Pretty good Deception-type business thriller (Michelle Williams would have helped enormously, oh well) with sci-fi elements. It's weird how I am always unexpectedly happy to see Bradley Cooper.
A man takes a drug that makes him acheive his full potential. The villians want the drug. There is a chase or two. All in all, not half as bad as they'd like you to think.
Limitless is fun for a while, but ultimately wears thin while trying to do too much, yet never saying anything about its primary gimmick, drugs. It doesn't take a firm stance on anything that it contains. Its characters aren't well developed, with both De Niro and Cornish having little to do with their far-too-small roles, although I didn't mind Bradley Cooper providing us with narration. It's somewhat enjoyable, but it needed something more to make it absolutely worthwhile.
not very good but watchable... interesting plot with lots of holes... some interesting scenes and shots to depict that the main character is high on NZT, gives a Chuck Palahniuk kinda feeling...
Fun, artsy, suspenseful, Kelsey didn't like it because he didn't immediately become a chemist and start manufacturing it. My argument is he would have ended up dead pretty quick doing that, since it would have been obvious to the people following him that he had the drugs. Ending sucked.
An interesting premise but the film was unevenly paced (and not just the jerky 'drug effects' camera work and editing) such that the narrative wasn't easy to follow and characters were introduced but not really developed. Could have been better.
The pseudoscience is particularly dumb but this was surprisingly good. The reason I like the film is that self-destruction didn't result from seemingly self-destructive means. Doesn't make sense, and neither does the idea that euphoria and a greater mental aptitude would result in a healthier, more functional person...but whatever.
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