Next Day Air

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with Leo (Donald Faison) giving a voice over explaining how he was just a deliveryman and wondering how he got into this situation.2 Days Ago. Rhino (Cisco Reyes) is talking on the phone with a girl named Chita as he drives to a meeting with Bodega Diablo, a drug kinpin. Chita tells Rhino where to send a package and Rhino tells her to be ready to sign for it. When Rhino arrives at Bodegas, Rhino asks if theres anyone they can trust with such a big shipment. Bodega tells him that they have no choice since they took a loss with their last courier, Carlos. Rhino tells Bodega that he found Carlos, and takes Bodega to the trunk of his car. Inside, Carlos is crying. Carlos claims that he got the money from Rhino to pay for a shipment when the Feds swooped in and took it. Bodega is skeptical and slams the trunk on Carlos face.Yesterday. In Philadelphia. A News report covering a robber states that the robbers took only the surveillance tapes. The three robbers are watching the news report on television and laughing about the fact that they are only accused of stealing the surveillance tapes. They were all ready to rob the bank, armed and with masks on. Brody (Mike Epps), Guch (Wood Harris), and Hassie went into the bank and took hostages. Guch told Brody to go to the safe, but Brody misheard him and went and grabbed the tapes. Guch yells at him because Brody wasnt acting logical and calls him an idiot. The three escaped the bank with only the security tapes. A security guard comes out shoots at them while they try to get into their car, so the group ditched the car. They then start to debate why Hassie is living in their apartment.Cut to Leo at the shipping dock. He drops a package when Ivy (Lauren London) calls him out on it. Ivy says she isnt angry at Leo but that Ms. Jackson, Leos mother, might be. Leo is certain that a lady he delivered a package to ratted him out for smoking weed during a delivery. Ivy tells Leo that he needs to see Ms. Jackson in her office. Apparently, Leo and Ivy broke up a week ago and Leo is hoping for reconciliation. He gets pissed when she says shes not in love with him and starts throwing boxes into the truck. Ms. Jackson sees this and yells at him to get in her office. She accuses him of smoking pot on delivery and tells him that if he screws up again, shell fire him. She tells him to start acting like Eric (Mos Def), the star employee. Though he promises that he wont get any more complaints, Leo immediately starts smoking pot on his next delivery. As Guch and Brody talk about their shitty living situation and their failed attempts at robberies, Leo is forced to carry a large package up to Guch and Brodys apartment since the elevator is broken. Leo leaves the package with Hassie for Gonzalez.Jesus Gonzalez and Chita are waiting for the package, which is apparently a large quantity of cocaine. Jesus is freaking out because they stole the shipment from Bodega. Chita goes to track the package, while Gonzalez waits. Guch and Brody notice the package Hassie signed for and find the cocaine inside a plant vase. They are shocked when they see all the cocaine and start trying it out. They consider it a miracle since theyre broke and can sell the cocaine for money. They realize that it belongs to Puerto Ricans across the hall. They hide the cocaine in a trash bag and Brody suggests that they sell the cocaine to Brodys cousin, Shavoo. Shavoo makes cocaine with his right hand man, Buddy, and sells it on the street. Brody calls up Shavoo and offers to sell it to him before he sells it to someone else.Leo walks over to his truck and sees a man cutting into a box and yells at him. It turns out to be Eric and the two screw around a bit and smoke some weed. Eric says he hates Leo because Leos mother supports Leo and Eric is struggling to make it on his own. They express a desire to move up from their position before going off to make their own deliveries. Not too far away, Chita is tracking the package from a payphone.Shavoo and Buddy are driving around while Shavoo explains the situation. Shavoo states that he doesnt trust Brody and Guch since they are stupid. When they arrive, Shavoo tries the cocaine that Guch and Brody offer him. Brody shows Shavoo and buddy the rest of the bricks. Shavoo offers to give them 150,000 dollars in the long run, but 15,000. Guch wants to hold onto the cocaine until Shavoo brings back the money. Shavoo promises to get them their money in two hours. In the hall, Shavoo makes it clear that they can make a very large profit off the cocaine and