Super pills give fillip to this film...

Rating: 6/10 (7 April 2014)

A smart little thriller this one. Lots of chases and runs as our lead on the bottom rung of the ladder ends up with some super drug that makes him super smart and super active.
Bradley Cooper is our main man who leads the show and tries to outwit and outrun all the men after him. The pills are more than worth their weight in gold, but scarcity is a valuable commodity. Super intelligence means our main man makes a fortune from the markets, but is he alone with the secret of this drug? Also has he become too smart for his own good that it has put him in danger?
It's not just our main man who's sharp. So is the direction and cinematography. Script is good and the fellow actors do a fine job. However, despite lots of plus points it's enjoyable and engrossing but nothing special. Just doesn't grip enough, and as you will unlikely empathise with any of the characters, you just won't invest anything in it. It's intriguing and intelligent but vacuous.
It's a fair film, a good Saturday night movie, but won't much go beyond that.