The film grossed $10,027,047 ranking it 111 in films released in 2009. Next Day Air steadily declined in the box office during its eight-week run. The film opened at #6 on its opening weekend, behind Star Trek, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Obsessed, and 17 Again with approximately $4 million in revenue. In the audio commentary of the DVD, the director mentions how he forbade the use of the "n" word for on-screen dialogue, and how that element is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Mos Def. Next Day Air was shot in 20 days, which Boom said he was able to do because he already had the film edited in his head. He was also attracted to the script because it takes place in his hometown of Philadelphia. He fell in love with the script after reading it and believed he could put his own style on it. īenny Boom got attached to the project when a friend got him in touch with a producer.
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Mike Epps as Brody: Epps did not do any improvising because he wanted to show people he did not "have to improv to be in a movie and be funny and do a good job.".
Luckily, he is saved by the watch he took from Eric earlier. Chita comes to check on Jesus, who is still alive, but wounded. Afterward, Shavoo limps away, nearly dead Leo, completely uninjured, jumps up and leaves with the money and a shotgun, which he uses to scare Chita and some tenants. Guch, Brody, and Bodega are killed, while Rhino, Bodega's enforcer, stabs Buddy to death before being killed by Shavoo, who was injured by a shotgun blast from Rhino. Everyone has their guns drawn, and Guch takes the first shot at Jesus, triggering an intense shootout. Bodega realizes something strange is going on and forces his way into the apartment. Brody informs Leo that he sent the package back to NDA headquarters. Bodega forces Leo to request the package back while Guch is inside counting the money. Back at the apartments, Leo is walking down the hallway and finally remembers he delivered it to 302. Jesus tortures Leo but he can't remember anything. Shavoo and Buddy lock the clerk and his accomplice inside a garage, bound and gagged with duct tape.īodega surprises Jesus in Philadelphia, to his dismay, and they search for Leo together. He interrogates the clerk and finds the storage garage where his money and supplies are. Shavoo has trouble getting his money from storage because he was robbed by the front desk clerk. Finally realizing that it is not Leo they continue their search. Jesus and Chita find Eric, another employee of NDA, who they hold at gunpoint and steal his watch. While searching Jesus tells Chita that his previous boss was killed because of a similar situation. Jesus is concerned that Bodega is going to kill him and assumes that Leo stole the package. Jesus tells Bodega it was not delivered even though the tracking information says otherwise. Shavoo and his partner, Buddy, come to Guch's apartment and settle on $15,000 a brick.īodega, Jesus's boss and original sender of the package, calls to confirm the package was delivered. Brody remembers that his cousin, Shavoo, has cut cocaine before. Guch and Brody, two inept criminals, open the package and find ten bricks of cocaine hidden in a clay pot. Before Leo can leave Jesus asks if Leo has the package and gets worried when he is empty-handed.
While delivering a package addressed to Jesus in apartment 303, Leo accidentally delivers it to apartment 302. Leo works for Next Day Air (NDA), a package delivery company, where his mother happens to be his boss, but is at risk of getting fired for any more mistakes. Two criminals accidentally accept a package of cocaine which they must sell before the real owner finds it missing. The film starring Donald Faison and Mike Epps was produced on an estimated budget of $3 million. Next Day Air is a 2009 American dark comedy film that was released by Summit Entertainment on May 8, 2009.
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