1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Great per flick with Benoshe are you ready for the Drop? 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: If you love a good suspense thriller, you love this movie. 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,239 Speaker 1: It's titled Drop, and you here to tell us all 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: about it. Ben O'Shea, how nice of you to drop in? 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Smiley always a pleasure. 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: I will say, let's let dial down the chances that 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 2: people might love this movie, and we'll get into that. So, 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 2: you know, movies sometimes have really unique premises, right like 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 2: so Snake's on a Plane, Snakes on a Plane, phone booth, 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 2: Colin Farrell, he was in a phone booth for the 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: whole movie. And sometimes these unique premises work and sometimes 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 2: they don't, And it really depends on how you build 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 2: a plot around the premise. And so in this film, 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: obviously someone has come up with the idea of that. 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: You know, they've air dropped a photo to their mate's phone. 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 2: You know how you can do that, So you have 17 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: photos on your phone, you want to get into someone 18 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: else's phone, you can air drop them without having to 19 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: text them or email them or whatever. And they've thought, 20 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: wouldn't it be amazing if we made a movie about 21 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: air dropping photos. But the catch is the person receiving 22 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 2: the air dropped photos are being stalked by, you know, 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 2: some sort of menacing, menacing entity, and then we build 24 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: a psychological thriller around that. And then a bunch of 25 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: people clearly said, oh, that's a good idea. I've never 26 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: seen a movie about that before. Here's a bucket of money, 27 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 2: let's see what happens. So that is basically the plot 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: of this entire movie. 29 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: A single mom who goes a. 30 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 2: Single mom played by Megan Faye was in the TV 31 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 2: show The Bold Type. After the suicide of her abusive husband, 32 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: is left as a single mom, finally decides to get 33 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: back into the dating scene after about a year or so. 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 2: And so she's been on the dating app with this 35 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: bloke played by Brendan Sklenard, who people might remember as 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: the actor from It Ends with Us. That wasn't Justin 37 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: Baldoni or Blake Lively. He was the other guy who 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: wasn't involved in any of the legal troubles. And so 39 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: they decide to go out on this date at this 40 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: fancy restaurant the top level of this skyscraper in Chicago. 41 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: And while they're having this lovely dinner this ritzy restaurant, 42 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, she starts getting these air drops, 43 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 2: but obviously they can't use air drop because that's copyrighted 44 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: by Apple, so they're called Digy drops. So she starts 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: getting these Digy drops, and initially it seems fairly harmless, 46 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: like maybe someone's playing a prank, just like, oh, nice 47 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 2: dress or oh, you know, are you enjoying your drink? 48 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 2: And so it's obviously somebody in the room who's sending 49 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 2: these air drop pictures to her. But then they start 50 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 2: to get a bit more menacing. It's like, you know, I, 51 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: you know, I know what you did, or you know, 52 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: look at the security cameras in your home. And she 53 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 2: logs into her security app and look into her security 54 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: camera footage where her kid is being baby sat by 55 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 2: her older sister, and you know, there's a guy in 56 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 2: a balaklava in her house with a gun. So all 57 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: of a sudden, it goes from you know, zero to 58 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 2: one hundred very quickly. And this this mystery person says, Okay, now, 59 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 2: unless you want you know, your sister and your son 60 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 2: to be knocked off, you're going to do exactly what 61 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: I say. And then she starts king it's a psychological thriller. 62 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: And so then she starts getting these instructions about what 63 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: she has to do, and you know, you have to 64 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: do it straight away, go to the bathroom, collect this, 65 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 2: do that, don't tell a cops or this is going 66 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 2: to happen, and so it just goes on and on 67 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 2: and on and on and on and. 68 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: So it's one of those classic who Done It movies? 69 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it is, but the problem comes in, like 70 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: they obviously thought it was a great idea, but then 71 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 2: bringing it to the screen is not so easy because 72 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 2: you know, most of the time she has to be 73 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 2: looking at her mobile phone. So you know, it's like, 74 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: you know what it's like when you go for dinner 75 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: something with someone and they're always looking at their mobile phone. 76 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: It's not the most interesting thing. So you start to think, well, 77 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: I'm not special enough, and as the audience is sort 78 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 2: of sitting there going so it's not so visually interesting, 79 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 2: I gotta be honest, And so they try it. So 80 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 2: the director has tried to make it a little bit 81 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: more interesting by having you know, the texts and the 82 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: images and that sort of stuff appear, you know, sort 83 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: of in sort of superimposed across the screen in different fonts, 84 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 2: and you know, sort of I don't know, that's not 85 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: super effective, I've got to be honest, and it kind 86 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 2: of takes away from any of the drama. And then 87 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: the actual plot, like what she's asked to do is 88 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 2: so stupid because it involves characters and a conspiracy that 89 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: is not in any way introduced to the audience before 90 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 2: this all happens, So it's biz. So you're just kind 91 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 2: of watching it going, well, why do I care? Like, 92 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: why do I care about this job, this task that 93 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: she's supposed to do. Why do I care about this 94 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: conspiracy that she's been drawn into? Why do I care 95 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 2: about this date that she's on? Why do I even 96 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: care about her? Like, there's just no reason to care 97 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: about these characters and what they're doing. Their motivation other 98 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 2: than the fact that a kid is going to get 99 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 2: shot is you know, that makes no sense. And then 100 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 2: when it all comes to a conclusion, you sort of 101 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 2: left thinking it was that the point, you know, like 102 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 2: there's a big reveal at the end, and you go, well, 103 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: that's it. 104 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: Is that it. I've seen the trailer for Drop that 105 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: scene where she's hanging from the top of the building 106 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: by a table cooth that looks pretty scary. 107 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: Oh, look that. Yeah, yeah, i'd look. I just warned 108 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 2: people that if you've watched the trailer and you think, wow, 109 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: this looks like an exciting movie. That is approximately thirty 110 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: seconds of the film right at the end. The rest 111 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: of the time she's sitting at the table looking at 112 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 2: her phone. 113 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: Oh and very unusual to see a movie that takes 114 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: place and only two locations. 115 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so that's that's I guess, a bit different. 116 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: The best thing about this film that I can say 117 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 2: is it doesn't go for very long, right, Like it's 118 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 2: about eighty five minutes or something, which these days you 119 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 2: don't get too many movies that short. But yeah, like, 120 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: it's an interesting premise, the execution is not amazing, and 121 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: ultimately you just be left thinking, well, this is just stupid. 122 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: I was thinking, if you're on a first date, you 123 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't want to take your first date to see this movie, 124 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: would you? No? 125 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: Nah, Look, some people might like it, like some you know, 126 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 2: like if you really can check your brain at the door, 127 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 2: it's you know, it's a kind of an a thriller 128 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: with an interesting concept, and as long as you don't 129 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 2: think about it too much, you probably get something out 130 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 2: of it. But for me, you know, like I thought. 131 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 2: You know, Brandon Sclenard had his lowest point as an 132 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 2: actor in It Ends with Us, which was also terrible. 133 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,119 Speaker 2: But no, he's sunk to new depths with a drop. 134 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: So Ben, how many chock bombs would you give? 135 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 2: Drop one? 136 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: Really? 137 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 2: Yeah? Okay, it's it's stinks. It's one of it's one 138 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 2: of the so far. This this will probably be the 139 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: worst film I've seen this year, and I've seen Snow one.