Not a great movie for your CV

Rating: 3/10 (29 September 2011)

Limitless is a fairly formulaic Hollywood movie that a churned out by the dozen. It is very difficult to feel any empathy with any of the characters. It tells the story of Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) who is introduced to an experimental drug in fairly unlikely circumstances from a former in-law. The drug helps your brain to work much better and transforms Eddie's life. As with most drugs the feeling becomes addictive and their are serious side effects which is what much of the film focuses on. There's a role for Robert De Nero and I'm quite sure this will not be one of the films that he looks back at with any great affection. Overall it's fairly disappointing and also leaves you (or at least me) feeling quite cold at the end of the film.