Exploring Drop: A Thriller Worth Watching

Drop – 2025

Director Christopher Landon
Writers Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach
Starring Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jeffery Self

Drop fell out of the box office before this viewer could see it. Most likely due to the glut of Blumhouse films over the last 10 years. This is a shame. It has all of the safe earmarks of a budget thriller produced by Blum. However, Fahy and Sklenar have the skills to make this limited premise interesting. It is engaging enough for a night.

The premise, Fahy’s Violet is a therapist with a tragic past. She has decided to start dating again. She leaves her sister Jen with her son Toby. She goes to meet an online date, photographer Henry (Sklenar), at a fancy restaurant.

Once there, she begins checking her phone, as she keeps getting random messages while hoping for updates from her sister. Henry explains that the random messages are known as drops and they can happen from 50 feet around the phone. Some of the logic here is a stretch, but we go with it for the sake of the story.

The drops become more threatening, and reveal that there is an armed masked man in Violet’s home. She is instructed to not reveal any of the messages to Henry. Then she is instructed to destroy the digital card in Henry’s bag. That’s just the start of it all.

Landon and script writers come up with the a with some pretty outrageous events in the tight 95 minute runtime. Sklenar is known for being the most understanding guy ever in his earlier film It Ends With Us. He is the right guy. He can handle the worst first date.

There are no real surprises in Drop if one follows Eberts Law of Economy of Characters. That belies the amount of fun one might have if they just roll with it. Let the actors act and let the director’s nice shot selection be your guide and you will enjoy this film.

(*** out of *****)