Drop is a suspenseful thriller about a widowed mom who is pressured to murder someone to save her young son from a killer.

Drop is impeccably shot with tense pacing that never lets up. The plot is a little hard to believe in places, but you don’t care because you are so caught up in the nail-biting suspense. The story is driven by social media messages on phones, which are shown big enough to read – always a bonus these days.

The setup involves Violet (Meghann Fahy), the widowed mom of young Toby (Jacob Robinson). Her husband was abusive and died in front of her and Toby. She’s now an online therapist working with women in abusive situations.

After years of not dating, she decides to go on a date with a man named Henry (Brandon Sklenar). They’ve been chatting online for 3 months and finally plan to meet in person.

What should have been a great first date between two good people turned into a night of hell.

As soon as she entered the restaurant, Violet started getting strange messages on her phone. Eventually she realized that whoever it was could see and hear everything she did in the restaurant and on her phone.

The person dropping messages told her to check her home security cameras. She saw a masked man with a gun in the house with Toby and her sister Jen (Violett Beane). They were safe, but Violet was told that they would die if she didn’t kill her date.

Violet was acting strange, of course, trying to deal with this. Henry could see something was going on. The waiter (Jeffrey Self) could tell. The bartender (Gabrielle Ryan) sensed it and wanted to help. Violet kept looking around the restaurant for whoever was sending her messages, including at a guy on a blind date (Reed Diamond) that she bumped into when she first entered.

She couldn’t tell who was messaging her. The situation grew more and more dire. She was sent into the bathroom to get a vial of poison hidden in the towel dispenser. She was told to give it to Henry or else.

If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, it gives you the same basics I’ve described, plus a sense of the action and soundtrack. If you enjoy a good thriller, this one will get your heart pounding. It’s definitely a dose of good excitement.

You can see it on Peacock or rent it on Prime.