Fun Drug-Trippy Fantasy

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2011)

Directed by Neil Burger, "Limitless" offers fast pacing and solid entertainment for it's runtime. It is slickly edited and delves into the drug-world adeptly. (spoiler) It is chiefly a fantasy, but I thought the characters and thus storytellers fell pretty short in creating worthwhile goals given the kinds of powers they were in-stating or describing. (spoiler) The Bradley Cooper character can use huge amounts of his brain power, but what does he use it for? Running for the US Presidency, and his own selfish purposes (?)....that's a bit shallow. Anyway while I thought the filmmakers thematically could've made better endpoints, their cast and direction is a glossy fun picture with excellent cues, great narration, and quick-witted dialog. Overall Recommended.