Next Day Air2009
Next Day Air (2009)
Next Day Air Photos
Movie Info
Watch it now
People Who Like this movie also like
Cast
as Brody
as Leo Jackson
as Buddy
as Ivy
as Eric
as Guch
as Bodega
as Shavoo
as Rhino
as Ms. Jackson
as Jesus
as Chita
as Wade
as Deuce
as Mama
as Carlos
as Hassie
as Derrick
as Hector
as On Scene News Reporter
as Old Man #1
as Old Man #2
as Cassidy
as Louie
as Shavoo's Girl
as Kera
as Kera's Friend
News & Interviews for Next Day Air
Critic Reviews for Next Day Air
All Critics (67) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (53) | DVD (2)
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 way.
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.
I've seen much funnier films from Mike Epps.
An amusing tail of incompetent criminals.
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.
Far from the worst of Taran tino knockoffs, Next Day Air takes the standard formula of dimwits chasing bags of drugs to the 'hood.
Audience Reviews for Next Day Air
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. However, 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.
Super Reviewer
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 too. It's not a great movie but i thought it was good. B-
Super Reviewer
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 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.
Super Reviewer
Next Day Air Quotes
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.