30 Minutes focuses on a junior high history teacher (Ansari) and a pizza-delivery man (Eisenberg) who are forced to rob a bank when one of them is strapped to a bomb vest. The cast also features Danny McBride, Michael Pena, and Nick Swardson.

Eisenberg co-starred in the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Scarcity. His film credits include Adventureland, Rodger Doger, The Village, The Squid and the Whale and Zombieland, which was also directed by Fleischer.