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Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Darius McCrary, Mos Def, Wood Harris ... see more see more... , Yasmin Deliz , Omari Hardwick , Emilio Rivera , Cisco Reyes , Lauren London , Debbie Allen , Joe D. Jonz , Lobo Sebastian , Julia Vera , Lombardo Boyar , Malik Barnhardt , Shawn Michael Howard , Peedi Crakk , Inny Clemons , Sundy Carter , Kevin Benton , Madison Shockley , Shannen "Lacey" Franklin , Christina Ly , Alexandra Merejo , Luis Martinez , Barry "Cassidy" Reese

An overnight drug shipment is sent to the wrong recipient, prompting a frantic race to recover the package before the contents are revealed in this fast-paced crime comedy starring Donald Faison, Mos ... read more read more...Def, and Mike Epps. When Brody (Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) receive a package containing ten kilos of grade-A cocaine, they assume their financial woes are a thing of the past. The package was intended for their next-door neighbors, but the whacked-out courier (Donald Faison) delivered it to the wrong address. Recognizing the possibility for profit, Brody and Guch plan to sell the cocaine to Brody's drug-dealing cousin (Omari Hardwick). Meanwhile Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and his girlfriend, Chita (Yasmin Deliz), the intended recipients of the cocaine, set out to procure the package before notorious drug lord Bodego Diablo (Emilio Rivera) realizes it's gone missing. But Bodega is no slouch; he already knows the shipment was botched, and he's determined to get his drugs back no matter what the cost. Later, as Brody and Guch prepare to seal the deal that will set them up for life, the guns are drawn and the chaos begins. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Benny Boom

Release Date: May 8, 2009

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  • cosmo313
    March 3, 2011
    cosmo313
    There is nothing terribly original about the plot, situations, or characters in this film. It all comes off like a specifically ethnic take on the works of Quentin Tarantino, Elmore Leonard, or Guy Ritchie. For those reasons, I should probably give this thing 2.5-3 at best. Howe... read morever, I'm giving this a mild recommendation anyway.

    I am doing this because, as unoriginal as this is, it is still wildly entertaining, pretty funny, and just a wacky crime caper. Roger Ebert was right to call it a bloody screwball comedy. Besides, the casting is pretty good, and their performances are not bad either. The film doesn't bullshit with the pacing, there's a lot of energy keeping things afloat, and the big setpiece at the end is pretty solid.

    Give this a chance. It may be warmed over b-footage from much better films, and despite that backhanded compliment, it somehow ends up better than it should be. For what it is, it's fine enough. God knows it could be a lot worse.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    September 11, 2010
    bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    I actually kind of liked this movie. It was kind of boring in some parts but it gets really entertaining in the last 20 minutes. It was also a lot funnier than i thought it would be. It's not really funny or hilarious but it has its moment. I liked it a lot more than i expected t... read moreoo. It's not a great movie but i thought it was good. B-
  • DerekA101
    December 27, 2009
    DerekA101
    Next Day Air is one of the more underrated films in 2009. That doesn't mean it's a masterpiece, but it was highly entertaining. It's like an African American Guy Ritchie film. The plot centers around a large package of cocaine that is wrongfully delivered to a couple of... read more wanna-be gangsters/drug dealers. Hilarity ensues as the package's owner tries to recover his goods which follows a twisty plot and ends in an epic standoff.

    This is by no means the greatest film of the year, but it's definitely a fun and entertaining rental.
  • moonrivers
    May 23, 2009
    moonrivers
    a drug delivery goes wrong in philadelphia, whatever could happen next? ok, ok, but it's not supposed to be grade-a entertainment, only a sort of inner city character stereotype convention at best, and still worth a chuckle or two.
  • DrZeek
    May 12, 2009
    DrZeek
    Gooch: Who sent us this package.
    Brody: God sent it.

    You know, sure this idea is familiar. 10 people, one particular item being shared between them, their plots all intersecting, eventually leading to a stand off of some sort, but you know what, I still enjoyed this movie. It ha... read mores a solid cast and is well directed.

