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Next Friday

Next Friday

The suburbs make the hood look good.

20006.51h 38m

Overview

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. But trouble soon follows and the suburbs will never be the same.

Directed by Steve Carr
Written by Ice Cube, DJ Pooh
Produced by Ice Cube
Box OfficeBudget: $11.0MRevenue: $59.8M

Top Cast

Ice Cube

Ice Cube

Craig Jones

Mike Epps

Mike Epps

Day-Day

Justin Pierce

Justin Pierce

Roach

John Witherspoon

John Witherspoon

Mr. Jones

Don Curry

Don Curry

Uncle Elroy

Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

Joker

Lobo Sebastian

Lobo Sebastian

Lil Joker

Rolando Molina

Rolando Molina

Baby Joker

L

Lisa Rodríguez

Karla

Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy Lister Jr.

Debo

Themes & Keywords

prisonescaperepaymentgang warboy gangprison escapebullyrevengelos angeles, californiagang membermexican americancholo

About Next Friday

Next Friday is a comedy film released in 2000 exploring themes of prison, escape, repayment, gang war, boy gang, prison escape. Directed by Steve Carr, it stars Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce. 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. But trouble soon follows and the suburbs will never be the same.

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