
Drop Zone
Taste attributes: actionthrillerespionageadventurevehiclestried & testedlightimaginarysimplelinearglossyemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"Taking crime to new heights"
Boxlist takeBreezy and emotionally cool: a heightened thriller, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like easy over intense.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
5.6 /10
TMDB · 293 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
A team of skydiving crooks led by rogue DEA agent Ty Moncrief specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so they can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete Nessip lost a brother to this crew and learns skydiving with the help of the tough instructor Jessie Crossmann so he can track them down.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- John Badham
Cast
- Wesley Snipes
- Gary Busey
- Yancy Butler
- Michael Jeter
- Corin Nemec
Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Paramount
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











