Based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn Limitless is a fun,trippy mix of dark humor and action.
Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) suffering a case of severe writers block,refusing to do anything else with himself girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) dumps him.Enter his ex brother in law Vernon Grant (Johnny Whitworth) with a cool clear pill that will make the brain limitless.
A little cautious at first ,but what has he got to lose down goes the pill and the fun begins.
Cooper is great as Morra ,with his voice over narration to his facial expressions and supreme cockiness this is absolutely his film.
Director Neil Burger comes up with some cool visuals to make the audience feel we are hyped up on the pill along with Morra.
Robert Deniro drops in as a Wall Street giant,who notices Morra when he mkes some smart stock market trades,and he and Cooper have some great banter but the film excels when it focuses on Morra and the trouble he gets into.
His run ins with a Gennady (Andrew Howard), a Russian mobster/loan shark leads to some fun and audience unified groaning moments but i would have liked if the film
focused more on the super brain pills origin,and just who has taken the pill to excel in life.
There are a few plot holes and the ending was bit weak but Limitless is and enjoyable mind trip.
Scale of 1-10 an 8
doesn't mean that the rest of the brain is not being used. human arrogance
