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Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter, Corin Nemec ... see more see more... , Kyle Secor , Luca Bercovici , Malcolm-Jamal Warner , Rex Linn , Grace Zabriskie , Sam Hennings , Claire Stansfield , Mickey Jones , Andy Romano , Ed Amatrudo , Lexie D. Bigham , Charles Boswell , D.D. Howard , Al Israel , Ron Kuhlman , Robert La Sardo , Keith MacKechnie , Tim Powell , Kimberly Scott , Jan Speck , Dale Swann , Julie Warner , Clark Johnson , Melanie Mayron , Rick Zieff , Jerry Tondo , Michael Jeeter , Robert LaSardo

Wesley Snipes is battling bad guys in the air again, this time with parachutes, in this action-packed suspense thriller. Pete Nessip (Snipes) is a Federal Marshall who, teamed with his brother Terry (... read more read more...Malcolm-Jamal Warner), is escorting criminal computer genius Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter) to a new prison facility. Pete, Terry, and Earl are on a jet en route to Earl's new lockup when terrorists attempt a daring hijacking; Terry is killed in an explosion aboard the plane, and suddenly Earl is missing. Pete discovers that a team of sky-diving outlaws, led by former DEA agent gone bad Ty Moncrief (Gary Busey), have snatched Earl from his flight and spirited him away for a special raid on Washington D.C.; Ty and his men intend to take advantage of an obscure rule in which the normally restricted airspace in Washington D.C. is open to parachute enthusiasts on July 4. Eager to avenge his brother's death and put both Ty and Earl behind bars, Pete recruits sky-diving expert Jessie Crossman (Yancy Butler) to teach him how to infiltrate Ty's team of sky-bound criminals. Superb aerial stunt work highlights this film; please note that Pete's last name is an anagram for the leading man's last name. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: John Badham

Release Date: December 9, 1994

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DVD Release Date: May 25, 1999

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  • phubbs1
    July 31, 2011
    phubbs1
    I remember when this came out it was quite a big action flick for Snipes, its funny when you look back on these old films and see how bad they really were hehe. One of two skydiving flicks released in the same year (much like the two Robin Hood flicks) but quite different from ea... read morech other surprisingly.
    This film is a slight rip on the far superior 'Point Break' in my humble opinion, just replace surfing with skydiving and you pretty much know what I'm talking about plot wise and action wise.

    Problem is the action is rather dull, repetitive and dated even back then with a boring gang of baddies lead by the too old Gary Busey and a whole host of similar aerial set pieces that are clearly not the stars haha. Very much a by the numbers action flick that isn't as good as other by the numbers action flicks.
  • kpn666
    November 4, 2009
    kpn666
    Wesley hits the air time again, as a US Marshall pursuing a computer genius who was kidnapped at high altitude by a group of elite parachutists and ex law enforcement and soldiers. Knowing that the kidnappers and his prisoner is still alive, he takes to the skies with the aid of ... read morea crazy drop expert and her equally crazy team , learning how to parachute, as well following the trail of the kidnappers, who have a bad guy agenda to make millions, by utilizing their skills.

    Wesley can't get enough of high altitude, and honestly, if we had mroe cops and security like Snipes, we'd be a hella lot safer! But anyways, this movie, like Passenger 57, set the bar again for a new kind of action. A mix of gun play, fist-cuffs and sky diving embroiled in an average though believable plot, makes for a pretty good flick.

    And why not? This is one of the earliest movies to take extreme sports to the big screen in a big way, and the sky diving cinematography was excellent, most of the time. But the cast was good, another bad guy in the form of bad ass Gary Busey. Snipes, once again, is a flawed and vulnerable character, and is pretty much a novice when it comes sky diving. But considering what he's up against, he had to learn how to fly pretty fast, before the ground or the bad guys get him, whichever comes first.

    So welcome to the daredevil world of sky diving.... and Wesley Snipes. XD
  • SirPant
    September 28, 2009
    SirPant
    Plop Zone
  • stormyweather980
    September 10, 2009
    stormyweather980
    I haven't ever skydived before, but I do like watching movies about skydiving. I also liked "Terminal Velocity," but "Drop Zone" is a lot better. Wesley Snipes stars as a U.S. Marshal who tries to catch some terrorists that hijacked a plane that he was on and their actions result... read moreed in the death of his brother. Snipes believes that it was a set up, but he's the only one that thinks that, so it's up to him to figure it out by himself. To do this, Wesley Snipes learns a new hobby and starts skydiving himself while trying to figure out and catch the terrorists in action.
    "Drop Zone" is a good movie. Its plot might be choppy in parts, but that's about the only thing wrong with the movie. The skydiving sequences are the best and most exciting I've ever seen in any movie, and Wesley Snipes is hilarious in some parts such as when he skydives for the first time and screams the whole way down. The movie's soundtrack is another good thing about the movie.

    Whether you like skydiving or not, if you like good action movies I recommend getting "Drop Zone." NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001.
  • Deano78
    July 16, 2008
    Deano78
    Only just got round to finally watching this action film from the early nineties! It's pretty good for the action films that were around at the time and certainly enjoyable enough to be worth checking out if you haven't seen it already. Quite similar to Point Break but with sky d... read moreivers!
  • briandeguelle
    April 24, 2008
    briandeguelle
    bad bad film.What were you thinking mr snipes.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 22, 2007
    sanjurosamurai
    really fun movie, made me wanna sky dive. classic snipes back in the day
  • deano
    November 29, 2006
    deano
    Extreme cool on sky-diving sequences with my favourite black actor Wesley Snipes.
  • KevinTheMovieManiac
    May 25, 2009
    KevinTheMovieManiac
    What the hell Wesley Snipes?? You are better than this!! I can say that the plot is very silly. About sky diving terrorists...and yeah it gets old fast!! I dont want to sit through a movie when people jump thourgh the damn air! i would have loved to see a gun battle in mid air! T... read morehat would have been so kick ass right! But noooo we cant be that inventive, we have to have little lame dialogue scenes and corny as fuck perfomances. Even Gary Busey( a great character actor) cant even save this piece of shit! I didnt even get what was going on all the time. The shootout at the begging of the film was cool but other than that this movie was a waste of time!

    P.S. What the Hell Happened to Wesley Snipes what did you dissapear??!! Come back to planet earth you kick ass action star!!
  • flynnparadox
    December 11, 2006
    flynnparadox
    Snipes, an actor that I like a lot, actually, seems lost in this parachuting thriller that's not much more thrilling than Coleman Francis' "The Skydivers."

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Critic Reviews

Clint Morris
April 19, 2008
Clint Morris, Moviehole

Good cheesy fun. One of Snipes' best.

Michael Dequina
January 11, 2004
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

Reasonably exciting. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
July 25, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Mindless Snipes tripe.

Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Stephen Holden
May 20, 2003
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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January 1, 2000
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January 1, 2000
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January 1, 2000
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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