Clever sci-fi concept thriller.

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2020)

Bradley Cooper ("Eddie Morra") is a struggling author who takes the experimental drug "AZT" that allows him to fully utilise his brain. This renders him extremely sharp and focused, his senses honed beyond anything he could have imagined - and he puts these new skills to good use setting out to make himself a fortune. In so doing, however, he attract the attention of the evil Robert de Niro ("Carl Van Loon") who once he has cottoned on to what it is that gives "Morra" his super-power, determines to get it at all costs. With his stash of pills running low, we've now got a great little cat and mouse chase as he tries to stay alive long enough to outwit the heavies in pursuit. Cooper is quite engaging, but the rest - including a rather wooden De Niro - are all just a bit flat. The script could do with some tightening and the whole pace of the thing is a bit lacklustre; there are quite a few plot holes that have you shouting at the screen 'Why did you do/say that?"... It's a fascinating prospect, though, it we really do only use 5% of our cerebral capacity - what could we all be like it it all worked?