head to their storage unit. Chita returns to Jesus and tells him that tracking number was invalid. She tells him that the phone was broken and that it wasnt her fault. They get a phone call from Bodega and ask if the package arrived. Bodega says that he tracked the package and that it got picked up. Jesus tells him that it was Leo who stole the package and that he will find it soon. He grabs his gun and goes to find Leo.Leo is trying to hit on a pair of women and they soundly reject him. He wants to smoke a joint but realizes he is out of weed. Shavoo and Buddy arrive at the storage unit and tells Buddy that hes thinking of quitting the drug dealing business and retiring on 500,000. Shavoo tells him that he doesnt think drugs are worth dying for, and he makes Buddy promise that they quit after this run. They find their storage container open and freak when they see the entire storage unit is empty: all their money was stolen (a few hundred thousands). They realize that whoever did it needed a lot of people to carry all the money out.Jesus and Chita start driving around to find Leo. Jesus recounts his introduction to Bodega. Bodega thought that Jesus stole a package of cocaine from Bodega because of his friend Hector. Jesus tries to get Hector and himself out of there, but Bodega instead makes Jesus work for him as a drug mule. Rhino killed Hector and made Jesus his replacement. Jesus pulls up behind a delivery truck and pulls out his shotgun and pulls it on the driver who turns out to be Eric. Jesus and Chita hold him at gunpoint. Eric clearly has no idea what they want and Jesus tells Chita that Eric is NOT the guy they are after. They steal his watch and leave him in the truck.Brody calls Shavoo and Shavoo tells he wont be able to come back to the apartment in two hours and that he will buy the shipment the next day. Guch believes this is confirmation of Shavoos intention to rob them, but Brody tries to calm Guch down. Shavoo and Buddy are torturing one of the storage lot attendants for information and he agrees to help them. The attendant tells them that a man named Wade stole his money. Shavoo goes into Wades supply store and buys everything necessary to torture the information out of Wade and then confronts him about the stolen money. They recover the money and tie the two attendants up with duct tape. They then lock them in the storage container and leave them.Meanwhile, Leo is across town visiting his drug dealer. A random guy steals a package from Leos truck and Leo chases him down. Jesus gets a call from Bodega and tells him that he hasnt recovered the shipment. Bodega sends Rhino to take care of Jesus.A montage of that night occurs. Guch and Brody party with some strippers. Chita and Jesus pray and spend the night together. Leo leaves work. Shavoo and Buddy count their money. Rhino takes a plan into Philadelphia.Today Chita and Jesus are woken up by a phone call. Rhino calls but hangs up when Jesus picks up. Bodega and Rhino are outside the door and push Jesus back into the apartment. Bodega tells them that they are going to find Leo and recover the cocaine. Bodega tells Jesus that they are going to need more guns. Across the hall, Guch and Brody are planning what theyre going to spend their money on. Guch hides a bunch of guns around the apartment in case Shavoo tries to screw them over. Guch tells Brody that HE would kill Brody for one brick, let alone ten. Brody is hurt by this statement and visibily upset, while Guch tries to play it off. Leo goes to his delivery truck and opens the back only to find Bodega, Rhino, Chita and Jesus all pointing guns at him. They pull him into the truck. Shavoo and Buddy check their money and then arm themselves before they go into the apartment. Buddy puts a shotgun into the money bag and they go up to the Brodys apartment.In the truck, Leo is being beaten by Jesus in front of Bodega and Rhino. Bodega makes it clear that they will kill him and Leo tries to remember. Leo tells him that he delivered the package. When Jesus pulls a gun, he tells them he can take them to the place he delivered the cocaine. Meanwhile, Brody and Shavoo are arguing over the cocaine. Shavoo thinks he may have replaced the cocaine with lower quality stuff. Brody and Guch get very suspicious but Shavoo gets the money. Hassie wakes up and goes to use the bathroom while Guch and Brody count the money and Shavoo and Buddy pack the cocaine.Leo leads the group to Guch and Brodys apartment. Bodega tells Leo that he has to get the shit back. Leo knocks on the door in the middle of the deal. The four of them freak out thinking it is