DROP Squad Movie Review 1994

Not quite on target social satire revolving around buppie Burford Jackson Jr. (La Salle), a token minority ad exec who's job is to push questionable products, using gross stereotypes, to the black community. His family's appalled and Buford becomes a prime target of D.R.O.P. (Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride), a vigilante organization that kidnaps erring black bretheren and leads them back to their cultural heritage. Frequently intense performances but the script raises some serious issues it doesn't deliver on. Based on the short story "The Deprogrammer" by David Taylor.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, African America, Advertising, Adapted from a Story, Vigilantes, Brainwashed

Screenplay

David C(lark) Johnson, Butch Robinson, David Taylor

Cast

Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams, Nicole Powell, Afemo Omilami, Spike Lee

Cinematography

Ken Kelsch

Director

David C(lark) Johnson

Music

Michael Bearden

Other

Kevin Lee

Producer

Shelby Stone, Butch Robinson, Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Gramercy Pictures