Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) is a slacker smart-mouthed pizza delivery guy. His best friend is Chet (Aziz Ansari). He's also in love with Chet's twin Kate (Dilshad Vadsaria). Dwayne (Danny McBride) and Travis (Nick Swardson) are two idiot wannabe criminals. Dwayne is belittled by his father The Major (Fred Ward). He comes up with an idea to force the pizza boy to steal $100k for them by strapping him to a bomb. He wants the money to pay hit-man Chango (Michael Peña) to kill The Major whom he finds through stripper Juicy (Bianca Kajlich). Nick gets Chet to join him in a crime spree.
The movie is split into two main and one minor duo. The group is full of funny people. I really like Eisenberg with Ansari. Ansari is a hilarious guy and there is great chemistry. McBride and Swardson are uneven. They get tiresome with them doing their bit. They keep disrupting the fun with Eisenberg and Ansari. I wish they stay with them while having less time with McBride and Swardson. The two wacky idiots could be much funnier with shorter and harder hits.
30 Minutes or Less
2011
Action / Comedy / Crime
30 Minutes or Less
2011
Action / Comedy / Crime
Plot summary
The not so smart Dwayne intends to open a massage parlor with his partner Travis, but he does not have money for the investment. He decides to hire a hit-man to kill his father, The Major, who won a large amount of money in the lottery years ago, but the killer demands US$ 100,000 for the job. Dwayne and Travis kidnap the pizza delivery boy Nick and they dress Nick in a vest with a timer and several bombs. Then Dwayne tells Nick that he has ten hours to rob US$ 100,000 from a bank. Once he does, he would give Nick the code to release the vest. Nick summons his best friend Chet to help him in the heist but the scheme does not work the way Dwayne has plotted.
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love Eisenberg and Ansari but constantly disrupted
Lost Between Comedy and Action Genres
The dumb and sex obsessed Dwayne (Danny McBride) intends to open a massage parlor with his partner Travis (Nick Swardson),but he does not have money for the investment. He decides to hire a hit-man to kill his father, The Major (Fred Ward),who won a large amount of money in the lottery years ago, but the killer demands US$ 100,000.00 for the job.
Dwayne and Travis kidnap the pizza delivery boy Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) and they dress Nick with a vest with a timer and several bombs. Then Dwayne tells Nick that he has ten hours to rob US$ 100,000.00 from a bank and he would give the code to release the vest. Nick summons his best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) to help him in the heist but the scheme does not work the way Dwayne has plotted.
"30 Minutes of Less" is a feature lost between comedy and action genres: it is not funny as a comedy and it is silly as an action film. The good cast is wasted in a poor screenplay and direction. In the end of the credits, Dwayne finally opens the business of his own. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "30 Minutos ou Menos" ("30 Minutes or Less")
Undercooked
30 Minutes or Less is a half cooked comedy featuring a lot of dumb slackers.
Dwayne (Danny McBride) wants to open a massage parlour with his partner Travis (Nick Swardson) but he needs to get hold of his dad's money who has no time for this waste of space. So Dwayne hires a hitman who would do the job for 100k to kill his dad.
To raise the money they decide to kidnap a slacker pizza delivery boy Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) and strap a bomb vest on him. They order Nick to rob a bank and steal the 100k or else the bomb will go off.
Fearing for his life, Nick persuades his best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) to help him out. Dwayne has no plans to leave any loose ends behind.
The film is not that funny, the plot is absurd but at least it ends in a satisfying note and it has a short running time.