The film, which also stars Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish and Anna Friel, centers on a down-and-out guy who takes a "smart pill" and suddenly becomes a Mega-brain on steroids.
Limitless Movie Review and Synopsis
Limitless should be so much smarter than it is. The movie is about a down-and-out guy who takes a “smart pill,” then can instantly write a book in four days, learn a language in hours and run rings around lawyers, criminals and financial advisers. He’s a Mega-brain on steroids, a Superman for the Information Age. He is also a comic reflection of a cultural shift in American perceptions of masculinity that is beginning to value a Bill Gates or Steve Jobs more than a Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. Alas, the filmmakers don’t use him very smartly.Source IMDB.COM
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 204,994 users
A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities.
Limitless Movie Review and Synopsis
Director: Neil BurgerWriters: Leslie Dixon (screenplay), Alan Glynn (novel)
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish
An action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100 percent of his mind. As one man evolves into the perfect version of himself, forces more corrupt than he can imagine mark him for assassination. Out-of-work writer Eddie Morra's (Cooper) rejection by girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) confirms his belief that he has zero future. That all vanishes the day an old friend introduces Eddie to NZT, a designer pharmaceutical that makes him laser focused and more confident than any man alive. Now on an NZT-fueled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organized and available to him. As the former nobody rises to the top of the financial world, he draws the attention of business mogul Carl Van Loon (De Niro), who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as the tool to make billions. But brutal side effects jeopardize his meteoric ascent. With a dwindling stash and hit men who will eliminate him to get the NZT, Eddie must stay wired long Written by Relativity Media
