The Jesse Eisenberg Flop Defying Odds And Dominating Netflix

Like any late 2000s-early 2010s action-comedy worth its salt, 30 Minutes or Less centers on a stoner pizza delivery guy with few skills and even less ambition. Nick (Eisenberg) is on what appears to be a routine delivery when he's knocked unconscious. When he comes to, he meets Dwayne (McBride), Travis (Swardson), and the bomb they've strapped to his chest. The pair explain that Nick is going to rob a bank for them and if he fails his mission, tries to remove the explosives, or goes to the police, the bomb will detonate. Thankfully for Nick, he has ten hours to complete the bank robbery, instead of the typical "30 minutes or less" he's allotted for pizza deliveries.

After recruiting his friend, Chet (Ansari), Nick begins to navigate the impossible situation he's found himself in. In what turns out to be a real double edged sword, Dwayne and Travis reveal themselves to be about as good criminals as Nick is a pizza delivery guy, and their already harebrained plot turns even wilder when kidnappings, double crosses, and flamethrowers get involved. Although he has them in short supply, Nick must use his wits to survive the ordeal without ending up in prison or the morgue.

There's a possibility that the plot of 30 Minutes or Less will sound familiar to you. That's because while the filmmakers deny any direct connection, Nick's ordeal bears a striking resemblance to a real life incident that proves the truth is often stranger than fiction.