Movie Review: Drop

The new movie "Drop" succeeds in creating a different kind of story, definitely never seen before.

As this movie begins with a flashback, Violet, played by Meghann Fahy is lying on the floor, about to be shot by her ex-husband while her young son looks on. We find out later that Violet's insane ex-husband is dead and now it is about 3 years later, and Violet is ready to start dating again and has a blind date at a highrise restaurant in downtown Chicago.

With Violet's sister babysitting her son, Violet arrives at the restaurant and meets her blind date, Henry, played by Brandon Sklenar. At first, the blind date is going smoothly, until Violet starts getting insane and then threatening cell phone messages, followed by videos showing her sister and son in her house. A terrorist is trying to force Violet to kill her blind date, and the constant threats with Violet desperately trying to find help, dominate the rest of this film.

There is an unusual side story with the appearance of an extremely annoying waiter, who makes too many appearances in this film, which I thought was an unnecessary distraction that lessens the story's overall effectiveness.

There is a surprise and trick ending that I thought was well done, but not really that much of a surprise, with a climax that mostly worked.

The Rotten Tomatoes for Drop are a mostly high 83% and I agree with this rating and do recommend this movie.