    Leo: I dropped a box off here. It was the wrong address. So do you have it?
    Brody: Well...it was here.

    The plot involves a delivery man, Donald Faison, dropping off a box of cocaine in at the wrong house belonging to a couple of crooks, Mike Epps and Wood Harris. The crooks then decide to sell the drugs to their dealer cousin. Meanwhile, the people who the drugs belong to go on a search for their missing good, so their drug dealer boss doesn't kill them.

    So yes, Lock, Stock, Snatch and Reservoir Dogs (among many others) have played these cards before, but this movie still works at being entertaining. Moving up from music videos, director Benny Boom knows what works for this material and guides the movie along, briskly paced, and staged well enough for the different characters. All of the characters here basically work in groups, and they all have good chemistry with each other in their separate scenes. The movie functions well as a crime comedy, but even towards the end when some tension creeps in, the movie manages to deliver on that aspect as well.

    A fun enough diversion, even if its summer blockbuster season.

    Jesus: Yo, where did you drop it off.
    Leo: Honestly I don't remember, I was high off my ass yesterday.
  • jeffboam
    August 9, 2010
    jeffboam
    Damaged package Next Day Air reaches for the sky, but cannot rise above being lower than a gutter snake?s belly. Aspiring to be as clever a caper as something Guy Ritchie might dream up after watching a Friday marathon, the flick knows what boxes it needs to check off to meet suc... read moreh expectations. There are wannabe gangsters, real gangsters, a MacGuffin switcheroo, and a climax that unceremoniously ? and bloodily - ties everything together. Despite a clever hook, however, this small con is never the real rocknrolla. Though its winning cast actually gives the substandard material a fighting chance, the movie is simply a pawnshop rip-off.

    In the R-rated comedy Next Day Air, hi-jinks ensue when two parcel deliverymen (Faison, Dante ?Mos Def? Smith) accidentally deliver a package of grade-A cocaine to an apartment full of bumbling criminals (Epps, etc.). When a drug lord (Emilio Rivera) finds out that his package is missing, his knuckle-dragging underlings pull out all the stops to find it.

    Epps, Faison, Smith, and everybody else involved seem to be having the time of their lives?if only the audience could relate. Each actor tries to make the most out of this low-rent situation. There are a few laugh-out-loud moments provided by the neat-o set-up (stoned deliveryman, right package, wrong address) but the knock-off script struggles hard to be as witty and badass as, say, Snatch. The simpleton serpentine plotlines awkwardly come together in the third act?but the merger is never a smooth ride. It is a forced collision that frankly leaves moviegoers feeling robbed.

