Next Day Air

Director: Benny Boom Benny Boom

Overview

An overnight shipment of drugs winds up being sent to the wrong recipient, prompting a frantic race to recover the package before the contents are discovered in this fast-paced crime comedy starring Donald Faison, Mos Def, and Mike Epps. When Brody (Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) received package containing 10 kilos of grade-A cocaine, they assumed their financial woes were a thing of the past. The package was intended for their Brody and Guch's next-door neighbors, but the whacked-out courier (Donald Faison) delivered it to the wrong address. Recognizing the possibility for profit, the scheming duo plans 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.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2009
UPC:	0025192036224
Original Release:	2009
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:24:00
Sales rank:	40,640

Special Features

Director's commentary; Outtakes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mike Epps	Brody
Donald Faison	Leo Jackson
Darius McCrary	Buddy
Lauren London	Ivy
Wood Harris	Guch
Emilio Rivera	Bodega
Omari Hardwick	Shavoo
Lobo Sebastian	Rhino
Debbie Allen	Ms. Jackson
Cisco Reyes	Jesus
Yasmin Deliz	Chita
Jo D. Jonz	Wade
Inny Clemons	Deuce
Julia Vera	Mama
Lombardo Boyar	Carlos
Malik Barnhardt	Hassie
Shawn Michael Howard	Derrick
Peedi Crakk	Hector
Sundy Carter	On Scene News Reporter
Madison Shockley	Old Man #1
Kevin Benton	Old Man #2
Barry 'Cassidy' Reese	Cassidy
Luis Martinez	Louie
Alexandra Merejo	Shavoo's Girl
Shannen 'Lacey' Franklin	Kera
Christina Ly	Kera's Friend
Yasiin Bey	Eric
Benny Boom	Actor

Technical Credits

Blair Cobb

Benny Boom	Director
Blair Cobb	Screenwriter
Inny Clemons	Producer
Scott Aronson	Producer
Steve Belser	Executive Producer
Shaun Livingston	Executive Producer
Steven Markoff	Executive Producer
Bruce McNall	Executive Producer
Bryan Turner	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Combine a few stupid but lethal bad guys, one likable loser in over his head, an array of quirky supporting characters, millions of dollars in cocaine, and enough guns to arm a commando team, and you've got all the ingredients for a solid crime comedy -- and that's exactly what Next Day Air is. Leo (Donald Faison) thinks he's having just another average day. He works for Next Day Air -- the shipping service run by his mother. To help pass the time, he smokes weed while making his deliveries. That afternoon, in his impaired state, he accidentally delivers a shipment of cocaine to inept bank robbers Brody (Mike Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) -- instead of to the low-level drug dealer who's supposed to get it -- setting in motion a series of double-crosses, lies, and schemes that just might end in his death. Granted, there's nothing terribly original about much of the story. We've seen homicidal Hispanic drug kings, street-smart motor-mouthed girlfriends, and hilariously incompetent criminals before, but first-time feature director Benny Boom (along with first-time screenwriter Blair Cobbs) finds the right combination of goofy character behavior, action set pieces, and narrative drive to keep the movie from ever being boring. While never letting up the pace, he deftly works in funny bits of business for all of the actors, the kind of moments that give Mos Def -- playing Leo's co-worker -- the chance to shine. Freshmen filmmakers often wear their influences on their sleeves, and while it's easy to spot the debt Next Day Air owes to crime storytellers like Quentin Tarantino, Elmore Leonard, and F. Gary Gray, it's also plain to see that Boom and Cobbs could easily become reliably enjoyable moviemakers in their own right.