the cops. Brody sees that its the delivery man and they realize that Leo knows he delivered the package to the wrong place. Leo asks Brody for the box he delivered by mistake. Brody tells them that he delivered the box back to the station. Bodega forces his way into their apartment. A Mexican showdown ensues. Leo is in the middle of the standoff. Guch shoots Jesus, while Bodega shoots Guch three times in the chest. Brody grabs a sub machine gun and starts shooting at Bodega. He misses every shot and Bodega shoots Brody twice in the chest. Shavoo kneecaps Bodega before shooting him in the chest in order to avenge his cousin. Shavoo grabs the cocaine and makes a break for the door, only for Rhino to shoot him with a shotgun. Buddy and Rhino get into a knife fight in whats left of the kitchen. Rhino stabs Buddy to death in the kitchen. Shavoo, half alive, reaches for a gun. Rhino grabs Shavoo and tries to stab him once more, but Shavoo shoots Rhino several times in the chest. Shavoo remembers what he told Buddy about how drugs arent worth dying for. Instead of taking the drugs, Shavoo leaves. Leo, who was on the floor the whole time not moving, jumps up when hes sure it isnt over. He finds the 100,000 dollars Shavoo was going to pay for the drugs with. Chita comes out of her hiding place as Leo is leaving with the money. Leo pulls out the shotgun Buddy left in the bag and makes her go back in her apartment. A random couple sees him with a shotgun and so he yells at them and gets in the elevator. Chita goes in to check on Jesus and finds him alive. She helps Jesus and they realize that Erics stolen watch saved Jesus life by stopping the bullet. They take the cocaine and leave the apartment.

Tags: bleak, murder, flashback

Review:
On another typical high Leo mistakenly delivers a package full of heroine to a bunch of slightly retarded wannabee gangsta / bank robbas / criminimal masterminds Brody (Mike Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris).
This quickly causes a series of events which lead to the opening scene of the movies: Leo being surrounded by people with guns and a low tolerance for ineptitude."Next Day Air" closely follows in the footsteps set out by movies such as "Snatch" or "51st State", although this time around it takes place entirely in the States with 80% of the movie occurring in two rooms.
As can be expected it is a mix of unabated comedy with brutal gangsters, fast talking criminals and crazy sequence of events ending with a grand showdown finale to tie all the separate plots and characters together.Based on a very rudimentary plot the movie aims at delivering the package with the minimum necessary runtime.
Instead we get a fast paced movie (which somehow manages to find time to have pointless detours into non-funny side scene attractions) with a lack of purpose.
None of the character are able to catch your attention and involve you in the story, although Omari Hardwick (playing a drug dealer wanting out of business) does his sincerest best to bridge the script shortcomings.A sorely empty package filled with fluff, but at least the delivery is express so at least you won't waste a lot of time waiting for it to be over and done with..
Ghetto version of Guy Ritchie movies, but not a good one.
This is like the ghetto version of some of Guy Ritchie's movies, since it tries to copy Guy's style and all and a bit of "The Pineapple Express".
Some may enjoy this sort of comedy, but it just tries to show more of the black foolishness similar to Tyler Perry's movies, but at least Tyler Perry's movies are sometimes funny this is not.
I agree with some of the reviewers that say this film tries too hard to be funny, it's true the creators of this film probably thought by making a bunch of guys acting all obnoxious and foolish would be humorous but it is not in this movie and there is no depth to it.
add to that a bunch of stereotype characters with no depth and personality and you can imagine how captivated i was by this movie.
i thank god that the total absence of good jokes and comedy didn't distract me form experiencing this absence of emotion in this great void of boredom.don't get me wrong.
i didn't want to puke during the movie or something like that.
it was only after i resurfaced from this sea of dullness that i realized how much of a big waste of time this movie was..
I was surprised how good this flick is; simple and well-paced with genuinely funny moments and actors.
There is also some eye candy(as well as nose candy!) but hey, what do you expect from the film directing debut of the guy who makes videos for 50 Cent?
