Imagine taking a pill that will allow you access 100% of your brain functions. Would you take it? Or would you prefer to continue living life normally and finding out stuff on your own at your own pace?
These are the questions in life we make ourselves everyday…or at least it sounds more dramatic when you put it that way. That’s what the whole movie Limitless is about. The movie tells the story of a writer going through a horrible (and I mean horrible) case of “writer’s block”. The problem is that the “writer’s block” is affecting his life, hygiene, and everything else. He looks just like a homeless person or even a drug addict.
However, this is when a friend comes in to the rescue and offers him a pill that will let him access all of the different parts of the brain and be able to access all the different types of information he has stored over the years. Even the information he didn’t think he paid enough attention to. However, is it all worth it? Eddie Morra, played by Bradley Cooper, then becomes the target of something much bigger. His life is now at stake. However, he did not cared as he now had the power over the pill and with it, was able to be ahead of everybody’s game. However, what if it is the pill that he has to worry about and not the people?
Overall, the movie is really entertaining. With great acting by Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro, this movie was sure a treat. However, the movie falls in many cases with plot-holes and weird camera editing that if you are prone to motion sickness, you should look away at these scenes. Also, the movie tried to imitate way, too much the style of Inception. Not because it was in a dream or anything, I’m talking about the style of the movie. To keep you guessing or to keep you wanting more. But in the end you realize that it tried too much and thus failed at creating that emotion.
Here’s a scene from the movie:
Overall Rating: 2.5/5
