Limited

Rating: Null/10 (9 March 2015)

LIMITLESS takes that old chestnut about us only using part of the full capacity of out brains (long since proved false) in order to spin a yarn about a failed writer who gets his hands on a pill which will unlock his brain's full potential. He takes it and before you know it not only is he churning out great books, he's also moved onto the stock market and is making oodles of cash too. As a metaphor for drug use it misses the point: drugs make you feel like you've got more gas but they don't actually give it to you; it's all illusion. There's a mild thriller element as some clichéd Russian gangsters take the day off from bad action films in order to persecute the hero but it doesn't come to much. It's competent enough without ever being all that interesting.