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Saturday, August 13, 2011

30 Minutes or Less Review

30 Minutes or Less is a comedy directed by Ruben Fleischer, the director behind Zombieland. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson. Nick (Eisenberg) is a pizza delivery boy that obviously doesn't like his job. His friend Chet (Ansari) is a substitute teacher who likes his job quite a bit more than Nick. Then there's Dwayne (McBride) and his friend Travis (Swardson). They're just a couple of losers that aren't too happy.

Dwayne's dad known as The Major treats him pretty badly. So after some convincing from a stripper, he decides he wants to kill his dad for his inheritance. More precisely, he wants to hire a hitman to do the job. Problem is, he wants 100 grand. After brainstorming with his friend, he sees an ad for the pizza shop Nick works at. Nick is sent and knocked out by the duo wearing gorilla masks.

Waking up with a bomb strapped to his chest, he is given the order to rob a bank for the money. With no choice he is obligated to this. But, he doesn't wanna do it alone. Getting help from Chet they head off to do the task. That's all I'm gonna give away as far as the plot goes.

A lot of people probably have high hopes for this considering it's by the director of Zombieland. And no it's not nearly as funny. But, it's definitely worth watching. If you like crude humor this is probably for you. It's pretty hilarious and most of the gags work out pretty well.

The relationship between Jesse and Aziz isn't exactly believable. But it's still funny and has some heart to it. Danny and Nick's relationship is about the same. Except that they have a much darker intent in life. There isn't too much left for me to say about it.

3 out of 5

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