Drop Squad

The film portrays an advertising executive, Bruford Jamison Jr. who is in charge of the "minority development division" for an advertising agency. Bruford's sister Lenora (Nicole Powell) calls in the Drop Squad to deprogram him. Bruford winds up being subjected to three weeks of psychological and physical brutality. Among the other persons who are shown being subjected to the deprogramming are a corrupt politician and a drug dealer. The film also depicts a conflict among the members of the Drop Squad as to the tactics they should use. Rocky, the squad's leader, believes in using only nonviolent tactics, such as "subjecting them to a barrage of slides, posters, slogans and family photographs in hopes of restoring their sense of community", while Garvey believes that harsher methods have become necessary. ==Cast==

• Eriq La Salle as Bruford Jamison, Jr. • Vondie Curtis-Hall as Rocky Seavers • Ving Rhames as Garvey • Kasi Lemmons as June Vanderpool • Leonard Thomas as XB • Nicole Powell as Lenora Jamison • Eric A. Payne as Stokely • Crystal Fox as Zora • Vanessa Estelle Williams as Mali ==Response==

The film opened on 163 screens in the United States and Canada and grossed $348,192 in its opening weekend and a total of $734,693. The movie was dropped from the theaters it played when the movie Drop Zone was released weeks later. Drop Squad has been suggested as a possible influence on Spike Lee's 2000 film Bamboozled. ==References==