Swiss cheese

Rating: 6/10 (26 October 2011)

It's impossible for me to discuss this film without revealing spoilers, so be warned. It's entertaining enough to warrant a 6/10, and if you can suspend your disbelief and are only looking for fairly vapid, escapist entertainment, you'll find enough of it here to serve your purposes.
But, believe me, if you have half a brain, you won't be able to escape some terribly nagging questions revealing super-massive black holes in this film's plot. For example, you may find yourself wondering why the protagonist, of all people, would be the first one to iron out the kinks of the drug. The drug, after all, was originally developed by a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company--with apparently no ambitious drug-popping employees who might also figure out how to properly calibrate the drug themselves. This question begs others, which will in turn beg yet more. Yes, myriad contrivances will occur to you after watching the film, but only for perhaps five minutes, before you decide to forget about the whole thing and ponder something more interesting, appreciating for one last moment the fact that the film managed to adequately distract you for the previous hour and half.