30 Minutes or Less (2011)

Wow! Such a good movie.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I had not heard about this movie prior to finding it on Netflix. I read the synopsis for it, and it seemed like it could be a fun enough movie. So I took the time to sit down and watch it.And it turned out that "30 Minutes or Less" was actually a rather entertaining comedy spiced up with some action and a fairly good story.The character's in the movie and the actors and actresses portraying them really helped bring the movie up to a level of proper enjoyment. Usually I am not overly much of a fan of Jesse Eisenberg nor Danny McBride, but they really carried the movie quite nicely. However, it was Aziz Ansari who really stood out as the most memorable of all the cast.There were some really good laughs and funny moments throughout the course of the storyline.I will say however that I seriously doubt that this is the type of movie that you watch more than once, unless you are a big fan of anyone on the cast list though.

This film tells the story of a pizza delivery man, who sees little future in his job because people abuse the pizza delivery pledge. One day, he is kidnapped by two criminals. An explosive device is strapped into him, and he is forced to come up with $100,000 in exchange for his safety.The plot sounds funny on paper, but the actual film does not work at all. The story is very silly, to the point where it becomes annoying instead of funny. The supposed jokes are unnecessarily over sexualised, and I honestly don't need to see tasteless scenes in the form of a lap dance. The robbery is very unbelievable, I just don't believe how effects can turn it that way. Actually, the whole film is unbelievable and annoying. I wish the film was 30 Minutes or less, but it wasn't.

I had no idea what to expect, and found myself laughing immediately. The honest (and crude of course) conflict between the two heroes was the driving force in this movie. You knew they would eventually be friends again. As for the anti-hero, his parallel conflict with his buddy was just as entertaining. The stupidity of their criminal minds was unexpected at every turn (just when you thought he was stupid, he outdid himself). The former Marine dad was a funny addition. Anyway, I see a lot of negative reviews and found that they were missing the intent of the film, that is, to entertain and keep you in suspense while keeping you laughing at the idiocy of it all.

Two friends must work together to steal enough money demanded to be delivered to two sociopath partners-in-crime that hire an assassin to murder their boss. Already you can see how complex this plot is, but even with the simple direction between the four main characters, their stories are vastly different and could have been written more cleverly conjoined had it not had promise to work as an individual idea.Many viewers may create comparisons to other superior or inferior darkly comedies and some true events that may amuse or alienate them. Luckily, the characters are self-aware of the nonsense that may occur with unintentional deaths and stupidity from their choices. But even though every character follows their own steps to obtain what they want or please others, it doesn't do complete justice for the overall story and viewers.The cast and crew may have done their part, but most of the film could have done more for them if the writing had some crucial changes. If only it had more focus and less characters used for the wrong reasons, or used more in a way where their importance isn't limited to less appeal, this film would have felt worth more than thirty-minutes to some viewers. Instead, this is a disjointed bomb job that could have blown us away with bigger and better surprises even though the fuse had a shortage of that and more.