Description: Further DetailsTitle: Drop SquadFormat: DVDCondition: NewNumber Of Discs: 1Release Date: 02/27/2007Actors: Eriq LaSalle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving RhamesDirector: D. Clark JohnsonAudio Language: English, Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)Runtime: 1 hour and 28 minutesRegion Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)Studio: Universal Pictures Home EntertainmentSubtitle Language: English, Spanish, FrenchCertificate: MPAA RDescription: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION From executive producer Spike Lee comes a controversial film that taps into one of the most explosive issues of our time. With a powerful cast including Eriq LaSalle (ER), Ving Rhames (Out of Sight), and Vondie Curtis-Hall, DROP Squad is a blistering look at a different form of social unrest—that of African-Americans "selling out" their race for personal gain. The DROP (Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride) Squad is an outlaw organization that abducts and "deprograms" African-Americans who exploit and/or deny their cultural heritage. But as the group's methods become increasingly violent, its charismatic leader (Curtis-Hall) must wrestle with a disturbing question: Has his organization lost its way as surely as the brothers and sisters they seek to reform? Bonus Content: * Production Notes * Cast and Filmmakers * Theatrical Trailer > AMAZON The DROP squad is a fictional group of guerrilla deprogrammers, urban Black Panthers for the socially misguided. Eriq LaSalle, an ambitious advertising executive in a Madison Avenue firm who plays on offensive stereotypes to sell products to the black community, is their next target: they kidnap him off the streets and put him through a intensive, harrowing, and sometime violent regime of psychological battering to put him back in touch with his roots, Meanwhile, a struggle rages in the organization between its idealistic leader (Vondie Curtiss-Hall) and his aggressive right-hand man (Ving Rhames) over the direction the organization should take: the formerly nonviolent intervention has transformed into an elaborate, highly stylized form of psycho-drama only steps away from A Clockwork Orange. The cartoonish exaggeration of the flashbacks, blunt symbolism (from the icon-laden decor to names like Stokely, Garvey, and X for the DROP squad members), and preachy tone turn the film into a misguided circus that can't decide if it's social satire or political propaganda. Despite good performances throughout and a strong visual style, first-time director David Clark Johnson's feature fails to develop his provocative metaphors and promising concepts into a well thought-out drama. --Sean AxmakerDVDs ARE REGION 1 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Title: Drop Squad
Actor: Ving Rhames
No Of Discs: 1
Release Date: 02/27/2007
Subtitle Language: French
EAN: 0025192051722
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Language: Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
Producer: Spike Lee
Movie/TV Title: Drop Squad
Director: D. Clark Johnson, David C. Johnson
Run Time: 88 min.
Rating: R
Format: DVD
Release Year: 1994
Genre: Action & Adventure
Studio: Universal Studios
