"30 Minutes or Less"

theinaniloquent

Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...

First up, I love Zombieland. The director knew what he was doing, and made a stellar, hilarious film involving zombies. The jokes were on point, the action was on-going, it had possibly the best cameo of all time, and it was one of the most enjoyable film experiences of all time. While seeing 30 Minutes or Less, I didn't have the highest expectations, nor seeing it as a good movie, but since the director did Zombieland, I honestly couldn't wait. We've seen actor Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland, which he did an outstanding job in and have also seen him in the Social Network, which he did even a better job. I've also seen Aziz Ansari's stand-up comedy, and found him to be quite the funny guy. With all these expectations, you could call me a follower of the film and I was really honestly excited for it. I went to the store, rented the film, sat down, and clicked play............... The film was hideous. I say that in the nicest way I can, but the director seriously downplayed his reputation. I didn't expect THAT much, but my expectations and more were destroyed in the process. To start off, the plot was actually based of true events. I know you've probably seen this a few times, but the event resulted in the pizza man dying. The film pays no respects to the man nor does it even follow the true story, they just ripped it off to make it funny. That leads me to the humor. I actually do not remember one time in the movie where I laughed, the audience wasn't for it either. The film was basically a comedy stripped with the label 'comedy' basically making the film nothing. 1 hour and 23 minutes of nothing... The acting was almost mediocre too. They chose the characters right and well, but their performances were almost boring. They didn't even attempt to attempt to try... I do not recommend the film at all. It was maybe just a bad idea or a bad result, either way, I wasn't entertained as I should've been. 3/10.

score 3/10

theinaniloquent 20 November 2011

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