30 minutes or Less is Ruben Fleischer, the director of Zombieland's followup to Zombieland. Now Zombieland was a dark comedy starring Jessie Eisenberg and it's pretty obvious from 30 Minutes or Less that Mr. Fleischer likes variety in his picatures because 30 minutes or Less is a dark comedy starring Jessie Eisenberg. Luckily (or unluckily) the similarities between the two pictures stops there-- that's right no existential meanderings about the nature of existence between Bill Muarry and Woody Harrleson. That was Zombieland right?
In fact, Bill Muarry isn't even in 30 Minutes or Less, instead we have semi-popular comedians Danny Mcbride and Nick Swardson setting up a bank heist to get 100 grand to pay a hitman to kill Mcbride's dad Fred Ward, either for money or because he was such a girl in The Right Stuff.
Of course you may be asking why not just go all Greek tragedy and kill your own father Mr. Mcbride? Because that's not how a millionaire thinks. To complicate matters the bumbling duo employ Jesse Eisenberg via strapping a bomb to him and telling him he's got 10 hours to get the 100 grand or ... well, boom! A scenario ripped literally out of the headlines (see Brian Welles) which is kind of disturbing but hey, entertainment right?
Suffice to say 30 Minutes or less gets better as it goes from being a quirky raunch com to being a quirky raunch com crimedy ... oh man, starting to make up words, painkillers must be kicking in. One thing to note about the plot is that it could have more or less the exact same scenario done in a different style (replace Eisenberg with Kiefer Sutherland) and it would make for a legitimate crime drama. Hell, it could be Oscar worthy tear jerking if they actually did the story of the pizza dude that this is at least inspired by. Now as far as the ending goes-- Not gonna say anything.
Lets just say that It's like a one night stand: you enjoy it while it's happening but once it’s done you just wanna get out and forget about it.
There's a spider on the ceiling and it has a weird cocky sort of look-- well, at least it would if it had a face-- or a nose. And umm ... 30 minutes or less-- if you're looking to spend 80 minutes sitting in a dark room you could do a lot worse than 30 Minutes or Less. Or, alternatively, put Micheal Mann’s Heat on double speed and listen to the audio from Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life. You might get a similar experience. Or not. Probably not.
Suffice to say 30 Minutes or less gets better as it goes from being a quirky raunch com to being a quirky raunch com crimedy ... oh man, starting to make up words, painkillers must be kicking in. One thing to note about the plot is that it could have more or less the exact same scenario done in a different style (replace Eisenberg with Kiefer Sutherland) and it would make for a legitimate crime drama. Hell, it could be Oscar worthy tear jerking if they actually did the story of the pizza dude that this is at least inspired by. Now as far as the ending goes-- Not gonna say anything.
Lets just say that It's like a one night stand: you enjoy it while it's happening but once it’s done you just wanna get out and forget about it.
There's a spider on the ceiling and it has a weird cocky sort of look-- well, at least it would if it had a face-- or a nose. And umm ... 30 minutes or less-- if you're looking to spend 80 minutes sitting in a dark room you could do a lot worse than 30 Minutes or Less. Or, alternatively, put Micheal Mann’s Heat on double speed and listen to the audio from Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life. You might get a similar experience. Or not. Probably not.
