Ultimately limited and disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (27 July 2011)

Limitless could have been a great story that highlights addiction in our society. Addiction to pharmaceuticals and to power. Here is a guy like a lot of people in our society, supposedly down and out who then is given a drug that makes him smarter. What does he do with it, well what every man in this capitalistic society would do-he finds a way to make lots of money. The story does a good job of making you feel his addiction which I guess is because of some decent acting. The problem is the ending of the movie. Everyone who has become addicted to this drug is faced with the consequences except for the principle character. This is a mistake. There are always consequences when you are addicted to something whether it be drugs or power. There are always consequences when your actions are nothing but selfish. The movie should have had the guts to show that.