It is Christmas Eve for most of the Christian world, but when Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) are rudely awaken by a burglar in a Santa suit, it is definitely another FRIDAY in the ghetto. The phony Santa gets away with all the cousins' Christmas gifts and their overdue rent money after assaulting Craig with a paltry Christmas tree. Cops are called in and do little more than confiscate Craig and Day-Day's pot stash. Though the cousins may be used to such adversity in the 'hood, they have never before had to think about getting real jobs in order to pay the bills. This third installment in the hip-hop stoner series follows L.A.'s lovable losers through their first day as rent-a-cops at a South Central strip mall.

As each problem they encounter becomes more and more ridiculous, screenwriter and star Ice Cube and first-time director Mark Raboy have constructed an irreverent African-American holiday farce. The film builds to a fever pitch at a holiday party where nearly every character in the film shows up for a wild finale. The supporting cast delivers outrageously amusing portraits of ghetto stereotypes while composer John Murphy paces the film by deftly blending hip-hop with traditional film scoring.

Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 2002

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary 1. Marcus Raboy - Director, Ice Cube - Star/Screenwriter, Matt Alvarez - Producer
Hidden Features - 1. Easter Eggs
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Endings
Outtakes
Interviews
Music Video - 1. "It's the Holidaze" by Westside Connection
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Release
Featurettes - 1. MICROPHONE FIEND: FROM STAGE TO SCREEEN
2. IT WAS A GOOD DAY: BEHIND THE FRIDAY FRANCHISE
3. GHETTO FABULOUS
4. THE PORK REPORT
5. HUMP DAY
6. HOLIDAY IN THE HOOD
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Web Links

 Ice Cube: Rapper, Actor, Director
Mike Epps: African American actor, RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE
Don "D.C." Curry: Actor
John Witherspoon: Actor/Jock Jokes
Anna Maria Horsford: Actress, DEADLY JUSTICE
Bebe Drake: 
 Sommore: Comedian
Clifton Powell: Actor
Maziyar Jobrani: Actor, MARYAM (2002)
Katt Micah Williams: Actor, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT (2002)
K.D. Aubert: Actor, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT (2002)
Terry Crews: Actor, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT (2002)

Marcus Raboy: Director, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT (2002)

 Ice Cube: Rapper, Actor, Director
Matt Alvarez: Producer

 Ice Cube: Rapper, Actor, Director

John Murphy: Composer, NEW BEST FRIEND (2002)

"...The score sounds like a house-party mix....FRIDAY AFTER NEXT cranks up an impressive amount of energy..."
"...Hilarious, rowdy....[With] gleeful low-down humor and a raft of uninhibited characters involved in one outrageous predicament after another..."
"...This is all so insane it's actually funny..."
"...[The] project does provide a sizable stage for performers Witherspoon, Curry and, especially, Williams, to strut and show off..."