Next Day Air

Name: Next Day Air
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: May 8, 2009
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Mos Def

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Summit Entertainment | Release Date: May 8, 2009 | R

Starring: Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Mos Def

Summary: Life isn't going smoothly for Leo Jackson. He still lives at home, he just broke up with his co-worker girlfriend and he's had so many complaints about his sloppy work habits that his own mother is threatening to fire him. But Leo isn't one to let a few bad breaks ruin his day—as long as he's got plenty of weed to take his mind off hisLife isn't going smoothly for Leo Jackson. He still lives at home, he just broke up with his co-worker girlfriend and he's had so many complaints about his sloppy work habits that his own mother is threatening to fire him. But Leo isn't one to let a few bad breaks ruin his day—as long as he's got plenty of weed to take his mind off his troubles. But when the wacked-out courier accidentally delivers a box containing 10 kilos of high quality cocaine to the wrong apartment, it sets in motion a hilarious and harrowing chain of events that could cost him his life. [Summit Entertainment]… Expand

Director: Benny Boom

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 84 min

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Nathan Lee

With a script that snaps, characters that pop, a blaze of streetwise attitude and enough firepower to pulverize a significant chunk of South Philadelphia, Next Day Air nears neo-blaxploitation perfection. Good things come in strange packages. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

A very pleasant surprise, Next Day Air is the rare crime comedy that does justice to both sides of the equation. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

He may be a first-time feature director, but music video master Benny Boom clearly knows how to pull a midlevel movie together. Read full review

Michelle Orange

Benny Boom built his reputation directing music videos and commercials, and his first feature, Next Day Air, falls somewhere between the blunt-force visuals of the former and the focus-grouped formulas of the latter. Read full review

Dan Kois

I wished Next Day Air were funnier. In the end, it's a fitfully amusing, sloppy comedy that doesn't work very hard for your 10 bucks. Read full review

Justin Chang

An altogether bumbling excuse for an action-comedy. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Might make a terrific double bill with the equally inane (but considerably more entertaining) "Con Air," with the French electonica duo Air chirruping in the background. But, you know, only if you're stoned out of your head. Read full review

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kenf

May 11, 2009

What Hollywood needs a good comedy and action flick to give it life.

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clear2345

Aug 10, 2012

A good movie with good characters and a good script, but bad execution. I wish the movie was a little longer, you can only get so much out of 1 hour and thirty minutes. But for a quick laugh, you could do worse.

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ChadS

May 10, 2009

[***SELF-POLICING SPOILER ALERT***] Pothead bank robbers who forgo the money in the safe and steal security tapes instead, by way of their absolute incompetence, announce themselves as lightweight criminals, potentially, fun-lovin' ones. The opening caper in "Next Day Air" sets the [***SELF-POLICING SPOILER ALERT***] Pothead bank robbers who forgo the money in the safe and steal security tapes instead, by way of their absolute incompetence, announce themselves as lightweight criminals, potentially, fun-lovin' ones. The opening caper in "Next Day Air" sets the audience up for a stoner action comedy: the black "Pineapple Express". But during one of the film's many flashbacks, Brody(Mike Epps) acts more like a crackhead bank robber when he severs another man's tongue. Too gangsta, perhaps? Yes. Too gangsta, by half. Played for laughs, Brody heard it wrong again(at the bank, needless to say, he was supposed to grab the green stuff), and sheepishly holds the tongue tip in his hand. His inclination for brutal violence is unexpected, a total buzzkill; it changes the tone of "Next Day Air", therefore killing the comedy in the process. Wrong move. Here's another. Although Jesus(Cisco Reyes) shows no outward signs of being stoned, the drug seller takes an uncommonly long time to figure out that Leo(Donald Faison) delivered the parcel to the wrong apartment(the courier had an empty handtruck). The pedestrian plotting doesn't stop there. "Next Day Air) acts as if it's running on a shoestring budget since Brody and his colleagues conduct their drug deal in such close proximity to the cocaine bricks' rightful owners. During pre-production, the filmmaker should have made budgetary allowances for one more locale. The final shootout is more than inevitable; it's contrived. But the film has energy, if not logic.… Expand

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ChunkDump

Mar 1, 2021

imagine delivering a drug lords package to the wrong door which was just down the hall to the correct one. imagine being the guy dreadfully waiting for his bosses package and for it not to show up at all. a mix of events with old humor but not showing its age. Donald as leo presents theimagine delivering a drug lords package to the wrong door which was just down the hall to the correct one. imagine being the guy dreadfully waiting for his bosses package and for it not to show up at all. a mix of events with old humor but not showing its age. Donald as leo presents the typical stoner millennial just scraping by with a regular 9-5 living at his momma house. this action comedy displays that a slight error can cost lives. do your job correctly. shape up and survive.… Expand

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LondonTruelove

Nov 17, 2010

I don't get if this was a comedy or what but I didn't laugh once if it was. Wasn't all that bad a movie but it wasn't really great either. You could not watch it and u wouldn't be missing much.

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KeonM

May 10, 2009

Movie had the potential to be very hilarious. Mr Epps you should of been the delivery driver along side Def and the other guy what is his name from bring it on, or scream, no no. Hold on let me google him, Donald Fiason, don't get me wrong I like him but he sould of been Mike Epps Movie had the potential to be very hilarious. Mr Epps you should of been the delivery driver along side Def and the other guy what is his name from bring it on, or scream, no no. Hold on let me google him, Donald Fiason, don't get me wrong I like him but he sould of been Mike Epps character he has the dumb blonde comedy that would of fit good there but Epps was disappointing. I love all his movies and rate him very highly in comedy. and he had his moments but not his best at all. Keep trying find something to redeem yourself. you and Mos Def in a movie would be Nice.… Expand

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