It looks and feels like a Guy Richie movie so if you liked those you'll enjoy the 'American version' replete with slow motion shotgun blasted dude flying through the air in slow motion in the apartment.
But if you think it's all about violence think again, this film is pure jokes and cameos(cassidy, mos def, debbie allen etc.)with lots of herb smoking and hard hip-hop backdrops.
Ironically, I didn't want to see this movie.
I mean how many movies can you see dealing with drugs and thieves?
This movie had me laughing from the beginning to the end.
Mike Epps and Avon (I know thats his Wire name but hey that mind as well be his real name because thats how he will always be remembered) were great together.
I have seen "Lost In Transit" and I have seen this film (Next Day Air) in a screening and it is funny, face paced and well put together.
I did notice the similarities to "Lost In Transit" with the gold watch and the employee's rough housing with the packages but I think that's all in the spirit of what we think shipping companies are doing with our stuff!
"Lost In Transit" is more of a Satire film with over the top characters much like a cartoon or comic book that actually works for that particular comedy.
"Next Day Air" seems to be a bit more real life or day in the life of the characters whereas "Lost In Transit" the characters are in their own word..
When i read about it the first time i thought it could be quite funny.
When i read about it the first time i thought it could be quite funny.
I was totally RIGHT the plot was real dynamic and all the plot twists were good.
Add to that a bunch of great characters with good depth and personality and you can imagine how captivated i was by this movie.The Characters were stereo types but this just made the movie even funnier.
This was a great effort by the director.Just goes to show you don't need big stars and big budgets for a good movie.
Similar to the "Junkyard Willie Movie: Lost In Transit".
In watching this Summit film, I couldn't help but notice the similarities in this movie to Lost In Transit (September 2008).
Next Day Air is basically about some black employees at a shipping company who misbehave.
In Next Day Air they find drugs inside a package.
LIT was released only 7 months earlier than Next Day Air. After seeing these two films lets hope this isn't what really goes on behind closed doors at companies like...
"Next Day Air" is anti-funny; it explodes any wit or comedy in comes in contact with..
"Next Day Air" wasn't particularly funny, and I had expected it to be more of a comedy after having read the synopsis.
So I was sorely disappointed once the movie ended.The story is about a delivery of narcotics gone bad.
As the unknowing delivery guy delivers a package to the wrong address, a large shipment of drugs end up in the hands of two men desperate for money.
Those whom the delivery were intended for never receive the shipment and become pressed by their boss, meanwhile those who got it by mistake set off to sell the drugs through their contacts.The story was entertaining enough, but I had just expected something more in the funny department.The acting in the movie was good, and people were doing good jobs with their given roles and characters.There was just something missing from the movie that kept it from being a good movie experience.
But I sit here after having seen the movie and thinking that it could have been better.
It is like a particular ingredient missing from your tomato sauce to make it stand out, you know?"Next Day Air" had its moments, sure.
Of course it tries really hard to be funny (and fails quite a few times), but it still seems likable, because it tries to be different.
Plus it seems more coherent than some other "gangsta" movies (though that does not mean that much now, does it).
The actors at hand, try very hard and sometimes convince and are quite funny.All in all, the action and the (thin) plot move forward nicely enough.
Still the ending might throw a lot of people of, for being so different, than anything we would expect from a movie like that.
Strange, I wouldn't mind seeing a remake same director, same actors, but a totally different take on the same material, and this time straight.
Anyway I think the film is fun to watch because some of the actors are really good and the productions values are descent.
Brody (Mike Epps), Guch (Wood Harris) and Hassie are incompetent bank robbers.
Leo (Donald Faison) is a weed-smoking incompetent delivery man who has to beg his mother to keep his job.
Meanwhile Jesus is trying to find his package and assumes that Leo stole it.
Jesus and Chita track down the wrong delivery guy Eric (Yasiin Bey).Everybody is idiotic.
The problem is that I hate a lot of these characters.
He is the one character who shouldn't be the arrogant annoying idiot.
Yasiin Bey would have been infinitely more likable as Leo. Mike Epps and Wood Harris are a fun duo.
