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   Posted By Martyrdom on April 1, 2011 @ 4:09 am

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   ★★★☆☆

   Limitless was a very fun ride to sit through. You had these moments where you just had to think through the various characters and their involvement in the whole thing (story). It also has its funny moments and the narrative of the movie helps establish certain scenerios, something Fight Club did well. On the downside, this movie could have delivered a broader idea for the pill to the general public and maybe go further on its consequences towards that wider range of people, but that’s just a suggestion. – MR

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   Posted By Babyface on April 2, 2011 @ 4:21 am

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   ★★★★☆

   Bradley Cooper stars in a Neil Burger film, “Limitless,” that qualifies as a thinking man’s movie, with echoes of Inception and Memento, and yes, a little bit of Crank. If any of those movies appealed to you, you might enjoy this puzzler.

   Eddie Morra (Cooper) is a struggling writer, so caught in the grip of writer’s block and lethargy, that his unkempt appearance gets him mistaken for a substance abuser, or a homeless person. His girlfriend has had enough and gives him back the key to his apartment. It’s at this low point that he meets up with his ex brother-in-law, who is either a drug dealer or, as he describes it, a “pharmaceutical consultant.” He introduces Eddie to a little clear pill, which he claims allows a person to use 100% of his brain, giving him incredible powers of perception and memory recall… it’s like the brain goes into hyper-drive!

   When Eddie goes back for more of the drug, he finds his brother-in-law sitting in a trashed apartment, with a very large hole in his head. It seems some pretty unsavory characters are after the drug. After calling the cops, Eddie decides to see if he can find the hidden stash… he see it as the key to his future. With a supply of the wonder drug in hand, Eddie finds his fortune has turned, and there are some amazing and humorous scenes showing his life in transition. But the new golden boy learns that he needs a steady supply of the drug, and that there are some not so pleasant side effects if he doesn’t have it.

   Part character study, part action film, part mystery, “Limitless” is original and satisfies on many levels. The drug which is at the center of the plot, NZT, is experimental and can turn anyone into a veritable super-mind. But how would you use it? The possibilities are “limitless!” And about those disturbing side effects? It seems they can get pretty nasty… and that’s what gives the second half of this movie it’s dark, disturbing resonance.

   Bradley Cooper carries the weight of this film nicely, with help from Abby Cornish as the girl that loved him when he didn’t know ten languages. Robert DeNiro, as a financial tycoon who thinks Eddie is the man to steer him through a huge merger, is part of a great supporting cast, but the film’s stylish look is the real star of the show. Don’t know who’s responsible, director, cinematographer, or both, but by playing with speed, angles, lighting and multiple images, you’re given an idea of what it must be like to be aware of everything around you at once, and to see it all quite clearly. In that, this movie is a great success…
   and for once, there’s an ending that I found surprising and satisfying. An amazing soundtrack too! As you can tell, I liked Limitless a lot.