It is very rare to find a True believer these days, you’d have to search far and wide to find one. But hey, they are only human, saved by God’s grace – and what a wonderful undeserving grace it is. I could tell you horror stories about all denominations. As a matter of fact, the brethren have proven time and again – the hypocrites that they are.
I still have friends in the movie business and truth be told I would trust some of them more than I trust the brethren. This was a time following the dark ages, much like the times in which we live today. This was the time of enlightenment of renaissance, of Da Vinci and Shakespeare, a time of the protestant reformation. In those days, believe it or not, the theatre was about morality plays – thought provoking plays that one could take home and ponder. There was a time, when people weren’t as literate as we are today. But as in the social construct of our country we have moved to the extreme craziness of the far left – demanding the obscene. There have always been good people in my industry. I for one am appalled at how far we have strayed from Christian norms in the entertainment business. In spite of what you may believe not all of us in the movie business are Godless swamp creatures. In addition, ¨Drop zone¨ film in which the action lovers will enjoy this ode to the skydiving sport, in spite of story deficiencies.
He directed several hits (Nick of time, Skateout ,Point of No Return, Bird on a wire), though today making TV movies (Jack Bull, Floating away) and television episodes (Crossing Jordan, Psych, Las Vegas, Standoff, Heroes). He's a nice director who achieved his greatest success in the 80s and 90s. Badham's breakthrough credit was the box office smash Fever Saturday night (1977) other hits on his resume include The Blue Thunder (1983), War games (1983), and Shortcircuit (1986). The motion picture was correctly directed by the veteran Joh Badham with assured and fast moving direction. The motion picture collaborated to create the ¨ skydiving genre film ¨ whose initial outing was ¨The Gypsy Moths¨(1969) by John Frankenheimer, thus has a certain remembrance to : ¨Break Point¨ (Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves), ¨Terminal velocity¨ (with Charlie Sheen and Natassja Kinski) and ¨Cutaway¨ (Tom Berenger and Stephen Baldwin). Hans Zimmer music is fine but with too much tuning knob and little symphonic music. Gary Busey plays very nice the nasty role, as usual, and Yancy Butler is enticing and enjoyable. Wesley Snipes interpretation is good, he is making an important step as an action movie hero-star (Blade). There aren't special effects but ¨stunts¨ who make it astounding. Of course, the spotlights and great climax of the film are the flight scenes, it is spellbound and overwhelming. The movie is fast moving and the action pace is rightly directed and for that reason the flick isn't boring, nor dreary but is bemusing. If you can suspend you disbelief, this crime-adventure is just enjoyable and keep you entertained. Mind-numbing and incredible storyline is redeemed by breathtaking skydiving scenes.
The final confrontation amongst the protagonist and enemies is stimulating and breathtaking. The film mingles suspense, tension, thriller, action-packed and is very entertaining because happens several events. This solid though predictable thriller contains dazzling airborne stunts which keeps you tied on the edge of your seat. It's an action-ride movie from start to finish and the intrigue is continued. Snipes sets off in pursuit and is signed up in a skydiving airport instruction (managed by Yancy Butler) with the aim to resolve the issue. Then he is abducted by a villain (Gary Busey) and underlings (Luca Bercovici and Claire Stanfield) and dropped in parachute.
Marshal (Wesley Snipes) who along with his brother (Malcolm Jamal Warner) are caring a convict (Michel Jeter) into a Boeing plane.