Rent Drop (2025)
3.0 of 5 from 122 ratings
1h 31min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- First dates can be rough. In this mind-bending action thriller from the director of 'Happy Death Day', they can also be deadly. Violet (Meghann Fahy) is a widowed mother who has worked up the courage to go on her first date in years with a charming photographer named Henry. The cute couple's killer chemistry is rudely interrupted by a series of anonymous drops to Violet's phone showing a masked intruder entering her home and ordering her to follow a series of instructions. Violet must do exactly as she's told or her loved ones will die. Her unseen tormentor's final directive? Kill Henry.
- Actors:
- Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Sarah McCormack, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Ben Pelletier, Travis Nelson, Saoirse Hayden, Fiona Browne, Stephanie Karam, Michael Shea, Gerry Brauders, Niamh McHenry, Barry O'Donnell
- Directors:
- Christopher Landon
- Producers:
- Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller
- Writers:
- Jillian Jacobs, Christopher Roach
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/07/2025
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, English Audio Description, English Dolby Atmos, French Audio Description, French Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, German Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, Italian Dolby Digital Plus 7.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- A Recipe for Thrills: Making 'Drop'
- A Palate for Panic
- Killer Chemistry
- Feature Commentary with Director Christopher Landon
More like Drop
Reviews (6) of Drop
One good performance doesn't rescue a date from hell… - Drop review by griggs
Drop starts promisingly enough, but it quickly runs out of steam. The second act is a slog—just the same argument on repeat, like a broken record bumping into itself. No one on a date would actually stick around for this nonsense. The final ten minutes go full bananas (kind of fun, I’ll admit), but by then, the damage is done. Meghann Fahy is the one saving grace, grounding it all with a performance far better than the script deserves.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Solid Thriller - Drop review by GI
A really entertaining mystery thriller that despite being set almost entirely in one room works very well and keeps up the tension even though the plot is obviously very contrived and occasionally fails to push itself in certain directions. Meghann Fahy plays Violet, an attractive single mum to Toby (Jacob Robinson). The film opens with Violet being attacked, an incident that becomes relevant to the main plot. She has, after many years, decided to go on a first date with Henry (Brandon Sklenar), whom she has met only online. This takes place in a high rise, posh restaurant. Henry is a handsome, amiable chap but Violet begins to receive anonymous texts that indicate her son is being threatened and that she is being constantly watched. The texts tell her to do certain actions including murder or Toby will be killed. This one of those plots which focuses on who is controlling the 'game'. Several suspects are put forward during the film, and sometimes these are not followed through satisfactorily but overall this is a well directed thriller that uses its limitations of location very well. Eventually it moves into action territory as everything unfolds. Good, solid thriller and very enjoyable.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.
Absurd and boring - Drop review by Alphaville
In this ridiculous one-note, mostly one-location drama, our heroine is on a blind date in a restaurant while an unknown baddie keeps threatening her family on her phone. It’s unbelievable, repetitive, boring… As if in recognition of this, the film opens with a supposed flash forward action teaser to encourage the viewer to keep watching. Don’t hold your breath. This ruse is always an admission of failure. What action occurs at the end is just comedy ridiculous anyway. Just shut that irritating pinging phone off!
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.