30 Minutes or Less

Two years after Ruben Fleischer's 2009's hit, Zombieland, his directorial follow-up, 30 Minutes or Less (also starring Jesse Eisenberg) tells the story of a slacker pizza delivery boy kidnapped and forced to rob a bank.

The story starts with introducing best friends, slacker pizza delivery boy Nick(Eisenberg) and teacher Chet(Ansari) who, without spoiling anything, are clashing when things get heated. After finally getting fed up with his wealthy ex-Marine father's continuous disapproval, our story kicks off with pseudo-tough guy Dwayne (McBride) deciding to find a way to kill his father via a hitman, finally settling on forcing someone to rob a bank to pay for the hit.

This is where Nick and Chet come into play. Dwayne and his far too loyal best friend, Travis (Swardson) order a pizza which Nick delivers and they strap a bomb vest to him telling him he has 10 hours to rob a bank and deliver them $100,000 or else they will call a number and detonate the bomb. Afterwards the story unravels.

The high point of the film is the blissful stupidity of the characters trying to commit serious crimes without being caught. McBride pretty much plays the same character he usually does, but it works for him, so it's not a hindrance. Ansari is a great comedic relief to Eisenberg's more serious role (as much as can be.) As for Eisenberg himself, it's nice to see him in a comedy not playing the awkward cowardly guy. There's still a bit of that in his role, but it's not an overwhelming trait of the character.

30 Minutes Or Less is probably on par with the summer's other raunchy comedy, Horrible Bosses. I think I preferred the latter a bit more, but both are well worth checking out and a fun way to spend your time.