Next Friday (2000)
1h 38m | PG-13
A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison.
Director: Steve Carr
Studio: New Line Cinema
Genre: Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Ice Cube
as Craig Jones
Mike Epps
as Day-Day
Justin Pierce
as Roach
John Witherspoon
as Mr. Jones
Don Curry
as Uncle Elroy
Jacob Vargas
as Joker
Reviews
Not as good as the first. Still really hilarious. This movie could have been the funniest movie ever made if Chris Tucker was in it too.
<em>'Next Friday'</em> disappoints, which isn't a surprise given the absence of Chris Tucker. The first film worked because of the two lead actors, so taking out one (esp. Tucker) was always going to make a sequel fall flat; especially without finding an adequate replacement. Ice Cube is OK and is the best part, if only via a process of elimination. Mike Epps didn't do it for me, his character is annoying. Of the newbies, Kym Whitley is the only one that comes close to working. Lisa Rodríguez's Karla is woefully written, as are the entire "Jokers" to be honest.