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Drop… as in AirDrop.
It’s an iPhone thing where someone can send a message to several random phones in the near vicinity at the same time, although in this case, someone’s doing it directly to the phone of Violet (Meghann Fahy – The Perfect Couple), a widowed therapist who’s going on her first date in years. Cue 10 minutes spent being nervous at home, amongst son Toby (Jacob Robinson) and younger sister-cum-babysitter Jen (Violett Beane).
In a very posh restaurant, her date is hunky Henry (Brandon Sklenar – It Ends With Us), but the evening is soon disrupted as someone’s AirDropping some weird games to her, that wouldn’t look out of place as a Facebook app.
Whoever the baddie is, they seem to know where she is, and as well as even if she tries to signal for help, causing her to eyeball the security cameras, of which there’s a hell of a lot for a simple restaurant.
So, who is the baddie? Her date? The waiter? Henry, the mild-mannered janitor? It could be anyone!
Naturally, there’s not too much I can say, but because I leave my brain at the door, I didn’t guess who it was until the reveal came, but while Drop is playing straight by all concerned, and is very entertaining, it does get gloriously stupid, similar to how many ’90s thrillers were, back in the day.
As such, since Blumhouse films can be very hit and miss, this one was a hit, and also comes from director Christopher Landon, who brought us Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U, and I’m still waiting for the proposed threequel!
Certainly made for a change from Blumhouse’s recent, and awful, Woman In The Yard!
However, I did wonder early on: Can you actually block getting random AirDrops? And the answer, is yes. So if I had an iPhone, I’d have done that the moment I bought it. So, none of this nonsense would’ve happened.
That said, I have heard of a case where someone in a cinema was sick of two other people who were constantly talking, so they sent an AirDrop in the hope that it would be received by them, telling them to shut up… and it worked!
However…. I had to do it the old-fashioned way, with a couple of elderly women in the row behind me, who were sat at the end of the row. Every now and again, they thought nothing of just breaking out into conversation at normal volume. I tried to shush them, same as my situation with the Minecraft Movie in 3D, but unlike the entitled wotsit during that film, this time, I think they were just deaf and didn’t hear me. Must also have been blind, as I tried waving to them at one point, but still nothing!
The next couple of times, it came just as something big was about to happen onscreen, so I had no alternative to stay in my seat in order to concentrate on what was going on. But the next time, there was nothing holding me back. I got up, went over to them, put my hands on the backs of the seats in front of them, so I could lean into them, so they couldn’t miss me, and one of them sat back in her seat, aghast at the fact this had happened. I said, slowly and also at normal volume, “Can you please… Stop… Talking?”
I then went to sit back down, and barely heard a peep out of them after that. YES!
NOTE: There are no mid- or post-credit scenes.
Drop is in cinemas now, and is available to pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD, ahead of its release date TBA.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 95 minutes
Release date: April 11th 2025
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 (ARRIRAW (4.6K), Anamorphic Atlas Scope)
Cinema: Odeon Trafford Centre
Rating: 8/10
Director: Christopher Landon
Producers: Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller
Screenplay: Jillian Jacobs, Christopher Roach
Music: Bear McCreary
Cast:
Violet: Meghann Fahy
Henry: Brandon Sklenar
Jen: Violett Beane
Toby: Jacob Robinson
Richard: Reed Diamond
Cara: Gabrielle Ryan
Hostess: Sarah McCormack
Matt: Jeffery Self
Phil: Ed Weeks
Bearded Man: Ben Pelletier
Connor: Travis Nelson
Green Dress Prom Girl: Saoirse Hayden
Diane: Fiona Browne
Young Woman (Zoom): Stephanie Karam
Blake: Michael Shea
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