DIRECTOR
Steve Carr

CAST
Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Tamala Jones, John Witherspoon, Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr.

MPAA RATING
R

RUNNING TIME
98 Minutes

STUDIO
New Line Cinema

Could this movie be any unfunnier? I think I laughed 3 times, and those were really just smiles. All of the coolness from the first film is lost in this garbage. These characters are so forgettable. Once they leave the screen, they'll leave your memory. And when one of them shows up later, you'll be thinking "who is this?"

Steve Carr is no F. Gary Gray, and it shows. Once the plot kicks in, things get slow and ugly. The first one was just about hanging out in the hood, but this mess has Craig and his cuz Day-Day (an unfunny Mike Epps) on a mission to steal money from their "Joker" neighbors so Day-Day can keep his house.

Cube had moved to the 'burbs once he found out that Debo broke out of jail and was coming after him.

Speaking of Debo, you'll miss him if you blink. One of the first film's best characters is rarely used. And boy, does this movie really suck without Chris Tucker. Geez. There's no Red, no Big Worm, no Crackhead, no one. Stanley has a cameo, but it's a ridiculous situation that he's in. In fact, the scene is only there so you can say, "look, he's from the first FRIDAY."

If there is another movie, which there should be given this film grossed over $55 million, I hope Cube moves back to the 'hood. I don't want to ever experience another Friday like this.