Drop (2025)

Drop takes the most annoying thing a phone can do, a stranger sending you memes, and turns it into a hostage plot. Violet is a widowed therapist in Chicago on her first date in years, at a fancy restaurant on top of a tower, when anonymous Digi-Drops start pinging her phone. Goofy at first. Then someone tells her to check the security camera at home, where her son and her sister are, and starts giving orders. Meghann Fahy keeps it grounded even when the script gets ridiculous, and Brandon Sklenar plays Henry, a date with no clue what’s going on. Christopher Landon keeps it to 95 minutes with zero wasted time. The trouble is the last act, which gets sillier with every twist, and the city skyline outside the windows looks pasted in. It made $28.7 million worldwide on a reported $11M. A 6.1 because Fahy sells every outrageous turn. $58.78 says you switch off your phone’s file sharing before your next dinner out.

What works: Meghann Fahy plays Violet smart and steady, which keeps the tension real, and the 95-minute runtime has no slack.

What doesn’t: The twists get sillier as they stack up, and some of the skyline backdrops look obviously fake.

Who it’s for: Anyone who wants a tight popcorn thriller for a Friday night and doesn’t mind a little silliness.