The Power of Our Mind is Limitless!

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2013)

The movie opens up with Bradley Cooper's character, Eddie Morra, working on a story for his book. He finds that he has writer's block and spends most of his days meandering throughout his home and town. He stumbles onto his ex brother-in-law, Vernon, in town who reveals to him a new drug that he has been working on. NZT, as they call it, is a powerful drug that allows the user to access 100% of their brain potential, instead of the average 20%.
Eddie takes the pill he received from Vernon and quickly felt the effects of the drug. His mind was open and he could see the whole world in front of him for the very first time. He rapidly recalled information he had read or heard about in the past, and was able to learn at an instantaneous rate.
However, when he wakes up the next morning he realizes that the NZT has won off. The world around him is cloudy, and he craves more of the drug. He goes to meet up with Vernon and is asked to run some errands. When he returns he finds Vernon is dead. He quickly searches around the apartment and finds a pouch of NZT, some cash, and an address book. He returns home after talking to the police and being warned by Vernon's/Eddie's ex wife, to stay away from anything Vernon was involved with.
Eddie uses the NZT to finish his book, and play the stock market. He quickly turns $100,000 into $2,000,000. A tycoon named Carl Van Loon, Robert Di Niro, asks Eddie to help him with the proposed merger with Hank Atwood, Richard Bekins. Eddie starts to have short-term memory loss and begins to get sick. He seeks out his ex wife to talk about NZT. He finds out that NZT has its side effects and quitting is worse.
Eddie is blackmailed into giving Gennady, a wealthy man who previously loaned Eddie money while he was in the stock business, more NZT. Eddie learns that Atwood is in a coma, and people that work for him are looking for the NZT stash that Eddie has. Eddie resorts to buying a safe house that is broken into by Gennady and his men who are trying to kill him. Eddie gets out of the sticky situation and a year later is running for the United States Senate. He is greeted by Carl Van Loon who tells him that he knows about the NZT and has shut down Eddie's laboratories. Eddie reveals to him that he is no longer on NZT and that the effects are permanent.
I find this movie to be very suspenseful and action packed. It has a lot of twists and turns and takes the viewer on a journey through the unknown. I would recommend this movie to anyone and everyone looking to be put on the edge of their seat.