Facing El Chapo
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Film / 1994
Drop Zone
Directed by
John Badham
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.
The story
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.
Cast
Wesley SnipesPete Nessip
Gary BuseyTy Moncrief
Yancy ButlerJessie Crossmann
Michael JeterEarl Leedy
Corin Nemec'Selly' Selkirk
Kyle SecorSwoop
Luca BercoviciDon Jagger
Malcolm-Jamal WarnerTerry Nessip
Rex LinnBobby
Grace ZabriskieWinona
Robert LaSardoDeputy Dog
Sam HenningsTorski
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Claire StansfieldKara
Mickey JonesDeuce
Andy RomanoTom McCracken
Rick ZieffMike Milton
Clark JohnsonBob Covington
Charles BoswellGlenn Blackstone
Natalie JordanLena
Ed AmatrudoDetective Fox
Melanie MayronMrs. Willins
A.J. RossRoslund
Al IsraelSchuster Stephens
Steve DuMouchelWalsh Matthews
J.P. PatrickJump Master
Tim PowellGordon Maples
Steve RaulersonCommander Dejaye
D.D. HowardNorma
Dale Swann747 Captain
Keith Leon Williams747 Flight Engineer
Lexie BighamBig Man Passenger
Ron KuhlmanDEA Guard
Jerry TondoDEA Guard
Kimberly ScottJoanne
Keith MacKechnieNight Desk Sergeant
Jan SpeckFlight Attendant #1
Vic StaglianoConvict (uncredited)
John BadhamYacht Captain (uncredited)
Vince CecereSpecial Agent Jones (uncredited)
Sheldon FogelThe Official (uncredited)
Anthony GiaimoHead Jump Official (uncredited)
Steve GreenbergReporter (uncredited)
Dana CoxParamedic (uncredited)
Gary RodriguezParamedic (uncredited)
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