April 16, 2025 • 6 mins
Our movie guy Ben O'Shea joined Smiley in the studio to have a look at the new thriller starring Meghann Fahey called Drop and he didn't seem very impressed about the movie.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Great per flick with Benoshe are you ready for the Drop?
If you love a good suspense thriller, you love this movie.
It's titled Drop, and you here to tell us all
about it. Ben O'Shea, how nice of you to drop in?
Smiley always a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I will say, let's let dial down the chances that
people might love this movie, and we'll get into that. So,
you know, movies sometimes have really unique premises, right like
so Snake's on a Plane, Snakes on a Plane, phone booth,
Colin Farrell, he was in a phone booth for the
whole movie. And sometimes these unique premises work and sometimes
(00:38):
they don't, And it really depends on how you build
a plot around the premise. And so in this film,
obviously someone has come up with the idea of that.
You know, they've air dropped a photo to their mate's phone.
You know how you can do that, So you have
photos on your phone, you want to get into someone
else's phone, you can air drop them without having to
text them or email them or whatever. And they've thought,
(00:58):
wouldn't it be amazing if we made a movie about
air dropping photos. But the catch is the person receiving
the air dropped photos are being stalked by, you know,
some sort of menacing, menacing entity, and then we build
a psychological thriller around that. And then a bunch of
people clearly said, oh, that's a good idea. I've never
(01:18):
seen a movie about that before. Here's a bucket of money,
let's see what happens. So that is basically the plot
of this entire movie.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
A single mom who goes a.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Single mom played by Megan Faye was in the TV
show The Bold Type. After the suicide of her abusive husband,
is left as a single mom, finally decides to get
back into the dating scene after about a year or so.
And so she's been on the dating app with this
bloke played by Brendan Sklenard, who people might remember as
(01:50):
the actor from It Ends with Us. That wasn't Justin
Baldoni or Blake Lively. He was the other guy who
wasn't involved in any of the legal troubles. And so
they decide to go out on this date at this
fancy restaurant the top level of this skyscraper in Chicago.
And while they're having this lovely dinner this ritzy restaurant,
(02:10):
all of a sudden, she starts getting these air drops,
but obviously they can't use air drop because that's copyrighted
by Apple, so they're called Digy drops. So she starts
getting these Digy drops, and initially it seems fairly harmless,
like maybe someone's playing a prank, just like, oh, nice
dress or oh, you know, are you enjoying your drink?
And so it's obviously somebody in the room who's sending
these air drop pictures to her. But then they start
(02:31):
to get a bit more menacing. It's like, you know, I,
you know, I know what you did, or you know,
look at the security cameras in your home. And she
logs into her security app and look into her security
camera footage where her kid is being baby sat by
her older sister, and you know, there's a guy in
a balaklava in her house with a gun. So all
of a sudden, it goes from you know, zero to
(02:51):
one hundred very quickly. And this this mystery person says, Okay, now,
unless you want you know, your sister and your son
to be knocked off, you're going to do exactly what
I say. And then she starts king it's a psychological thriller.
And so then she starts getting these instructions about what
she has to do, and you know, you have to
do it straight away, go to the bathroom, collect this,
(03:13):
do that, don't tell a cops or this is going
to happen, and so it just goes on and on
and on and on and on and.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So it's one of those classic who Done It movies?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Yeah, yeah, it is, but the problem comes in, like
they obviously thought it was a great idea, but then
bringing it to the screen is not so easy because
you know, most of the time she has to be
looking at her mobile phone. So you know, it's like,
you know what it's like when you go for dinner
something with someone and they're always looking at their mobile phone.
