Friday After Next (2002)

Working as security guards, Craig and Day-Day run into the thief who stole their Christmas presents.

Director:

Marcus Raboy

Writers:

Ice Cube (characters), DJ Pooh (characters)

Stars:

Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ice Cube	...	Craig
Mike Epps	...	Day-Day / Old Man with Shotgun
John Witherspoon	...	Mr. Jones
Don 'D.C.' Curry	...	Uncle Elroy
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Mrs. Jones
Clifton Powell	...	Pinky
K.D. Aubert	...	Donna
Bebe Drake	...	Mrs. Pearly
Katt Williams	...	Money Mike
Rickey Smiley	...	Santa Claus
Terry Crews	...	Damon
Maz Jobrani	...	Moly
Reggie Gaskins	...	Officer Dix
Joel McKinnon Miller	...	Officer Hole
Brian Stepanek	...	Officer #3

Storyline

Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.

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Plot Keywords:

santa claus character | climbing a fence | hood | christmas | security guard | 

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Taglines:

When Last Friday Was Just Another Day.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joel McKinnon Miller and Terry Crews would go on to work together again in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), eleven years later.

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Goofs

When Pinky's limo hits "Santa", he is thrown high in the air. As he lands, he's about to fall onto the rear of the cab. In the next cut, Santa begins rolling from the front of the limo until he falls of from the rear of the car.

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Quotes

Day-Day: All I want is two fat bitches that smell like cheeeseburgers so Chico can lick on'em, and a two year supply of rolling paper.

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Crazy Credits

The name of the editor (who "cut" the film) gets cut in half with a chainsaw.

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Alternate Versions

In the DVD's alternate ending, Santa Claus is revealed to be a homeless man robbing people and stealing their gifts so his children can have a nice Christmas. When The Jones family and Pinky try to attack him and take their stuff back, the children order them to leave their father alone and take their gifts back because they don't need them anyway. Craig feels bad for them and forgives Santa. He lets them keep the presents. The Jones' and Pinky spends Christmas with them in the end.

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Connections

Spoofed in BMX XXX (2002)

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Soundtracks

Hold Up! (Wait A Minute)
Written by M.C. Shy-D and Mr. Collipark (as D.J. Smurf)

User Reviews

Hilarious!!!

When I saw the coming attractions while going to see "Brown Sugar", I knew that I had to go and see this movie. Craig (Ice Cube) and his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps) are back for another installment in the "Friday" series. This time the boys are in South Central and getting ready to celebrate Christmas...until a burgular dressed like Santa Claus (Rickey Smiley) robs the boys and getting away with their rent money and presents. Craig and Day-Day then apply for jobs as security guards when their evil landlady, Miss Pearly (Bebe Drake), demands the rent money in advance or she'll let loose her burly son Damon (Terry Crews), who has spent 12 years in prison and now likes men. As they adjust to their new job, Craig becomes interested in the sexy Donna (K.D. Aubert) who works at her pimped-out boyfriend's department store. Also featured in the movie are Craig parents (John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford), Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry), Pinky (Clifton Powell) and even Chico the dog who wreaked havoc on Craig and Day-Day in "Next Friday".

This movie was so hilarious and topped the second installment but could never surpass the original "Friday" simply because of Chris Tucker who played Craig's best friend Smokey. I will definitely go and see this movie again and again until its available to own on DVD. Maybe if there's a fourth "Friday" Chris Tucker can join Ice Cube and the hilarious Mike Epps. I would love to see those three together.

Details

Official Sites:

HBOMAX

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday 3

Filming Locations:

The Shady Palms - 6950 Kester Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,010,767, 24 November 2002

Gross USA:

$33,253,609

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$33,526,835

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avery Pix, Cube Vision, New Line Cinema

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1