TheGDfather
I must say I have absolutely no clue what all the bad reviews are about. What were people expecting from Gary Busey and Wesley Snipes? As a matter of fact I read that Steven Seagal was suppose to be Wesley Snipe character. But he had to do Under Siege 2. This movie just is what the 90's was all about. Action movies which the 80's pretty much did a good job of but the 90's perfected it. Gary Busey plays your typical bad guy. I for one was excited about sky diving after this. Made me want to and I was always afraid of it. This reminds me of what the 90's were like for me as a teenager. A lot of extreme sports which is why they made the Espn made the X games. This movie had a lot of action in it. But I must say it has a 7. It is missing a lot of the one liners in movies. And people are right about one thing, it doesn't flow well. Well Gary Busey is a great actor along with Wesley Snipes, Yancey Butler doesn't measure up. Good actor but her part needed more. I just wasn't sold on her having any kind of record or even a parole officer. Let alone carrying a gun at any time. She looked my like a lost librarian if anything. And the ending was down right awful. The director didn't do a great job of tying things in the film to make you want to see the ending. Like they do in all the other action movies. Overall a lot of people are too harsh on this movie. Its a 7. Its fun to watch and you can actually watch it again because of the all the great action shots. But I'm seeing 4's and 2's in these reviews which is too low. You can sit through this whole movie and not be bored to be honest .If you are asking whether this movie is worth to watch, it is. Its worth it to me to have in the collection. Just not really a go to movie.
tim mercurio
OK remember 9/11/2001?? well when Gary Busey made that comment in the movie drop zone about that guy with the scar! about 911 couldn't be happening or some others like that right??? well he made it yet this movies was made in 1994 h'm. people watch this movie carefully i had noticed movies many many years ago about scripts and comments they make, and they ever do so happen in the near future warning warning warning i believe the FBI . and government and people are signing in new levels of hints while living in china and as an ex-pat we teach Chinese students English while teaching we offer keywords this my friends is what you need to do. bare in mind while listening carefully to each script in the movies and watch them carefully time and time again and slow them down if needed to look at the back ground of such other movies esp. when it comes to war.politics,religion,history
dgaffen-1
This is fun. The premise is ridiculous -- really, a parachuting gang? But Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey liven it up. Don't take it too seriously, and you'll have a good time. It's one of my guilty pleasures. The idea of what's going on is a bunch of hooey, and really, Wesley Snipes hasn't made a lot of good movies lately, so this one is starting to look better and better. (Blade? Good. Blade 2? Pretty good. Blade 3?? Not so much.) He's better when he keeps it light, and this was before Gary Busey turned into a gigantic pile of mush and started to do reality television (gasp, ugh, barf). It's clever, reasonably well put-together, and goes down easy.
AlexRem
Although it's utterly ridiculous, I really, really enjoy this movie. Badham is a fine, if underrated action/thriller director; WarGames is great, Nick of Time is good, and his other notable movies include Stakeout, Saturday Night Fever, and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings. He keeps Drop Zone moving quickly enough that suspended disbelief doesn't lift, which is a good thing considering that the bad guys are rogue skydivers. Seriously. Fortunately, the head bad guy is played by Gary Busey, who could make an interior decorator evil.There's some great aerial photography, and it makes skydiving look awesome. It's extremely well-paced, the supporting cast is likable, and the script is enjoyably amusing. Snipes is one of the premier action stars of his generation, and his presence alone can elevate a movie from the mediocre to the above average. And Yancy Butler is absolutely smoking. End of story.This movie is actually one of the more compulsively watchable to be released at the end of the action movie renaissance of the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. I'd watch it right now, even though I just saw it last night. My definition of a good movie.
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