Drop Zone is a 1994 action movie directed by John Badham. It stars Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey and Yancy Butler. Aboard a commercial airliner, U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip and his brother Terry , a fellow marshal, are escorting prison inmate Earl Leedy , who is a computer wizard, to a high-security prison. When an apparent terrorist hijack attempt blows a hole in the airplane, Terry is sucked out to his death, and the terrorists parachute out of the same hole, taking Leedy with them. A devastated Pete is blamed for overreacting to the incident, and he is forced to turn in his badge. Pete believes... that the assault may have been an elaborate prison break meant to free Leedy. But the FBI refuses to listen saying that the chances of sneaking a parachute through airport security and parachuting at 30,000 feet are impossible. Renegade skydiver and former DEA agent Ty Moncrief is the mastermind behind the attack, which culminated in the first-ever parachute jump from a commercial jet at 30,000 feet.
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| Release date: | December 9, 1994 |
| Directed by: | John Badham |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lauren Lloyd, Wallis Nicita, D.J. Caruso |
| Music by: | Hans Zimmer |
| Screenplay by: | Tony Griffin, Peter Barsocchini, John Bishop, Guy Manos |
| Estimated budget: | $45,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |