Drop (2025)

Making a movie trailer is art by itself. More often than not, in order to sell their products hard, the filmmakers and the studio tend to feature the best parts of the film in their trailer. It, of course, ruins the audiences’ experience when the feature is out.

That was what going on my mind when I kept seeing it during all my recent theatre visits, they keep showing this trailer and you know what’s coming.

In a way, that exactly what happened but, the director and his team proved that they can still find way to entertain you despite the tropes and cliches.

If you have seen the trailer, you will know the plot. This gal going on a date suddenly gets messages from unknown contact, urging her to do this and that, or her kid (being babysat by her sister) would be killed. And the threat was convincing enough to get her to do what the sender requests, including (not a spoiler, it was a trailer) to kill her date.

For a good three quarter of the flick, it’s a hell of a thrill ride. Edge of the seat suspense as our protagonist weave her way through one nail biting scene after another to outwit the mysterious sender and hopefully save her kid and the sister.

It’s a good ride while it lasted, as we jump from one suspect to another with as we go through the journey with Violet played by Megan Fahy whose performance is crucial to draw our empathy. She reminded me a lot of Michelle Pfeifer, though.

Set primarily in two locations – a restaurant and Violet’s home – this techsploitation horror as a reviewer termed it, hardly wavers and held my attention up to the end. Yes, the climax is cliched, but I actually wanted it to happen, hell it has to happen.

But thanks largely to Fahy's performance, the film really works. If we were not along with her for the ride, this might as well be another B-grade thriller.