‘Drop' Review: Meghann Fahy's First-Date Disaster
Produced by horror impresario Jason Blum ('Get Out,' 'M3gan'), 'Drop' has a premise that promises some agreeably trashy thrills: Set in a luxe Chicago restaurant on a building's 38th floor, it follows single mother Violet (Meghann Fahy) as she juggles the anxiety of a first date with the demands of a diabolical schemer who keeps popping up on her phone and threatening to kill her son. The film presumably fancies this the setup for an audacious high-wire act. In its execution, though, it reminded me more of a pulled-over drunken driver, quite sure he is walking in a straight line when in fact he's a foot wide of the mark and on the verge of toppling into a ditch.
The movie begins with an episode from Violet's past, depicting in lurid, shadowy style her husband stalking her through their home as she crawls beaten and bloodied across the floor. Fast forward to the present and we meet her as a widowed therapist, counseling an abused woman to know her worth. But Violet is still working on that herself, all nerves before her date with Henry (Brandon Sklenar), whom she has been talking to online for months but has yet to meet in person. Violet's sister, Jen (Violett Beane), picks out a red dress for her, promises to take care of her sweet young boy, Toby (Jacob Robinson), and sends her on her way.
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