It's not the most interesting thing. So you start to think, well,
(03:45):
I'm not special enough, and as the audience is sort
of sitting there going so it's not so visually interesting,
I gotta be honest, And so they try it. So
the director has tried to make it a little bit
more interesting by having you know, the texts and the
images and that sort of stuff appear, you know, sort
of in sort of superimposed across the screen in different fonts,
(04:06):
and you know, sort of I don't know, that's not
super effective, I've got to be honest, and it kind
of takes away from any of the drama. And then
the actual plot, like what she's asked to do is
so stupid because it involves characters and a conspiracy that
is not in any way introduced to the audience before
(04:27):
this all happens, So it's biz. So you're just kind
of watching it going, well, why do I care? Like,
why do I care about this job, this task that
she's supposed to do. Why do I care about this
conspiracy that she's been drawn into? Why do I care
about this date that she's on? Why do I even
care about her? Like, there's just no reason to care
about these characters and what they're doing. Their motivation other
(04:47):
than the fact that a kid is going to get
shot is you know, that makes no sense. And then
when it all comes to a conclusion, you sort of
left thinking it was that the point, you know, like
there's a big reveal at the end, and you go, well,
that's it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Is that it. I've seen the trailer for Drop that
scene where she's hanging from the top of the building
by a table cooth that looks pretty scary.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Oh, look that. Yeah, yeah, i'd look. I just warned
people that if you've watched the trailer and you think, wow,
this looks like an exciting movie. That is approximately thirty
seconds of the film right at the end. The rest
of the time she's sitting at the table looking at
her phone.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Oh and very unusual to see a movie that takes
place and only two locations.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, yeah, so that's that's I guess, a bit different.
The best thing about this film that I can say
is it doesn't go for very long, right, Like it's
about eighty five minutes or something, which these days you
don't get too many movies that short. But yeah, like,
it's an interesting premise, the execution is not amazing, and
ultimately you just be left thinking, well, this is just stupid.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I was thinking, if you're on a first date, you
wouldn't want to take your first date to see this movie,
would you? No?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Nah, Look, some people might like it, like some you know,
like if you really can check your brain at the door,
it's you know, it's a kind of an a thriller
with an interesting concept, and as long as you don't
think about it too much, you probably get something out
of it. But for me, you know, like I thought.
You know, Brandon Sclenard had his lowest point as an
actor in It Ends with Us, which was also terrible.
(06:12):
But no, he's sunk to new depths with a drop.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
So Ben, how many chock bombs would you give?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Drop one?
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Really?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Yeah? Okay, it's it's stinks. It's one of it's one
of the so far. This this will probably be the
worst film I've seen this year, and I've seen Snow one.
Great per flick with Benoshe are you ready for the Drop?
If you love a good suspense thriller, you love this movie.
It's titled Drop, and you here to tell us all
about it. Ben O'Shea, how nice of you to drop in?
Smiley always a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I will say, let's let dial down the chances that
people might love this movie, and we'll get into that. So,
you know, movies sometimes have really unique premises, right like
so Snake's on a Plane, Snakes on a Plane, phone booth,
Colin Farrell, he was in a phone booth for the
whole movie. And sometimes these unique premises work and sometimes
(00:38):
they don't, And it really depends on how you build
a plot around the premise. And so in this film,
obviously someone has come up with the idea of that.
You know, they've air dropped a photo to their mate's phone.
You know how you can do that, So you have
photos on your phone, you want to get into someone
else's phone, you can air drop them without having to
text them or email them or whatever. And they've thought,
(00:58):
wouldn't it be amazing if we made a movie about
air dropping photos. But the catch is the person receiving
the air dropped photos are being stalked by, you know,
some sort of menacing, menacing entity, and then we build
a psychological thriller around that. And then a bunch of
people clearly said, oh, that's a good idea. I've never
(01:18):
seen a movie about that before. Here's a bucket of money,
let's see what happens. So that is basically the plot
of this entire movie.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
A single mom who goes a.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Single mom played by Megan Faye was in the TV
show The Bold Type. After the suicide of her abusive husband,
is left as a single mom, finally decides to get
back into the dating scene after about a year or so.
And so she's been on the dating app with this
bloke played by Brendan Sklenard, who people might remember as
(01:50):
the actor from It Ends with Us. That wasn't Justin
Baldoni or Blake Lively. He was the other guy who
wasn't involved in any of the legal troubles. And so
they decide to go out on this date at this
fancy restaurant the top level of this skyscraper in Chicago.