Sure, there is an attempt by script writer Blair Cobbs to have some sort of story or "plot" for this movie, set in the underbelly of today's urban America.
And yes, of course director Benny Boom tries to elicit the most realistic or "believable" acting performances possible from such film veterans as Mike Epps, Mos Def, and Debbie Allen, all of whom appear in NEXT DAY AIR.
This site, IMDb, has a feature available for most movies called "key words." I found the listings there particularly revealing for NEXT DAY AIR.
The key words provided for this movie include "cocaine," "female nudity," "marijuana," "punched in the face," "pot-head," "drug dealer," "gang-banger," "cockfighting," "shoot-out," and "thug." Obviously, NEXT DAY AIR can provide a valuable key to survival in urban America for those visiting there from Switzerland or Grosse Pointe Farms..
HBCU247.com writes two smalltime hoods, Brody (Mike Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) open the box and find a gift from heaven.
This was a funny movie about the perils of being high while on the job.
It was fun to watchonce and not alone (you may need other people's commentary to make the movie funnier).
ShameShameThis movie makes me wonder why people think it is a good idea to get quick money by selling drugs.
Stupidity was definitely the new black in this movie, and these people were wearing it well!
This movie is good enough to watch onceas a rental!
Lurking beneath the surface of former gangsta rap video music director Benny Boom's derivative African-American crime comedy "Next Day Air" (** out of ****) lies the not-so-subtle message that pedaling narcotics is a perilous occupation.
This predictable, R-rated, 84-minute, "Pineapple Express" carbon copy about minority drug dealers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, blasting holes in each other over a lost horde of cocaine generates more bloodshed than buffoonery.
Ironically, first-time scenarist Blair Cobbs has penned a melodramatic screenplay that casts its largely black and Hispanic actors in despicably stereotypical drug dealer roles.Nobody in "Next Day Air" deserves a shred of sympathy except the protagonist's mother.
Although she has been as criminally wasted in a similar minor role, it is gratifying to see Debbie Allen of "Fame" back in a big-screen film.
Furthermore, funnyman Mike Epps usually makes even the worst comedy tolerably entertaining, but his presence does little to enliven "Next Day Air." Director Benny Boom and scenarist Blair Cobbs establish in the first ten minutes of "Next Day Air" that the misguided protagonist, Leo Jackson (Donald Faison of TV's "Scrubs"), loves to get high on reefer.
Nevertheless, the threat of being fired has little impact on him afterward because he is back to puffing pot on his delivery route in no time flat.Meanwhile, a trio of cretinous bank robbers, Guch (Wood Harris of HBO's "The Wire"), Brody (Mike Epps of "Resident Evil: Extinction") and Hassie (Malik Barnhardt of "Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club"), sits around their dumpy apartment and play video games.
Now, they watch the bank tapes and reprimand Brody for his incompetence.Guch and Brody reside in the same Philadelphia apartment complex near a Puerto Rican couple, Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and Chita (Yasmin Deliz), who are anxiously awaiting a shipment of ten bricks of cocaine from a Los Angeles-based, cigar-smoking drug smuggler, Bodega (Emilio Rivera), an hombre with no sense of humor.
Boom and Cobbs show what happens to the thugs who try to take advantage of Bodega, and it isn't a pretty sight.
After Bodega punishes a hood from misconduct, he promotes Jesus to replace the dearly departed, and Jesus knows that his life isn't worth a dime if anything untoward goes wrong through no fault of his own.Naturally, Leo is getting high when he wheels in a giant box to the apartment complex and delivers it to Guch and Brody.
Brody contacts his drug pedaling cousin, Shavoo (Omari Hardwick of "Gridiron Gang"), and makes him a sales pitch.
Instantly, Bodega grows suspicious because he contacted Ms. Jackson's company Next Day Air and received confirmation that the package arrived safely at its destination.Bodega flies into Philly with his hard-faced henchman Rhino (Lobo Sebastian of "The Longest Yard") who likes to get sadistic with Bodega's enemies.
Along with Bodega and Rhino, a desperate Jesus (Cisco Reyes) and Chita (Yasmin Deliz) set out to find Leo and clear up everything.
