Logically flawed, but good nonetheless

Rating: 7/10 (16 January 2016)

For its severe logical flaws and plot contrivances, this movie was quite good. It was entertaining, thrilling and interesting. The idea behind the story was intriguing. The acting and the editing were good. The visuals were great, fitting very well with the emotions and events in the story. There were also some cool fractal zoom effects.
Some notable negative points with the story:
SPOILERS!
If Eddie was quintupling his money every day and winning in card games, he could earn enough in a few days to not need a loan from the Russians. This makes the subplot with the Russians contrived.
It was never revealed who leaked the info about the merge, which gives the impression something potentially important is unanswered. (It is explained in the book it's based on as happening due to van Loon calling some people to cancel appointments, mentioning Atwood. From this, rumours started.)
The character who worked for Atwood, who chased Eddie and his girlfriend for the NZT and casually killed some people in the park, was never explained and thus seemed unrealistic and unnecessary. How did he find Eddie? How did he know the girlfriend had the stash?
The subplot about Atwood stealing Eddie's stash via his lawyer was based on far-out coincidences that Atwood couldn't predict.
Eddie couldn't have gotten a full dose from drinking the Russian's blood, even if he drank all he could realistically drink in the given situation. The effects should therefore have been significantly weaker. The story made no point of this though.
An ingested drug would take at least 15 minutes to work, not 30 s.
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Nevertheless, the movie was very enjoyable still. It is just a shame that it fell short logically, because it could have been great.
Also, we use all of our brain, not just 20%. It's a myth we only use a small portion. However, intelligence-enhancing drugs could still be theoretically possible.