Drop-- My Take On the Movie With Spoilers!
Plot: Violet goes on a date with a man she has met online, but the night takes a sinister turn when she receives anonymous drops on her phone.
Quick Movie Review
Drop is an interesting thriller, but don't expect any edge-of-the-seat moments. Sure, there was plenty of opportunity to get the viewers tensed up, but sadly, the execution is lacking, and all you get is a slow thriller with a predictable ending.
DROP Movie Plot
The movie begins with Violet being physically abused by her husband, who then takes out a gun and gives it to her, asking her to shoot him.
As he keeps pressing her on, Violet screams as she puts her finger on the trigger.
In the present day, Violet is a widow who has moved to a new place with her son Toby. Violet helps and counsels abuse victims for a living and has also entered the dating world through an app.
Violet's sister Jen comes over to babysit Toby as well as convince her sister not to dress up like she's attending a business meeting but going on a date.
Violet is meeting with Henry, who is a photographer, and she is excited. When she arrives at the restaurant, Henry texts her that he is running late. Violet decides to wait at the bar and meets with Cara, the bartender. She also bumps into a man called Connor, whom she finds odd. Cara offers her limes for her drink, but Violet refuses, saying she doesn't like them.
It is then that an older man approaches her. He introduces himself as Richard and calls her Diane. Violet explains the mix-up, and the two get talking. Diane shows up and looks disappointed to see her date. Violet feels bad for Richard as the two walk to their table.
Violet then meets Phil, the restaurant's piano player. He hits on her and says he is willing to play any song she wants. Violet tells him that all she has heard lately is Baby Shark.
Cara intervenes and tells Phil that Violet is waiting for her date, and he reluctantly backs off.
Henry finally arrives with his bag of equipment. For some reason he didn't have enough time to go home and put his bag safely and is apparently holding onto it possessively because not only is it expensive...spoiler alert...it has some incriminating evidence on it which is why he can't leave it unattended in his car.
The two settle down at their table, and Henry gives her a gift for her son, a hockey puck. Violet has not gotten him anything.
The two order their drinks, and as they wait, Violet receives a notification. She is expecting it from her sister, who was supposed to give her updates on her son. Instead, it is a meme sent through an app.
Violet gets curious as to who sent it to her, and Henry tells her that someone has to be close by in order to be able to send drops to her. He thinks it is someone from the restaurant pranking her. They look around and suspect a group of high schoolers who have come to celebrate prom.
When Violet repeatedly gets drops and one of them has her name on it, she realizes that she is being threatened. She is warned not to tell Henry about it, and so she lies about her being distracted because of her sister and son.
The anonymous sender threatens her to do as he says, or else her family will be harmed. Violet finds out that the sender has hacked into her phone and is now showing her a video surveillance of her home cameras, where a masked man with a gun is waiting for his orders.
Violet makes up an excuse to go to the washroom, where she finds some of the high school girls. She approaches them, but receives a message to not do anything stupid as she is being watched and heard. The high school girls think Violet is weird and leave. She returns to her table and is told to steal the SD card from Henry's camera.
Violet removes her watch and hides it in her purse. She then pretends to have lost it, and Henry offers to help search for it at the bar where she was waiting for him.
As soon as he is distracted, Violet reaches for his bag and goes through the camera to see incriminating photos of the mayor. She quickly steals the SD card and zips up the bag.
Violet is then told to destroy the SD card in the bathroom. She makes excuses to Henry again, who isn't too thrilled that his date is so distracted.
Violet smashes the SD card and is then told to find a vial inside the paper dispenser, which turns out to be poison. She is instructed to put the drops in Henry's drink.
Violet runs into Connor while leaving and suspects him of being the dropper. However, his sister arrives, and his alibi checks out. She then spots Diane leaving Richard and feels sorry for the older man who got ditched.
Violet comes up with a plan to switch tables but is then warned by the dropper to stay at the table so that he can monitor her conversations.
