Derivative, pass on this one and watch a rerun of "Fight Club" on basic cable instead

Rating: 4/10 (28 January 2012)

This film borrows way too much from "Fight Club. The visual style,the tone of the narrative voice and certain plot devices are especially obvious. "Limitless" opens in exactly the same point in the chronology that "Fight Club" does, with main character in a similar predicament. But the storyline,among other things, is not nearly as clever or compelling. I guess you could say it just doesn't pack the same punch. (Sorry about that). At times it's just plain boring. Robert De Niro's presence adds some gravity to the production but there really isn't much for him to do with his character, so even he can't rescue this pretty looking failure from itself. You'd be better off watching a slashed version of "Fight Club" on basic cable for the umpteenth time.