☻ ☻ Limitless (2011). A modern spin on an age-old dream: Ingest this magic substance and the world will be your oyster.
Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) has loser written all over him. His girlfriend's just dumped him, his marriage failed before it began and he has a bad case of writer's block. Lucky for him, he bumps into former bro-in-law and ex-drug dealer Vern (Johnny Whitworth).
Vern's gone legit, and promises he can have Eddie's brain working at 100% with NZT, a little, translucent pill. Just about to hit the market, Eddie can have one for free. Back to normal the next morning, but thinking NZT's better than rose-coloured glasses, our hero sets out to procure more.
Vern's dead from a head wound, so Eddie grabs the miracle drug stash. Thus begins a preposterous drug-fuelled rags-to-riches tale that ends ... very well. Eddie's so bright that he's solved the bad side-effects problem and my have kicked the habit. He's also learnt a thing or two about blackmail.
The pitiful life of a self-confessed drug-taker. Kids this is what's known as sci-fi fantasy:
This could have been a movie about a guy who becomes annoyingly full of himself. But Eddie starts off in such a sorry state that each drug-backed triumph is a victory for all of us. We know those pills are going to run out one day. And with Russian gangster Gennady (Andrew Howard), Carl van Loon (Robert de Niro) and all those other bad guys, the end just has to be bad news.
Fluff, but fun while it lasts.
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