They catch up with Leo, still inhaling pot even when he drives his delivery van and Leo realizes to his horror that he did in fact deliver the package to the wrong address.
At this point, pandemonium erupts out as everybody converges on Guch's apartment with guns drawn and itching to shoot first and ask questions later.The best thing about "Next Day Air" is that director Boom doesn't wear out his welcome.
This movie clocks in at less than 90 minutes.
Boom stages this uneven comedy as if he were aspiring to be a Guy Ritchie of "Snatch" fame.
Next Day Air" has absolutely nothing to redeem it, and this Summit Entertainment release scrapes the bottom of the barrel for the modicum of humor that it has..
Don't ship your packages by Next Day Air if you want it to get there.
(Synopsis) Leo (Donald Faison) works as a next day delivery driver who is delivering packages while being high on weed.
Leo deliverers a package containing 10 bricks of high quality cocaine to the wrong apartment number.
Two smalltime hoods, Brody (Mike Epps) and Guch (Wood Harris) open the box and find a gift from heaven.
They immediately arrange to sell the coke to Brody's drug dealer cousin for $150,000.
They immediately arrange to sell the coke to Brody's drug dealer cousin for $150,000.
In the meantime, Jesus (Cisco Reves) tries to track down who got his package before the drug kingpin, Bodega Diablo (Emilio Rivera) notices that his drugs are missing.
In the meantime, Jesus (Cisco Reves) tries to track down who got his package before the drug kingpin, Bodega Diablo (Emilio Rivera) notices that his drugs are missing.
Unfortunately, time has run out and Bodega is in town, and he is furious that his shipment is lost.
Unfortunately, time has run out and Bodega is in town, and he is furious that his shipment is lost.
During the same time, Brody and Guch are about to complete their drug deal with Guch's cousin.
During the same time, Brody and Guch are about to complete their drug deal with Guch's cousin.
(My Comment) This is a funny movie about a package shipping company and the things we think they do to our packages before we get them, such as opening packages and taking watches or other items out, and throwing packages around in the truck before they are delivered to us.
But it is a lot of fun watching some of the things they do in this movie.
Mike Epps and Wood Harris are just great as two inept criminals.
The bank robbery at the beginning of the movie should win the stupidest criminal award this year.
The movie is a little slow at the beginning, but it picks up by the end.
In a summer of action films, and raunchy comedies, it is refreshing to see an action-thriller-comedy like Next Day Air. It stars the very funny Donald Faison as Leo, an NDA worker who accidentally delivers a package belonging to a drug lord to a bunch of pot smoking, unsuccessful robbers.
Emilio Rivera is both funny and creepy as the drug lord.
Mike Epps and Wood Harris are excellent as the unsuccessful robbers who accidentally get the package.
The movie is both thrilling and funny, although it is a bit off center, and someone's thumb gets cut off which was not needed.
It is a very good movie, though.
The movie is only about 90 minutes, but it would of been nice if it was 75 minutes, because that final, bloody shoot out was not needed.
The movie has a lot of laughs and still makes room for a lot of thrills.
Overall, this is worth it, but I wouldn't say it's the work of a perfectionist or the work of a genius, just a pretty good movie..
yes, this is one of those movies who shouldn't have been filmed, the only good thing here its a Latin lady which in particular I find hot, apart from that its a waste of time.the starting its kinda promising, a drug adict worker (who turns to be the son of the supervisor) cant stop smoking weed and at some point this would take the movie to the next level, where he mistakenly delivers a package to a wrong address, then the movie falls deep into a flat story.there are some laughs yes, but nothing new, don't expect a lot from this movie cause you wont get any..
I liked the movie to an extent.
I thought it could of have been more funny and had more action and rising action to the end.
I kind of thought it was unrealistic at the how Mike Epps' character missed that guy with the AK47 and how that Mexican killed that black guy.
I mean that black guy should of won that knife fight because of his size and strength.Also, their were some parts of the movie where I thought, "wow, that was random", their needed to be explaining to those parts.
I hope their is another movie like this but with a stronger plot and it's not like 30 minutes long.