Next Day Air Review

             There are many, many ways in which to spend $10 and ninety minutes in both a more entertaining and constructive way than to watch Next Day Air (one of those ways being watching a $10 can of paint dry on your wall). An obvious stoner comedy, the only thing funny about the movie is how unoriginal it is. Basically a blended and diluted version of movies like Half Baked and How High, Next Day Air does its best to please an apparent demographic with jokes that its already heard before. Its poor acting and shoddy plot is finalized by a less than average quality gunfight that leaves most everybody disappointed.

            Directed by Benny Boom, Next Day Air stars some of the most prominent B-List African American actors such as Mike Epps (How High, Malibu’s Most Wanted), Donald Faison (Scrubs), and Mos Def (Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Be Kind Rewind). The plot follows a number of opposing groups centered on a mistakenly delivered box of cocaine by high deliveryman Leo (Faison). As the two low grade criminals who received the coke celebrate and attempt to sell it to one of their drug dealing brothers, the intended recipient goes on a manhunt to recover the drugs before his drug lord boss finds out. For the next hour some poorly thought out comedy occurs until, finally, the movie ends in a gunfight between all key members of the movie, leaving the survivor with all the money and all the drugs.

            Next Day Air serves little purpose other than to be used as an example of early twenty-first century slang for generations to come. The plot is flawed despite its incredibly linear nature, the acting in unconvincing, and the comedy isn’t very funny. Basically it’s not a good movie (in my opinion), and isn’t worth anybody’s time. All in all, Next Day Air is one package you may want to refuse.