A satire about successful African-Americans who've lost sight of their roots and the righteous brothers determined to save them from themselves, DROP SQUAD suffers from major inconsistencies of tone and undisciplined writing.
The DROP Squad is an idealistic group of Afro-centrists with names like Garvey, Huey, and Stokely, determined to shine the light in the faces of African-Americans who have lost their way, forgotten their roots, moved up, and sold out. Bruford Jamison Jr. (Eriq LaSalle) aspires to mainstream
success, his own berth on the luxury liner of bourgeois ambition: he goes to work at an advertising agency in a suit, has a tasteful apartment downtow...
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
86 mins