Independent Films, Film Profiles

Next Friday

Next Friday is a 2000 comedy film, and the sequel to the 1995 surprise hit film Friday. This is the first film to be produced by producer Ice Cube's film production company Cubevision. The film is directed by Steve Carr, and stars Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Don "D.C." Curry, John Witherspoon, and Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.Craig Jones (Cube) leaves home to escape revenge from his enemy Debo (Lister Jr.) and moves in with his lottery winning and sex-crazed Uncle Elroy (Curry) and his cousin Day-Day Jones (Epps) in Rancho Cucamonga. With so much trouble in the suburbs, he wishes he was back in the tame streets of South Central L.A. Craig's cousin Day-Day has serious problems of his own, with his pregnant ex-girlfriend D-Wana (Tamala Jones) and her little, but physically bigger sister, Baby D (Lady of Rage). Also, Craig and Day-Day accidentally get some beef started with the Mexican Joker family which lives across the street, the family which Karla (Lisa Rodriguez), the girl Craig is trying to hook up with, just so happens to be in. As if things weren't crazy enough, Debo, along with his irritating cellmate (and also his younger brother) Tyrone (Sticky Fingaz), have broken out of prison with plans to exact revenge on Craig, and Uncle Elroy's house might be auctioned and sold unless they can find a way to pay off his debt in full by the next day. In the end Craig saves the house from being auctioned by using the Joker brothers' drug money and sends not only them but Deebo and his brother Tyrone back to prison.Tagline: The suburbs make the hood look good!