4/10
Lost Between Comedy and Action Genres
16 December 2011
Warning: Spoilers
The dumb and sex obsessed Dwayne (Danny McBride) intends to open a massage parlor with his partner Travis (Nick Swardson), but he does not have money for the investment. He decides to hire a hit-man to kill his father, The Major (Fred Ward), who won a large amount of money in the lottery years ago, but the killer demands US$ 100,000.00 for the job.

Dwayne and Travis kidnap the pizza delivery boy Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) and they dress Nick with a vest with a timer and several bombs. Then Dwayne tells Nick that he has ten hours to rob US$ 100,000.00 from a bank and he would give the code to release the vest. Nick summons his best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) to help him in the heist but the scheme does not work the way Dwayne has plotted.

"30 Minutes of Less" is a feature lost between comedy and action genres: it is not funny as a comedy and it is silly as an action film. The good cast is wasted in a poor screenplay and direction. In the end of the credits, Dwayne finally opens the business of his own. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "30 Minutos ou Menos" ("30 Minutes or Less")
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