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Sick Product of a Sick System

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

As a thriller Limitless works on both ends. The film offers an interesting concept and message and as the film goes, we see the development and balance as the film progresses. Starts with a relatively slow start then once the film settles in becomes an interesting watch. The film was relatively a decent hit, making $161 million on a $27 million budget, but wonders as to why a sequel never occurred (instead they made a brief tv series years later)Overall the plot clips along with camera tricks that mirror Eddie's increasingly confused state. Bradley Cooper's knack for slipping from cocksure to self-assured is a delight to watch. His performance, the kinetic energy of the direction by Neil Burger, and a looming sense of dread over the physical and mental toll taken by operating at such a high pitch of efficiency buoy the proceedings along. The plot, it's clever, making a fine distinction between being smart and being savvy, and then hinging the outcome on it without giving too much away in the process.

I thought the premise had potential and the film set up some interesting situations to play out. But then it forgot to play them out. Did the budget run out two-thirds of the way through? The thread about the pills making you dead or braindead disappeared unresolved. The thread about his friend's murder disappeared unresolved. The Russian gangster thread was wrapped up with a physical fight, in a movie about using super-intelligence to outwit others. And the corporate merger thread wrapped up with some verbal sparring in the final minutes.With a half-decent ending, this could have been an above-average movie overall. As is, it's worthless garbage.

Limitless is an ambitious movie with one of the most riveting concepts in recent time. The concept coupled with superb acting by Bradley Cooper and truly mesmerizing cinematography lead to an enjoyable movie. However, the film has shortcomings specifically in its storyline that prevents it from reaching its full potential. The movie starts off great but the plot derails midway due to an overly predictable straightforward storyline, despite the predictability it still has some suspenseful moments that make you not want to look away from your screen. Overall the film provides quality entertainment and has a concept that will keep you intrigued throughout the movie.

A 7/10 just because the idea behind the scenario is great but someone wrecked the scenario in the process.TONS of spoilers, be aware.The film starts rather acceptable with a 'plausible' plot in the beginning, and for the first 1/3 it's quite well put together. But then it starts incorporating elements - such as the Russian guys, or the erratic love story in distress, or even worst, the illogical death of the modeling girl. The illogical evens just keep going with Eddie not being investigated for the death of Vernon when he was just in the room with the dead body. He makes $12k in a week which logarithmically speaking would have brought him close to $100k in a month and beyond millions in a year so no need to get in trouble with shady people for a 'loan'. More, as mentioned by other reviews, the Russian mafia guy doesn't get his money back, even when Eddie just made 2 million in ten days or so.Then, the more the movie approaches the end, the more they want us to believe many/most/all successful people must also be on this pill. This trashes the movie even more because the movie stands up and it's credible on the initial basis that Eddie was among very few people who had access to the pill. Like we need to trust the story, or if actually many people were on the pill, how comes Eddie was so quickly successful and that was a surprise for everybody? Finally, the way he puts Van Loon at his place is pathetic after during the whole story Van Loon was about the most powerful and fierce businessmen in the room. And then, just to put the cherry on the sundae, we learn that he can actually even see the future.The story plot could have been just as simple as Eddie making a pile of cash out of stock market, then he would have went back to his ex and blind her with all the dough and stuff, go out with her at a nice restaurant and end of the story, everybody's happy - including myself. But no, some bulb head had to mess with the script and make the film look just like a Picasso painting.