Limitless has a hard time building tension, and when it does succeed, it often loses momentum almost immediately. Neil Burger’s movie is a thriller, no doubt, but given the excellent actors and the solid basic idea, the film clearly does not reach its full potential. Eddie realizes that he needs to find a way to deal with all his problems now that his life and health - as well as the life of his girlfriend - are in danger. Carl realizes that even while on NZT, Eddie still has a major weakness: he was never forced to compete to achieve his success. Eddie realizes that the drug has strong side effects that will ultimately lead to death, gangsters are in pursuit of his remaining NZT, and his new boss - powerful businessman Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro) - finds out about Eddie’s secret. His personality shifts from a boring loser to the inspiring man-about-town who easily makes influential friends, travels the world, and wins back his girlfriend.īut after a while, the troubles start.
He learns new languages, studies math, and becomes an incredibly successful broker. In the following weeks, Eddie hands in his book and re-negotiates his contract. Nevertheless, Eddie manages to find some hidden NZT and begins to enjoy an almost unlimited supply of it. But soon, the effect of NZT drops, and Eddie senses a return to his lowlier existence.Įddie decides to ask Vernon for more NZT, but finds the dealer dead in his apartment, killed by someone who had been looking for the drug. He immediately cleans up his messy apartment, writes a first draft of his book, and delivers the draft to his editor, who is stunned by the work. Eddie hesitates, but due to his desperate situation, he eventually tries NZT and is surprised to find that it, indeed, focuses his attention and increases his intelligence. Vernon claims that humans only use 20 percent of their brain and that the drug, called NZT, would enable Eddie to reach his full potential.
Vernon offers Eddie a new drug, promising that it will change his life for better by temporarily increasing his intelligence. Soon after, Eddie accidentally meets his ex-wife’s brother, Vernon Gant (Johnny Whitworth), a drug dealer who sees directly through Eddie’s miserable existence. He is failing in his job as a writer, and his girlfriend (Abbie Cornish) dumped him. Starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De NiroĮddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is a loser whose life is falling apart. Eddie (Bradley Cooper) enjoys the effects - but also discovers the dangers - of brain enhancement drugs in Limitless.
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