Limitless (2011)

From a very long time before its release, I knew that I would like Limitless. It stars Bradley Cooper, who I do like very much (despite the fact that I hated his character in Yes Man, but that wasn’t his fault), Abby Cornish (who I have never seen before, but I have heard good things), and Robert DeNiro (he is Robert DeNiro). The plot is very interesting and new, which involves Bradley Cooper playing a failed writer who is about to completely lose everything when his ex-brother-in-law comes and hands him a drug that lets him use 100% of his brain (because apparently we only use 10% but…that’s a complete myth. The entire plot is based around a myth, but I don’t care), and then his character, Eddie Morra, becomes a genius, a financial king, and he finished his book in four days. From one word to a full book in four days. All from one pill. Then Eddie runs into some problems, steaming from the fact that the pill constantly needs to be taken, and if not, the taker (Eddie) would have blackouts, sickness, and possibly die. Also, the pill is on a very limited supply, and other people want it, and WILL kill to get it. Eddie’s also got one more problem. That involves Robert DeNiro’s character, a stock market giant, who starts out helping Eddie and ends up becoming an adversary who basically owns Eddie. And this is all happening while Eddie’s dealing with the pill. Abby Cornish’s character doesn’t really integrate as much into the basic core plot as I would have liked, but she is a good part of the film, playing the girl who dumped Eddie when he looked like he just got resurrected from the dead, and then joining back with him when he looks…functional, to say the least. All of the actors do very good in their respective parts, especially Bradley Cooper. I never thought in a million years that Bradley Cooper would do a better job in a movie than Robert DeNiro (everything great I say about DeNiro is excluding Little Fockers), but he did. The film is scripted very well, and despite the holes and scientific inaccuracies, I thought it was very brilliantly scripted. It is also brilliantly directed, both with the characters and the visual shots that really make your head hurt, from the curved lenses, and the going straight through the city in one shot. It hurts your head. But in all honesty, I’m okay with that. In a movie this good, I’ll take one for the team. So it’ll mess your head up a bit, but it is a really good movie. Go see Limitless.
9/10