a disastrous first date. There’s a whole load of warning signals – the date who just talks about their ex, the date who shares their deepest held traumas or worse still the date that wears the same clothes and perfume as your dead mother and claims not to know you’re a member of the royal family. Right from the start ‘Drop’ drops into trauma an event that sees Violet (Meghann Fahy) and her toddler son being violated at gun point by her abusive partner that results is his death though quite how that happens won’t be revealed until later in the film. It’s little wonder Violent never wants to date again.
And yet she does go on her first date since becoming a widow agreeing to go for dinner with Henry (Brandon Sklenar) a photo journalist who’s running late for the fancy skyhigh restaurant they’ve booked. It leaves Violet time to get a drink at the bar in a neat little scene that introduces a friendly female bartender, an anxious man awaiting his first date too, the restaurant hostess, and a louche lounge lizard piano player. But once Henry arrives the tension begins too as Violet receives a number of airdrops (or digi drop as it’s called here) messages that are from someone within 50 feet of their table. Playful at first, the messages quickly turn terrifying when she is instructed to do everything she is told by the digidropper or the most appalling acts will be perpetrated on her family. If only her family were the Kardashians it would have been easy to ignore the instructions and carry on with her date. Unfortunately it’s her young son and babysitting sister who are in the firing line and anything Violet might do to try and call for help will end with her sons murder.
Like the best of high concept thrillers it’s a simple premise that is predominantly set in just one location that leaves the audience wondering what they would do in such a scenario as well as trying to figure out just who is sending the drop messages. Both leads are good value especially the truly radiant Fahy who the film sticks with throughout and they’re given good support by the rest of the cast with a scene stealing comic turn from their waiter flamboyantly played by Jeffery Self.
Helmed by director Christopher Landon (whose film ‘Freaky’ – reviewed HERE– was a crowd pleaser for horror fans) this is adeptly handled with some neat flourishes (a moment where each possible suspect in the restaurant is highlighted by a high light works well) and Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach’s script doesn’t hang around but gets on with the job in hand leaving no time to ponder on a plot that doesn’t bear too much close scrutiny. But Drop is one of those hugely entertaining thrillers that make a great Saturday night especially if you don’t have to leave the kids with a babysitter
related feature : The AnyGoodFilms guide how NOT to be a parent…….(according to horror films)
related feature : ‘Last Stop in Yuma County’ – actors Jim Cummings & Richard Brake chat about the terrific new thriller
Here’s the Drop trailer….
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