Operation Christmas Drop
Netflix’s commitment to relentless Christmassy movies has brought us this odd combination of a political drama, and some sort of mashup of Good Morning Vietnam and Top Gun… at Christmas. It’s the story of Erica ( Kat Graham ), who’s young and ambitious to get a job in Washington politics. And since she works for the workaholic Congresswoman Bradford ( Virginia Madsen ), this is probably going to happen. Anyway Erica wants to escape from a difficult family circumstance, and when she’s sent to Guam by Bradford, the opportunity to skip Christmas is right in front of her. What’s in Guam? A Military base which is being considered for closure. There are savings to be made, especially since there seems to be a Christmas “drop”—a humanitarian operation delivering much-needed supplies to isolated islanders. Erica is immediately confronted with Andrew Jantz ( Alexander Ludwig )—very much the cocky Air Force Guy… But wait! Jantz has brought light to his operation by posing on a website in his fl...