Drop Squad 1994

Drop Squad

Critics Consensus

No consensus yet.

46%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 668

Super Reviewer

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

Awesome!

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Super Reviewer
Step 2 of 2

How did you buy your ticket?

Let's get your review verified.
Fandango

AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew

Enter your Ticket Confirmation# located in your email.More Info

Cinemark Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Regal Coming Soon

We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.

Theater box office or somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket.
Super Reviewer

Rate this movie

Oof, that was Rotten.

Meh, it passed the time.

It’s good – I’d recommend it.

Awesome!

So Fresh: Absolute Must See!

What did you think of the movie? (optional)
How did you buy your ticket?
- Fandango
- AMCTheatres.com or AMC AppNew
  
  Enter your Ticket Confirmation# located in your email.More Info
- Cinemark Coming Soon
  
  We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
- Regal Coming Soon
  
  We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.
- Theater box office or somewhere else
By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie.
You haven’t finished your review yet, want to submit as-is?

You can always edit your review after.
Are you sure?

Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers.
Want to submit changes to your review before closing?

Drop Squad Photos

View All Photos (9)

Movie Info

Bruford Jamison Jr. (Eriq La Salle) is an ambitious advertising executive. Despite his personal feelings, he uses offensive racial imagery in order to sell products like friend chicken and malt liquor to the African-American community. A militant activist group called the DROP Squad kidnaps Bruford in order to reprogram him with a sense of racial pride. But tensions between two Squad leaders (Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall) complicate Bruford's re-education.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

David C. Johnson
Producer:

Shelby Stone, Butch Robinson
Writer:

David C. Johnson, Butch Robinson
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 5, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA):

$595.7K
Runtime:

1h 26m
Production Co:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Sound Mix:

Surround, Stereo

Cast & Crew

Eriq La Salle
Bruford Jamison Jr

Vondie Curtis Hall
Rocky Seavers

Ving Rhames
Garvey

Kasi Lemmons
June Vanderpool

Leonard L. Thomas
XB

Eric Payne
Stokely

Show all Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews for Drop Squad

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6)

Drop Squad is like 1984, except with Big Brother as the hero. Too bad, because it raises serious issues.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Quote not available.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

James Berardinelli
ReelViews
Quote not available.

October 30, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Quote not available.

September 21, 2005 | Rating: 0/5

Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy
a jumble of promising ideas that failed to gel

November 6, 2004 | Rating: 2/5

Douglas Pratt
DVDLaser
Quote not available.

August 5, 2002 | Rating: 5/10

Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Quote not available.

July 26, 2002 | Rating: 3/5

David Poland
Hot Button