Violet makes Henry come back to the table. Henry has shown incredible patience up till now, but he obviously looks bored.
Phil begins to play the piano, and Violet is surprised to hear him play Baby Shark. Violet comes up with a plan to write a message on a 20 dollar bill and requests their server to give it to Phil. However, the server put the note in the tip bowl.
Moments later, Phil does reach out for the cash and appears to have read it, after which he suddenly collapses.
The dropper messages Violet that she shouldn't have done that. Phil is assumed dead, and Violet is punished by showing a feed of the attacker knocking out her sister and going after her son and locking him in the bedroom.
Violet is finding it hard to keep calm. She is instructed to poison Henry right away. But Henry is no longer in the mood to continue the date and wants to leave, saying that Violet isn't too interested in their date anyway, and maybe it was too soon for her to get into it.
Besides, he also found her watch in her purse, and her feeble excuses were not cutting it for him.
Violet receives a series of messages demanding that she keep Henry occupied. She reaches out to kiss Henry, who is suddenly into the date again.
Violet suggests they have some fun and get tequila shots, but then ask him to get some limes from the bar.
Violet puts the drops in Henry's shot glass while Henry gets the limes from Cara, who tells him that Violet isn't really a fan of them.
Henry returns, perplexed, and Violet is extremely nervous. She spills her wine on him so that he doesn't have to take the shot. The dropper isn't very pleased by Violet's antics.
Cara approaches Violet and asks her whether she is fine and presumably suspects Henry of not being dangerous. Violet assures her she is fine, but wants to know about Connor and his sister. Cara tells her that they are regulars but that they would usually take a different table, the one currently occupied by Richard.
Violet realizes that Richard is in close proximity to her, enough to send her the drops, and as Cara adds, has been staring at her the entire evening.
DROP Ending Explained
Violet goes to confront Richard, who turns out not to be as innocent as he looks. He is working for the mayor and wants Henry dead for what he knows. Violet was chosen because of her history as a killer. But Violet had never killed her abusive husband. A flashback confirms that her husband had snatched the gun from her and shot himself.
Henry returns from cleaning himself up, and Violet gives him the "poisoned" drink. He gulps it down and leaves.
Richard is satisfied that his plan has worked and is enjoying his dessert when he starts to feel a catch in his throat.
Violet reveals that she didn't poison Henry's drink but did poison his dessert.
Richard gets mad and pulls a gun on her, but Henry arrives just in time to be a hero and is wounded.
There's a lot of panic and running around during which Cara is also stabbed trying to defend Violet. Then, Violet takes the hockey puck Henry gives her and throws it at the window, causing the decompression to send Richard flying out.
But that also sends Violet flying out. Henry, still having his hero powers, catches her and pulls her up with whatever strength he has remaining. He then collapses, and Violet, making sure the medics arrive, takes Henry's car keys and leaves him behind.
She rushes home to save her family. There's more chaos and running around, and more guns are being used, after which Toby uses his remote control to deliver the gun to Violet, who uses it to finally become a killer.
Her family is saved, and the mayor and his associates lose their jobs, and everything is going well for Violet.
She goes to visit Henry at the hospital and he proposes a boring date. When Violet receives drops again, Jen arrives, grinning at her marvelous prank. Too soon, Jen!
Violet and her family have a happily after.
The movie ends.
Final Thoughts On the Movie
The entirety of the movie rests on Meghann Fahy's shoulders, who do a remarkable job of giving the story substance. The premise is no doubt good but perhaps would have worked better as a short.
Brandon Skelnar as Henry looks bored throughout. Granted, his character doesn't see much growth, but perhaps he could have given a much more substantial role than taking a shot for his love interest.
Drop is a decent one-time watch. You don't even have to pay much attention to the events in the middle, where it, unfortunately, drags along. Just watch the beginning, skip to the end, and you'll have the gist of what Drop is all about.
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