Starring: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter, Corin Nemec.
Directed by John Badham

From the blurb on the video...

Jailbreak...at 38,000 feet! U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip's prisoner parachutes out of a 747 and floats safely into the night with his daring, deadly cohorts. Nessip does his best to stop the bold escapte. What does he get in return?

Suspended. But being off the force doesn't mean Nessip is out of the action. When it comes to stopping killers, he's taking the plunge.

As Nessip, Wesley Snipes free-falls into the daredevil world of skydiving to track down a cadre of techno terrorists in Drop Zone, a chute-to-thrill (me=groan) adventure co-starring Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter and more. Ready for excitement? You're in the zone with the action movie of the year!

My comments YB really hits her stride as macho tough gal Jess Crossman. Like Fast Money it's altogether a very enjoyable action movie but it distinguishes itself with some amazing sky-diving sequences which, unfortunately, had greatest impact on the big screen. I love the motto on the side of Jess's trailer - get up, fall down.

Some trivia - Nessip is an anagram of Snipes and according to Whispers - The enduring taboo against on-screen smooching between black men and white women. A test version of Paramount's Drop Zone that ended with Wesley Snipes kissing (Caucasian) leading lady Yancy Butler went over so badly in previews that a new ending was put on the 1994 release.

My fave scene - not surprisingly, the bit where Nessip punches Jess out for dropping him out of her plane without a parachute.

Other links

For the credits check out The Internet Movie Database
From Movie Guide on the US TV Guide's site From the Washington Post
Alex Patterson's review
Ram Samudrala's review
Article from The California Voice
Article from Cinescape

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