“30 Minutes Or Less” is a somewhat entertaining comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”, “Adventureland”). The movie’s plot seems like something that could only happen in the realm of fiction but it actually is very similar to an incident that happened in 2003. The filmmakers have denied using the real events as inspiration for this film but there seem to be too many coincidences for that to be believable.

A pizza delivery guy (Eisenberg) is kidnapped, has a bomb strapped to his chest and is tasked with robbing a bank by two amateurish crooks (Danny McBride “Your Highness”, Nick Swardson “The Benchwarmers”) that are hoping to hire a hitman (Michael Peña “Shooter”) to get some early inheritance money.

Eisenberg gives his usual awkward guy performance as Nick and he does a good job and is somewhat amusing. Danny McBride is also moderately amusing as Dwayne. Nick Swardson is not funny as Travis. I really did not care for Nick’s buddy Chet (Aziz Ansari “Epic”), who is painfully annoying. Almost every time this man speaks, it hinders the picture. Fred Ward is okay as Dwayne’s father. I did not really care for the hitman character. The other characters in the movie are not particularly funny.

“30 Minutes Or Less” does have some funny moments in it and I think the concept is actually pretty good. While it was far from perfect, I got some enjoyment from it. The film was directed by Ruben Fleischer, who also did “Zombieland” with Jesse Eisenberg and I can safely say that this is a much better film. If you really like goofy comedies involving car chases and a few crude gags then I suspect that you will have a good time with “30 Minutes Or Less”. To me, the movie is okay but I’m not quite convinced that I can recommend it.