And while they're having this lovely dinner this ritzy restaurant,
(02:10):
all of a sudden, she starts getting these air drops,
but obviously they can't use air drop because that's copyrighted
by Apple, so they're called Digy drops. So she starts
getting these Digy drops, and initially it seems fairly harmless,
like maybe someone's playing a prank, just like, oh, nice
dress or oh, you know, are you enjoying your drink?
And so it's obviously somebody in the room who's sending
these air drop pictures to her. But then they start
(02:31):
to get a bit more menacing. It's like, you know, I,
you know, I know what you did, or you know,
look at the security cameras in your home. And she
logs into her security app and look into her security
camera footage where her kid is being baby sat by
her older sister, and you know, there's a guy in
a balaklava in her house with a gun. So all
of a sudden, it goes from you know, zero to
(02:51):
one hundred very quickly. And this this mystery person says, Okay, now,
unless you want you know, your sister and your son
to be knocked off, you're going to do exactly what
I say. And then she starts king it's a psychological thriller.
And so then she starts getting these instructions about what
she has to do, and you know, you have to
do it straight away, go to the bathroom, collect this,
(03:13):
do that, don't tell a cops or this is going
to happen, and so it just goes on and on
and on and on and on and.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
So it's one of those classic who Done It movies?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Yeah, yeah, it is, but the problem comes in, like
they obviously thought it was a great idea, but then
bringing it to the screen is not so easy because
you know, most of the time she has to be
looking at her mobile phone. So you know, it's like,
you know what it's like when you go for dinner
something with someone and they're always looking at their mobile phone.
It's not the most interesting thing. So you start to think, well,
(03:45):
I'm not special enough, and as the audience is sort
of sitting there going so it's not so visually interesting,
I gotta be honest, And so they try it. So
the director has tried to make it a little bit
more interesting by having you know, the texts and the
images and that sort of stuff appear, you know, sort
of in sort of superimposed across the screen in different fonts,
(04:06):
and you know, sort of I don't know, that's not
super effective, I've got to be honest, and it kind
of takes away from any of the drama. And then
the actual plot, like what she's asked to do is
so stupid because it involves characters and a conspiracy that
is not in any way introduced to the audience before
(04:27):
this all happens, So it's biz. So you're just kind
of watching it going, well, why do I care? Like,
why do I care about this job, this task that
she's supposed to do. Why do I care about this
conspiracy that she's been drawn into? Why do I care
about this date that she's on? Why do I even
care about her? Like, there's just no reason to care
about these characters and what they're doing. Their motivation other
(04:47):
than the fact that a kid is going to get
shot is you know, that makes no sense. And then
when it all comes to a conclusion, you sort of
left thinking it was that the point, you know, like
there's a big reveal at the end, and you go, well,
that's it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Is that it. I've seen the trailer for Drop that
scene where she's hanging from the top of the building
by a table cooth that looks pretty scary.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Oh, look that. Yeah, yeah, i'd look. I just warned
people that if you've watched the trailer and you think, wow,
this looks like an exciting movie. That is approximately thirty
seconds of the film right at the end. The rest
of the time she's sitting at the table looking at
her phone.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Oh and very unusual to see a movie that takes
place and only two locations.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Yeah, yeah, so that's that's I guess, a bit different.
The best thing about this film that I can say
is it doesn't go for very long, right, Like it's
about eighty five minutes or something, which these days you
don't get too many movies that short. But yeah, like,
it's an interesting premise, the execution is not amazing, and
ultimately you just be left thinking, well, this is just stupid.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
I was thinking, if you're on a first date, you
wouldn't want to take your first date to see this movie,
would you? No?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Nah, Look, some people might like it, like some you know,
like if you really can check your brain at the door,
it's you know, it's a kind of an a thriller
with an interesting concept, and as long as you don't
think about it too much, you probably get something out
of it. But for me, you know, like I thought.
You know, Brandon Sclenard had his lowest point as an
actor in It Ends with Us, which was also terrible.
(06:12):
But no, he's sunk to new depths with a drop.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
So Ben, how many chock bombs would you give?
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Drop one?
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Really?
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Yeah? Okay, it's it's stinks. It's one of it's one
of the so far. This this will probably be the
worst film I've seen this year, and I've seen Snow one.
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