Director: Neil Burger
Writer: Leslie Dixon (screenplay), Alan Glynn (novel)
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Anna Friel.
Bradley Cooper has really made a name for himself in recent years through popular film such as The Hangover and The A Team, but here he is a lone-wolf who finds himself in a bit of a pickle when his ex-brother-in-law hands him a drug which allows him to “access 100% of your brain”.
I was really looking forward to watching this film, and to be honest I was also looking forward to staring at Bradley Cooper for two hours, but for me this film was missing something.
At the beginning of the film, Eddie Morra (Cooper), lives the high life in designer suits, surrounded by beautiful girls in beautiful countries with shed loads of cash- a dream for anyone. But things start to turn sour as we are made aware of the ‘Clear Pill’s’ side-effect, and I have to say this I where I feel the film started to lose its edge. The plot became very serious and was emphasised by the use of effect such as change in motion, colour or the repetition of sequences. Whilst I understood why the effects were used and thought it gave the film a unique quality I can’t help but think it felt messy at times and became a little too repetitive. It would have been enjoyable to see Cooper living-it-up a bit more and making the most of his new found talents.
Limitless definitely isn’t a film for all the family, but the story line is fresh and new and I think applicable in modern life- the way people treat medicine and abuse drugs without thinking of the consequences is a common problem anywhere in the world. Although saying this, does this make Cooper’s character just a glorified druggie?
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