Limitless
2011
**
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Robert John Burke, Tomas Arana, T.V. Carpio, Patricia Kalember
Eddie Morra is a procrastinating wannabe writer whose girlfriend runs out of patience. His life takes a dramatic turn when an experimental drug allows him to tap into his full brain power. Leslie Dixon's awful script turns this mouthwatering science fiction premise (from Alan Glynn's novel The Dark Fields) into a thriller which gets progressively dumber. In the real world, nobody likes Mr. Know-It-All, but in this fictional scenario Eddie becomes irresistible to women and talent seekers. He could do anything he wants and have any woman he chooses, but the deeply uninteresting hero decides to make money and woo back his frigid on/off girlfriend. While he is busy making millions, he neglects to pay back the measly thousands he owes to a ruthless loan shark. But don't wait for a comeuppance, this is not a morality tale; Neil Burger's film sweeps an entire murder subplot under the carpet. The spineless ending comes out of the blue and leaves a very bad aftertaste.
