Drop Zone

Drop Zone (1994)

Taking crime to new heights.

A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.

Date of release
1994-12-08
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (482)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Director
John Badham

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $45M
  • Filmed in: Miami, Washington, D.C., and Warner Center

Drop Zone is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by John Badham, starring Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter, Sam Hennings, Luca Bercovici and Kyle Secor. The film follows U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip who has to take to the skies to break up a drug smuggling gang. Drop Zone was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on December 9, 1994.

Production

The original idea came from two professional skydivers, Tony Griffin and Guy Manos. One of the film's screenwriters, Peter Barsocchini, would later write High School Musical. Steven Seagal was originally attached to star.

The insurance policies of Wesley Snipes and most of the cast precluded them from skydiving. However, Michael Jeter actually performed the tandem jump. The green Douglas C-47 Skytrain used in the skydiving scenes is currently on display at the Valiant Air Command air museum in Titusville, Florida.

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