
An action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100% 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-focus... (Full plot summary below)
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An action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100% 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 enough to elude capture and fulfill his destiny. If he can't, he will become just another victim who thought he'd found invincibility in a bottle.
Leave your thoughts about Limitless.
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettA fun romp in this cautionary tale that glides by relying heavily on star Bradley Cooper's charisma. |
| CinemaDopeGlenn Lovell... a humdinger of a science fiction thriller that scoots easily from shaggy-dog fable to noir mystery to conspiracy thriller and winds up on the dark side of Twilight Zone. |
| Tolucan TimesTony Medley...a fascinating thriller with fine pace that never lets up. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenAn energetic fantasy, both cerebral and physical, with Bradley Cooper playing the charming lead. |
| About.comRebecca MurrayLimitless is fairly smart, and smart films are few and far between. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenAdd it all up, including the nifty twist at the end, and what we have here is a fun Hollywood flick with a good head on its shoulders. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyIf you want a movie with a sermon, well, look somewhere else. But if you want an adrenaline shot to the heart, look here. |
| Richard Roeper.comRichard RoeperOccasionally skirts greatness and is definitely worth your time. But it could have been much more. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereCooper, whose eyes are startlingly blue here, holds the screen. |
| Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorTo his credit, director Neil Burger either doesn't realize or doesn't care that the material is hokey to the point of unintentional hilarity-if not for the film's intermittent moments of hyper-stylization and its almost crippling sense of self-importance, Limitless might have been a truly unwatchable bore rather than just annoyingly silly and tedious. |