After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers.

A disgraced former cop takes a routine job guarding the charred ruins of a once-famous department store (which had once been a psychiatric hospital). But the terrifying images he sees in the store's ornate mirrors will send him on a pulse-pounding mission to unravel the secrets of the building's past--before they destroy his entire life!

After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with the Empire State Armored Truck Company. Chris makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, Eddie, and is soon unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored there - resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S. History.

A bungling cop and an inept lawyer lose their jobs and wind up at the Guard Dog Security Company. Even as security guards, they can't cut it until they figure out their company is dishonest.

The fun kicks off in Friday (Director's cut) when Craig and Smokey must come up with the $200 they owe a bully. Craig is a marked man when Next Friday rolls around, so he moves in with family in the suburbs. Friday after next brings holiday time, but a sleazy Santa robs Craig of his loot.