FILM
DROP
Drop it!
Meghann Fahy drives the action.
PHONE BOOTH FOR THE SMARTPHONE ERA
★★★★
OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 95 MINS
DIRECTOR Christopher Landon
CAST Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond
PLOT A first date for widowed mother Violet (Fahy) is derailed by sinister messages from a stranger threatening to kill her family.
GREAT IDEAS CAN strike in the strangest of circumstances. In the case of Drop, it came when Olivia Sui, girlfriend of the film’s executive producer Sam Lerner, received mysterious Shrek memes (of all things) through AirDrop, Apple’s close-proximity file-sharing feature. Swap ogre memes for murder threats and you have director Christopher Landon’s ridiculously fun tech thriller, which stretches its premise to absurd heights befitting of its inspiration.