Drop Squad (1994)
October 28, 1994Release Date
Drop Squad (1994)
October 28, 1994Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Eriq La Salle
Bruford Jamison Jr
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Rocky Seavers
Ving Rhames
Garvey
Kasi Lemmons
June Vanderpool
Leonard L. Thomas
XB
Nicole Powell
Lenora Jamison
Eric Payne
Stokely
Crystal R. Fox
Zora
Vanessa Williams
Mali
Michael Ralph
Trevor
Maggie Rush
Detective Atkins
Afemo Omilami
Berl (Flip) Mangum
David C. Johnson
Director / Screenplay / Screenstory
Michael Bennett
Line Producer
Shelby Stone
Producer
Butch Robinson
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1994
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Content RatingR
Budget$200,000
Box Office$734,693
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Drop Squad (sometimes spelled as DROP Squad or D.R.O.P. Squad) is a 1994 American drama film directed by David C. Johnson and executive produced by Spike Lee via his production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. The plot depicts a team of African Americans who kidnap fellow black people who they feel have betrayed their community and seek to "deprogram" them so that they will change their ways. The acronym DROP stands for "Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride". The film has been described as "[p]art thriller, part social satire".
The film was based in part on The Session, a 45-minute film Johnson produced in 1988 on a $20,000 budget, and ultimately derived from a short story by David C. Taylor titled "The Deprogrammer". Johnson described the differences between the two films as follows: "The short film was basically satire, an absurdist piece .... D.R.O.P. Squad, on the other hand, is realism. The characters have more at stake."