"What if a pill could make you rich and powerful"

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2012)

A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities.
What if you took a new drug, that enhances your brain to access 100% of it. Your basically a God, who has the power to do so much more than before, and leaving behind all of your problems. But we forgot all the side effects... So your telling me that one man will take this pill, to do what again? He gets into the financial business, but only gaining things for him, leaving all the other people's possibilities limited. What aggravated me the most was how paper-thin everybody was. I'm serious, and I usually never complain about character development. I enjoyed Bradley Cooper's role, but everybody else just fell short, ESPECIALLY Robert De Niro. The acting from everybody was good, though, and the movie moved along with a brisk place.. But only to be haunted by those plot holes. Limitless has a limitless amount of these, and almost ruining my experience. If it weren't for the beautiful cinematography and the great editing, Limitless would be passed off as another average film, nothing more. The concept was intriguing though, VERY intriguing. The movie had loads of potential beforehand, and the trailer showed me a different point of view. Now your probably expecting this to be a bad review, but no, the movie didn't disappoint me all around. I love the addition of the narration. It worked on the same level of Fight Club, whereas it enhances the experience of the film. It opens up another end of character development, and Cooper's character was probably the only one we get to get along with. The film's editing was great as well, but some parts made me thing otherwise. The last note I'd like to touch is the ending... Wow, what a horrible ending. I thought the movie would've passed along another 10 minutes, but it ended at that point where it seriously makes you over think the experience of the film. It was laughable, as it doesn't even fit with the rest of the film. So your expecting us to believe that he has engineered a new drug that has the same capabilities and NO side-effects? Your expecting a lot.. but still. Limitless was expected more for me, but for what it is, I enjoyed it minus the plot holes. It's a different kind of movie and it makes you think of it's themes. What IF you had the power to access 100% of your brain? Sounds great, except Cooper doesn't know exactly how to invest into it. 6/10.