Review: 30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less

8/23/11

Carmike Cinema 10

2 Small Mr. Pibbs

Plenty of A/C

So, here’s the setup:  a movie starring Jesse Eisenberg, one of the hottest young actors working today; Aziz Ansari , one of the funniest comedians working today and one of the stars of the funniest show on TV, Parks and Recreation;  Danny McBride, hilarious and foul as the star of Eastbound and Down, and made by the team that brought you Zombieland, one of the best surprise hits of the last decade.  If I told you all that would you believe me if I also told you it sucked?

I’m not going to take the time to completely kill the thing.  There were some really funny parts.  It just wasn’t put together right.  It almost felt rushed and poorly written.  Danny McBride was funny as usual but there just weren’t enough funny parts to overcome the sort of dark comedy theme. 

Eisenberg plays a stoner pizza delivery guy who gets a bomb strapped to his chest and told he has 9 hours to rob a bank.  McBride needs $100,000 to pay a hitman to knock of his lottery winning Dad so he can inherit the money and run off with a stripper.  With me so far?  That’s pretty much it.

Rent it on poker night when you have the guys over and don’t really have to watch it that close. 

My review: 

2/4, C-, Rent it from RedBox for $1