Drop Movie Review, Unique Thriller on Dating Apps

The Drop (2025) movie is a promising flick to watch with your friends. It doesn't waste your time building the tension, but the latest Christopher Landon’s technological thriller presents the pressure and twists that stick effectively, with a productive duration for viewers who want an exciting but contemporary story.

New Perspective about Dating Apps

It revolves around Violet Gates (Meghann Fahy), a single mother therapist who has just been widowed. She seeks to start her life over again and opens her heart to new people. Until she finally meets Henry (Brandon Sklenar).

After dropping off her son, Toby (Jacob Robinson), to be raised by her sister, Jen (Violett Beane), Violet visits a restaurant to date Henry. Her meeting with Henry was fun, where she felt comfortable with Henry's presence.

But all that changed when suddenly there was a mysterious message from Digidrop containing orders and threats. Violett was told to carry out strange and increasingly dangerous orders. The lives of her child and her younger sibling are threatened if she does not do what the mysterious figure orders.

As a thriller, Drop is not a show that scares or constantly keeps the audience on the edge. However, as a director, Landon presents a compelling film without rambling and wandering around. It opens with something trivial; Violet gets a message from a stranger about a mission. While she thought it was just a joke, over time, the prank seemed real, and in the end, it threatened the child.

Drop comes from an original script, not a sequel or adaptation. It offers an interesting premise: what if you were told to kill a person you just met and date for the first time by someone you don't know? The curiosities are overflowing, and the unpleasant vibes are streaming down through a light narrative.

A slow-burning thriller 

There is nothing new under the roof in terms of premise or the story. It is a classic Hollywood story about everyday things, especially dating apps, where people get to know and meet each other.  However, the audience will be presented with a tale that flows with twists and turns, filled with mystery and twists that make you curious until the end.

Drop is not crashing around with chasing scenes or bloody shootings. This film is a slow-burn thriller with a slow pace, but it attacks the thinking about things that are considered commonplace: how can we trust that people we just met are good and will not harm us?

As scriptwriters, Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach set the audience in Violett's mind, guiding them in finding a way of escaping the mysterious threat to survive, and how she reacts to the critical things ordered by the unknown person. Moreover, she did this to save herself and her child.

What makes the movies interesting is the way Jacobs and Roach explore the curiosity and unpack the puzzle one at a time. Minute by minute, the audience will wonder what will happen to Violet and Henry, continuing with twists and turns that appear along with the story.

The use of technology, in this case, dating apps, is a clever way to make the story feel fresher and more relevant to modern society. This film highlights how online dating, where someone meets someone else without knowing their background, can be a dangerous thing, especially since dating apps are one of the platforms currently widely used by people today.

Drop may not be entirely new in providing a sense of technological surprise. But for an original story, Landon presents a new work for audiences who want a light, easy-to-understand thriller, but still fun, and makes you stay in your seat for around 100 minutes.

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