Film: Drop
Cast: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane
Director: Christopher Landon
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 100

Christopher Landon’s “Drop” is a thriller that unfolds in a couple of locations with few characters. Violet (Fahy), is introduced in a scene where the father of her son Toby (Jacob Robinson) ends up dead. We don’t know whether Violet killed him or not. Thereafter, in fact many years later, Violet returns to the dating scene and goes to dinner with Henry (Sklenar), who she’s been texting. He’s booked a table at a fancy Chicago restaurant named Palate, but he’s running a little late, so she waits for him at the bar. Violet has time to kill so she chats up with other people at the restaurant, -the hostess, bartender, piano player, and a fellow on a blind date. Then Violet starts getting a series of drops to her phone using an app called “DigiDrop.” They’re coming from someone no more than 50 feet away—starts off  as playful but then the messages get dark quickly. Apparently, a masked man is at Violet’s home, ready to murder Toby and Violet’s sister, Jen (Violett Beane). Violet has to do everything the mysterious dropper says, or her sister and son will be murdered.

Though the storyline is far-fetched the director doesn’t give you much time to think about the probability of such a thing happening - if at all? The movie is a thrill ride as it knows what it wants to do and doesn’t waste time doing it. It is a film built around new technology which it uses smartly to pitch forward a scary scenario that seems plausible while you are absorbed in the visual perception of it. Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar have the personality and charm to keep you engrossed in their date from hell. The camera lingers on lovingly as they struggle their way through a nightmare date night.