The Drop
The Drop is a 2014 American crime film directed by Michaël R. Roskam and written by Dennis Lehane, based on his 2009 short story "Animal Rescue". It follows Bob Saginowski, a barman who becomes entangled in an investigation after the mafia-run bar where he works is robbed. It stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini (in his final film role), and Matthias Schoenaerts.
Plot
In Brooklyn, Bob Saginowski tends a neighborhood bar run by his cousin Marvin Stipler, which the Chechen mafia uses as a "drop" for illegal money. Marv ridicules Bob for commemorating the tenth anniversary of Richie "Glory Days" Whelan's unsolved disappearance by giving Whelan’s friends a free round of drinks. Bob finds a pit bull pup abandoned in a garbage can outside the home of a woman named Nadia, and they rescue the battered dog together.
More details
| author | Dennis Lehane |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Michaël R. Roskam |
| editor | Christopher Tellefsen |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | abandon brooklyn carjack casino jackpot chechen mafia communion day off eucharist garbage can jackpot kill life support loan shark mask meet new york harbor nypd pit bull psychiatric ward sever shoot stolen money super bowl tenth anniversary time lock unsolved whisper |
| musicBy | Marco Beltrami |
| producer | Dylan Clark Mike Larocca Peter Chernin |
| productionCompany | Chernin Entertainment |
| publisher | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | mafia neo-noir |