Drop zone

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Movie
German title Drop zone
Original title Drop zone
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Badham
script Peter Barsocchini
John Bishop
Tony Griffin
Guy Manos
production DJ Caruso
Lauren Lloyd
Wallis Nicita
music Hans Zimmer
camera Norman Kent
Roy H. Wagner
cut Frank Morriss
occupation
synchronization

Drop Zone is a 1994 American action film . Directed by John Badham . Wesley Snipes and Gary Busey played the leading roles .

action

The brothers Pete Nessip and Terry Nessip are US marshals and have been commissioned to transfer the arrested computer expert Earl Leedy to a maximum security prison, where he is safe from the criminals against whom he will testify in court.

The plane in which they are accompanying Leedy is suddenly ambushed by a group of criminals. They take Leedy under their control and blow up the door of the plane in flight while they are wearing oxygen masks and a parachute for themselves and their hostage. Leedy is severed a finger shortly before the jump, which should later lead investigators to declare Leedy dead. Pete's brother Terry Nessip and some passengers are killed.

Pete Nessip is blamed for the mid-air explosion, as some passengers claim he shot one of the criminals and it is believed that he detonated explosives on the gangster's body. Because of the unsuccessful transfer and until the allegations have been clarified, Pete is suspended from duty.

Pete believes that there will be a planned release of prisoners on the plane and that Leedy is still alive. He doesn't want to accept his suspension so easily either and starts to research on his own. To find out more, he learns to parachute himself and finds out which group of people would have the ability to parachute off a Boeing 747 at altitude and cruising speed .

The criminals around Ty Moncrief want to land with the parachutes on the roof of the main building of the Drug Enforcement Administration and thus gain access to the high-security computer rooms. There the computer expert Leedy should gain access to a database in which DEA ​​undercover agents are stored. Moncrief then wants to sell the data of the undercover agents to interested criminals for a lot of money.

Pete Nessip and his skydiver friends follow the burglars. Nessip throws himself at Moncrief during a fight and both of them fall out the window of the skyscraper. In contrast to Moncrief, Nessip has a second parachute with which he lands gently. Moncrief dies on impact.

Earl Leedy is wearing a DEA agent jacket, he pretends to be a DEA agent and is about to leave the crime scene unmolested. Pete notices this, but is currently receiving medical treatment and cannot intervene. When Swoop, a member of Pete's team, overhears the scene from the roof of the building, he parachutes from the roof of the building directly onto Leedy and can catch him.

Reviews

James Berardinelli praised the action scenes on ReelViews , but criticized the plot was pointless. Neither the character of Ty Moncrief nor that of Pete Nessip are original.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 9, 1994 that the action scenes missed the plot. He praised the pictures taken in the air. Desson Howe, on the other hand, criticized the "absurd" plot in the Washington Post on December 9, 1994.

The lexicon of international film was ultimately of the opinion that despite the sometimes thin and effect-seeking story, the film was good cinema entertainment due to the excellent camera settings and the setting.

background

The film was shot in various locations in Florida and Washington, DC . Its production cost was estimated to be $ 45 million. The film grossed approximately $ 28.7 million in US cinemas.

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

synchronization

The German dubbing was created by the dubbing company Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke. Thomas Dannenberg was responsible for the dialogue book and the dialogue direction.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Berardinelli on ReelViews
  2. ↑ Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times
  3. ↑ Desson Howe in the Washington Post
  4. ↑ DROP ZONE FILM LEXICON . Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Filming locations for Drop Zone , accessed November 6, 2008
  6. ↑ Box office / business for Drop Zone , accessed November 6, 2008
  7. ^ Drop Zone (1994) German synchronization . Retrieved January 12, 2018.