Genre:
Action, Crime
Director:
John Badham
Script:
Peter Barsocchini, John Bishop, Tony Griffin, Guy Manos
Producers:
John Badham, Doug Claybourne, Lauren Lloyd, D.J. Caruso, Wallis Nicita
Score:
Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith
Cinematographer:
Roy H. Wagner
Editors:
Frank Morriss, Kevin Stitt
Special
Effects: Boss Film Studios, Chuck Gaspar, Danny Cangemi, Michael Hofstein,
Tanya Spence
Aerial
Stunt Coordinator: B.J Worth
Cast:
Yancy Butler as Jessie Crossman
Wesley
Snipes as
Pete Nessip
Gary
Busey as Ty Moncrief
Michael
Jeter as
Earl Leedy
Corin
Nemec as Selkirk
Kyle
Secor as Swoop
Grace
Zabriskie as Winona
Claire
Stansfield as Kara
Stunt
double for Yancy: Pam Manos
Locations:
Miami, Key West and Key Largo Florida, Washington DC and LA
A Paramount
production, in association with Nicita/Lloyd productions
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Synopsis:
Jailbreak
at 38 000 feet!
Federal
Marshall Pete Nessip (Snipes) loses his brother/partner and the prisoner
they were escorting during the course of a very unusual 747 hijacking.
Everyone is duped into believing that the hijackers were all killed when
the plane is ruptured by an explosion. Nessip suspects otherwise and attempts
to track down his brother's killers.
The
plane is hijacked to liberate Nessip's prisoner, a computer hacker named
Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter). Leedy is immediately put to work by Ty Moncrieff
(Gary Busey), the head of the organization that freed him in order to break
into various computers. In their most daring attempt, they attempt to infiltrate
the DEA's computers in order to obtain information regarding undercover
drug agents. Moncreiff plans to sell this information to the drug lords
and make a lot of profit. Nessip, aided by an expert skydiver, Jessie Crossman
(Yancy), attempts to thwart their attempts. This involves high speed chases
through the sky, crash landings, broken bones, and of course, plenty of
fighting action.
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Trivia:
Many
of the stunt scenes were filmed at night. Most of the actual jump ships
were helicopters.
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Comments:
Being
a bit of an adrenaline junkie myself, I have to say I was really into this
movie. I don't give a flying pig what the critics said about it,
it rocked! I like Wesley Snipes, I like Gary Busey and I love action movies.
Yancy was just great in her role, as she always is.
Drop
Zone is a wild ride through one of my favorite genres. A must see for any
action affection ado.
"Get
up, fall down"
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