Although Drop has a very enticing hook, there is more
bubbling beneath the surface of our heroine. With a somewhat simple plot, that
could very easily be slid into the ‘dumb premise’ category, gradually becomes
an edge of your seat thriller with an actual three-dimensional character. The
technology used in the film does play a major part and follows along the trend
of other recent horror-esque thrillers, but again, thankfully, Drop manages to
stand apart and offers a little more than what we’ve seen before.
Violet, a widowed mother, has finally decided to go on a date
with photographer Henry having met him on a dating app. During their date a
very up market restaurant, Violet is plagued with messages from an anonymous
person. But as the evening goes on, the messages turn into increasingly violent
instructions otherwise her young son and sister will be killed. All she has to
do, is kill her date.