Review of 30 Minutes or Less (2011) by Dan S — 17 Jun 2012
A terrible, terrible film that wastes a talented class on a half-cooked idea that ultimately goes nowhere, concerning a poor pizza boy (Jesse Eisenberg) who is kidnapped and forced to rob a bank by the end of the day or else a bomb strapped on his chest will explode.
This is an extremely disappointing sophomore effort from Ruben Fleischer, who showed a nihilistic edge and snarky sense of humor in his first feature "Zombieland". Here, you can tell he totally winged this thing, due to an insanely short running time, and no direction whatsoever to have his characters come across as believable or likeable in any way, shape, or form.
The acting, aside from Eisenberg, is incredibly awful, with everyone rushing to say their lines or doing bad improv that does not come across as funny as everyone involved in the film thinks it is. It could have been pretty funny if anyone showed in a care in the world to the makeup of the movie, sadly that is not the case here.
This review of 30 Minutes or Less (2011) was written by Dan S on 17 Jun 2012.
30 Minutes or Less has generally received mixed reviews.
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