    Bottom Line: Poor delivery.
  • xxdebxx
    January 8, 2011
    xxdebxx
    The plot is about a drug deal gone wrong. Using an ordinary delivery service, a ruthless drug lord from California named Bodega (Emilio Rivera) ships ten bricks of high grade cocaine to Philadelphia. It was supposed to be delivered to Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and his girlfriend, Chita... read more (Yasmin Deliz), but a stoned courier named Leo (Donald Faison) inadvertently drops it off at the apartment further down the hall. It's now in the possession of three bumbling wannabe gangsters: Brody (Mike Epps), Guch (Wood Harris), and Hassie (Malik Barnhardt). While Hassie spends most of the film asleep on the couch, Brody and Guch quickly decide to get rich off the bricks by selling them to Brody's drug dealer cousin, Shavoo (Omari Hardwick) and his tightlipped bodyguard (Darius McCrary). But these fools have no clue that their neighbors down the hall -- the REAL gangster and his feisty girlfriend are connected to the Mexican mob and will do whatever it takes to recover their package. The film delivers tense action and laughs in alternate bursts and many moments are genuinely funny, in a blatant screwball way.
  • fb1025970122
    May 25, 2009
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    ' Next Day Air' was like a bunch of rich kids got together and were able to make a movie that only has good actors because their dads have some kind of pull. It looked amateur at many parts and even the acting was bordering on horrible at some parts, especially that Jesus guy. T... read morehough Mos Def is the bright spot of the film and gets center position on the movies poster, he is literally in the film for a total of about five minutes. Fason gives a half assed funny guy impersination that is wasted on a character we hope dies at the end-I would have rather it been him than the somewhat funnier Mike Epps. Epps is usually a great supporting comic character, but here, he has nothing to do and nothing funny to say at all-even his obvious improvs are lame and typical. I would say if you really want to see this, wait and rent it, but I really can't recommend wasting any time with this film, I was one of three people in the theater and the film produced hardly any laughs from any of us. It is hard to place this film in a category, you kind of get the sense for what they were going for, but it just doesn't work-I just wanted it to be over. The sad thing is, this plot isn't even contrived enough to engage you and that was the best thing it had going for it, was this somewhat good idea and execution, but it just didn't last and thats sad, alot of time and talent is wasted here.
  • RemiLogan
    January 20, 2011
    RemiLogan
    I guess this is what happens when music video directors decide they wanna be movie directors. Not to poop on this flick, because it actually was funny, but the sad part is that it could've been MORE. I did enjoy it, especially seeing the GORGEOUS Omari Hardwick (Dark Blue) playin... read moreg a villain instead of pretending to play a villain. The movie is funny, but in a Friday Lite kind of way. It comes THIS close but then falls short before the big payoff. The cast was great. I love how Donald Faison can play the loveable goofball one minute and then play the VERY believable guy suddenly stuck in a really crappy situation in the same film. Emilio Rivera needs to play a good guy for once. Granted he was smoother than silk on satin in this film, he's getting typecast. Darius McCrary, God love him, was trying WAY too hard to be gangsta. Its even more painfully obvious when you're reminded this is the son of a preacher who used to goof around on TV with Urkel. Mike Epps' comedic talents were squandered as well. Another random sidenote, Yasmin Deliz is the spitting image of Aaliyah. Seeing how this is her first film credit, I think people should keep an eye out for her. Plus, she can do funny. I will say I admired how Benny Boom was able to take this watered down comedy and suddenly switch genres in the second half of the film. You know whats coming towards the end of the film, but I admire how he switched gears the way he did. I'd say watch it if nothing else is on. As much as I enjoyed it, I would've been mad if I had actually paid to see this in a theater.
  • MariMiriah
    May 24, 2009
    MariMiriah
    An attempted comedy of errors revolving around a misdelivered stash of cocaine. Never actually funny, just lightly amusing..up until the deflating finale.

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Critic Reviews

Michael Phillips
May 29, 2009
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Next Day Air is sort of bracing, though it isn't very good: Its total lack of dramatic and comic bearings, to say nothing of a point, keeps you wondering about the next fatality, in a half-interested ... Full Review

Michelle Orange
May 13, 2009
Michelle Orange, Village Voice

There are no cops, not much farcical energy, and none of the satiric edge it would take to pull off the film's grim denouement. Full Review

Ben Lyons
May 11, 2009
Ben Lyons, At the Movies

I've seen much funnier films from Mike Epps. Full Review

Ben Mankiewicz
May 11, 2009
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

An amusing tail of incompetent criminals. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
May 8, 2009
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

He may be a first-time feature director, but music video master Benny Boom clearly knows how to pull a midlevel movie together. That's harder than it sounds. Full Review

Kyle Smith
May 8, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Far from the worst of Taran tino knockoffs, Next Day Air takes the standard formula of dimwits chasing bags of drugs to the 'hood. Full Review

Sam Adams
May 8, 2009
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times

An ungainly hybrid of stoner comedy and gangsta drama. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
May 8, 2009
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

Screenwriter Blair Cobbs delivers some good lines, but the inconsistent tone and overacting by some of the lesser actors sabotage his efforts. Full Review

Tom Long
May 8, 2009
Tom Long, Detroit News

First-time feature director Benny Boom and writer Blair Cobbs get a lot of help from their cast, and the banter is often akin to a thug Three Stooges routine. But blood and predictability sour things ... Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
May 8, 2009
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Stripped of f-bombs and b-words, Blair Cobb's screenplay could make a fortune- cookie threat. "You will see a bad movie today." Full Review

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