Hey guys! It's time for NNandMR's first official movie review. With all the good shows and video games that have been coming out it has been hard to find the time to review a movie that I wanted to see. Well I finally found one and with it coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 29th it just seemed like the perfect time.
When I saw the trailer for 30 Minutes or Less I thought it looked pretty funny. Just another harmless comedy that would give you a few laughs and not be anything special. I just gave the whole film a watch and I rather enjoyed what I saw so here's the review.
30 Minutes or Less stars Jessie Eisenberg as our pizzaboy protagonist Nick. An average guy just working a crappy minimum wage job. As you can probably tell his life isn't that exciting, but all this changes when he is kidnapped and wakes up with a bomb strapped to his chest. He is told by Dwane and Travis (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) that he has 10 hours to bring them 100,000$ or they will explode the bomb and the movie is off!
I figured I was going to like the movie when I saw actors like Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari in the trailers but I wasn't expecting to like it this much. It really took me by surprise. Raunchy humor, sex jokes,and foul language, it's all here. But the good thing about the movie is that they're all done well. Nick Swardson and Danny McBride are hilarious together and there were only a couple of scenes that didn't have me chuckle at least once. Danny McBride does feel like he always plays the same character in every movie, but it seems to work in his advantage here as he plays the character quite well. It also helps that he has Nick Swardson beside him. I've always enjoyed Nick's humor (haven't seen Bucky Larson yet) and love his stand-up comedy so it was great to see him paired with McBride. They work well together and both do a good job in the movie.
Our other duo shown off is Aziz and Jessie. Aziz is also someone I usually find funny in a movie and he doesn't disappoint here. He plays the best friend Chet well although his acting is sometimes off in scenes and he can ramble on in a joke but he can still provide a laugh which is all I was looking for. Jessie Eisenberg is very good in this movie, when he has the bomb strapped to his chest he genuinely looks scared, he can show emotion well. The thing that surprised me in this movie is how funny he can actually be. Yes he was good in Zombieland but other than that he is usually the same neurotic nervous loser. 30 Minutes or Less gives him a chance to be funny and it shows. Jessie and Aziz have great chemistry together and make a great duo. Good job on that casting call.
Although the main actors are good most of the side characters are just unappealing. The love interest Kate (Dilshad Vadsaria) is alright in the acting department but her character just feels so underused. Same goes for all the other side characters. You get meh acting and characters that you will grow no attachment for but its fine as there not really in the movie a whole lot.
So what do you usually look for in a B-list comedy. A few laughs, weak story, crappy acting, and most highlight jokes that were given off in the trailer right? Well 30 Minutes or Less is one of those movies just done with more polish. You will find a lot of laughs, the story is more developed than you think but still has holes and is predictable at points, solid acting from the main characters but weak from the others, and an overall feeling of just having fun. If you go into this movie with normal expectations you will enjoy it. If you go in with a sour mood or with high hopes expect to be bored. It's a good time and is at least worth the rent to watch with friends.
7.8/10
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