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Next Day Air (2009)

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Reviews Counted:59

Fresh:13

Rotten:46

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: Rife with half-baked jokes and excessive violence, Next Day Air is an uninspired stoner comedy.

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When two bumbling criminals (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) accidentally receive a package of grade-A cocaine, they think they've hit the jackpot. But when they try to cash in on their luck, it... When two bumbling criminals (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) accidentally receive a package of grade-A cocaine, they think they've hit the jackpot. But when they try to cash in on their luck, it triggers a series of events that forever changes the lives of ten people in Next Day Air, an uproarious action comedy featuring an all-star cast including Donald Faison, Mos Def and Debbie Allen.

Smalltime hoods Brody (Mike Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) have seen better days. But when a wacked-out courier (Donald Faison) accidentally brings them a box containing 10 kilos of high-quality cocaine meant for their next-door neighbors, it sets in motion a hilarious and harrowing chain of events that could cost all of them their lives.

Brody and Guch immediately arrange to sell the coke to Brody’s drug dealer cousin (Omari Hardwick) and his tightlipped bodyguard (Darius McCrary). But when the intended recipients of the package, wannabe gangster Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and his feisty girlfriend (Yasmin Deliz), realize the box hasn’t arrived, they set out on a desperate search to find it before ruthless drug kingpin Bodega Diablo (Emilio Rivera) notices it’s missing.

But they’re too late. Furious over the loss of his shipment, mob boss Bodega will stop at nothing to get the drugs back. With Brody and Guch’s drug deal about to go down, all parties are on a collision course that’s almost certain to end in heavy gunfire. And whoever’s still standing when the smoke clears could walk away with nearly a million dollars in cash and drugs! --© Summit Entertainment [More]

Starring: Donald Faison, Mos Def, Mike Epps, Debbie Allen

Starring: Donald Faison, Mos Def, Mike Epps, Debbie Allen

Director: Benny Boom

Director: Benny Boom
Screenwriter: Blair Cobbs
Studio: Summit Entertainment

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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 Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/08/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

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 Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/08/09
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post

An ungainly hybrid of stoner comedy and gangsta drama.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/08/09
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times
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Guy Ritchie called. He wants all of his movies back.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
05/08/09
Jason Heck
Jason Heck
Kansas City Star

From the violent opening to the nihilistic ending, Next Day Air is so cynical that its few laughs are a release of tension.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
05/08/09
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Good lord this movie is boring!

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
05/08/09
N.V. Cooper
N.V. Cooper
E! Online

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

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/08/09
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle

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 in the end.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
05/08/09
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Next Day Air is a stylish movie that smoothly shifts from genial comedy to violent action and back again, almost like a Missy Elliott song cramming together four different snippets that magically mesh.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment 2 Comments
05/08/09
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

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 Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
05/08/09
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

Violence overshadows humor in urban action comedy.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
05/08/09
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

A messy and unpleasant genre mashup that needed at least two or three rewrites before shooting started.

Full Review Source: Giant Magazine | comment Comment
05/08/09
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Giant Magazine

In the end, it's a fitfully amusing, sloppy comedy that doesn't work very hard for your 10 bucks.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/08/09
Dan Kois
Dan Kois
Washington Post

Next Day Air is a talentless travesty, a trying torture fest that wants to believe it's cool and contemporary.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/08/09
Bill Gibron
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

Next Day Air is unecessarily violent and completely pointless. One of the worst films of the year.

Full Review Source: BDK Reviews | comment Comment
05/08/09
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
BDK Reviews

With a script that snaps and characters that pop, Next Day Air nears neo-blaxploitation perfection.

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05/08/09
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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This is one package that should be returned to sender.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
05/08/09
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Falls flat as both a dark comedy and action film. It's often lazy, dim-witted and tedious while low on laughs, verve and imagination.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
05/07/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

It's an oddly lethargic production, heavy in foul language and gun-pointing, but slow-witted and uninspired.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/07/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Boom's comedy is a trap: We like these dudes, and know that while crime does pay, it always takes a deadly cut.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/07/09
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
Boxoffice Magazine
 
 
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