Underrated little (flawed) gem - the haters can go to hell

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2014)

Limitless is an actual Science-Fiction film, and it's not a bad one at all. I just watched it again, to wash the taste of the fantasy film 'Lucy' (god, what a giant pile of dog poo) out of my mouth.
It has three huge plot holes, but they still aren't enough to wreck it.
Also the '% of our brain' thing is used properly, and not harped on. Vinny(?) says 'access 20% of our brain' - the operative word being ACCESS, not USE. I've heard it said, and I agree, that 'we live on the surface of ourselves.' But what if we could, holographically, access the whole shebang?
The plot holes are:
* The first thing he would have done, would have been to guarantee an infinite supply of NZT48
* The Russian would have been a minor problem, dealt with with extreme prejudice in the first week or so
* As soon as the side-effects manifested, he would have started investigating them and found out how to mitigate them - the bit about 'just eat and get some sleep' was cheap and annoying. And I *wanted* more side-effects, a whole sub-plot could have been written just there.
In general, the limit of Limitless is that they simply don't do enough with it. But it doesn't wreck it, it's still a good story, and I loved its ending. Whether its faults come from the 'Dark Fields' book, or are errors of the producers, I don't know.
And it's so beautifully shot and paced - with a fantastic soundtrack - that I was never bored for a moment.
Limitless is staying in my collection of Good Stuff, along with Primer, Absentia, Coherence and others.
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