When Jagger is found dead, tangled in some high-voltage power lines, it's obvious that his death was a murder engineered by Ty, and with Pete's help, Jessie seeks revenge on Ty. When Jessie's parachuting friend Selkirk is severely injured after using a faulty parachute that Ty had intended for Jessie to use, Pete is appointed to take Selkirk's place. Jessie agrees to train Pete how to skydive, if he will sponsor her team for the parachute exhibition. Because skydiving played a part in the airplane hijacking, Pete finds his way to Jessie Crossman, a world-class skydiver and ex-con, whose ex-husband Jagger, unknown to all, is part of Ty's crew. Ty has scheduled this to be accomplished during an Independence Day parachute exhibition and fireworks display, which is the one day every year when security is loosened around the airspace above Washington DC. Ty plans to use Leedy to hack into the DEA mainframe computer in Washington DC, so Ty can auction off the names of undercover agents to drug cartels worldwide. Renegade skydiver and former DEA agent Ty Moncrief is the mastermind behind the attack, which culminated in the first-ever parachute jump from a commercial jet at 30,000 feet. Pete believes that the assault may have been an elaborate prison break meant to free Leedy. A devastated Pete is blamed for overreacting to the incident, and he's forced to turn in his badge. When an apparent terrorist hijack attempt blows a hole in the airplane, Terry is sucked out to his death, and the terrorists parachute out of the same hole, taking Leedy with them. Marshall Pete Nessip and his brother Terry, a fellow marshal, are escorting prison inmate Earl Leedy, who is a computer wizard, to a high-security prison. definitely some scenes that don't make sense.Aboard a commercial airliner, U.S. it has that cheeze of a '90s action flick and it avoids a lot of landmines that could have distracted from what is a fun ride. (much better than the "jump out of an airplane without a parachute" scene from Moonraker which used to be my gold standard of "jumping out of an airplane without a parachute" scenes) it was so fucking rad because it's actual skydivers doing actual practical effects. and she resets, realigns, and hits it AGAIN the second time. but he's panicking so he's like "wah wah wah!" and she's all "get over here you dummy" and they disengage. when she approaches she does this sweet fucking flip maneuver to latch onto his back. All contents are provided by non-affiliated third parties. Wesley falls out of an airplane without a parachute and Yancey Butler chases after him. Disclaimer: This site does not store any files on its server. but there is an amazing one towards the end of the movie that involves a photocopier and i'll just leave it at that.īEST SCENE IN THE MOVE: i watched this film as part of what i am calling "Bubble Bath Theater Presents:" and in my 18-months of watching movies while drinking in a bubble bath, this is the first time i've ever lumbered out of the tub and dripped soapy water all over my laptop to rewind a scene, and it was the (first) parachute chase scene. I don't want to spoil it, but DROP ZONE has a hilarious over-the-top death. was charlie sheen in that? (research needed i will update when i crack the case) i want to say there was a movie where they drive a red sports car out of the back of an airplane. three? airplane action movies that came out in a short window, TWO of which star Wesley Snipes. Andy Romano? i just saw him as a general in Under Siege 2! (another highly recommended movie)ĭROP ZONE is also one of. and of course there's an all-star cast of your favorite B/C level character actors. fuckin' Susan Ross's mom is in it (aka Sarah Palmer) is in it. Michael Jeter (aka "the nerd" from Tango & Cash) plays. I haven't done my deep dive on the cast yet, but it's got Snipes and Gary Busey. Ironically enough, i don't much care for "airplane" movies OR "extreme sports" movies (Point Break). good action movies, but i didn't and don't much care for crime/mob/mafia action or vampire action. Snipes was doing Blade, he was doing New Jack City. growing up loving the action movies with a sci-fi bent, Arnold (and to a lesser extent Stallone) were my go-to action stars. i hadn't seen his movies in so long i forgot how awesome he is. This is one of those movie recommendations where i am not suggesting they review it on HDTGM (it wouldn't be awful though) but it's more of a recommendation for others who like HDTGM-style movies.įirst of all fucking Wesley Snipes. Another entry in my quest to rewatch a bunch of great forgotten (by me at least) action movies from my past - DROP ZONE.
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