Medication.....

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2011)

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 rejection by girlfriend Lindy 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-fuelled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organised 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, who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as the tool to make brilliant But brutal side effects jeopardise 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 fulfil his destiny....
A good concept reasonably executed, Walsh makes the film that more watchable, as his experiences really liven up the screen. The clever thing about this movie is that every time a pill is taken, the bleaching effect of the hue turns more deeper, and really gives the audience a more product effect of the pills possibilities.
But although the concept is sound, a few things in the film are pointless. The loan shark sub plot feels out of place, and feels like it was included so it could do that over done element of having the first reel of the film the beginning of the final act, and Friel and De Niro are wasted.
But this is Coopers film, and the macguffin element works wonders for the most part of the film, and then things get a little too clever for it's own good, until the very overblown and frankly out of place ending.
It's a fun movie though, not for clever people like one user has stated, it's one of those sci fi movies that comes around once in a while, and just lets the audience enjoy the plausibility.
Well worth watching.