Limitless

[Vanilla]

Review/Discuss

[mdot1982]

Pretty cool movie. It's what we all seek. Ultimate knowledge and ability. Too much of a good thing doesn't last. Only so many brain chemicals and only so much tolerance before you need to up the dose.Hockey skate FTW.B.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Caught this last night and really enjoyed it.It was like a sci-fi drug addiction flick; a futuristic-action-thriller take on movies like "Requiem" or "Trainspotting". Instead of Heroin the drug of choice here is NZT which greatly enhances your brain function. It seems safe at first and it takes the character a while to realize he's not "enhanced", he's just high, and the comedown/withdrawals are just as dangerous as any drug.I found it really surprising that the ending was totally inconsequential. No preachy, "try drugs and you die" message here... instead Bradley Cooper's character is an anti-hero- he's a murder, a drug addict, but he's functioning and most importantly he's successful. It says it doesn't matter if you use drugs, as long as you can get away with it. It's completely cynical which is kind of endearing to me.B/B+

[CoolioD1]

Absolutely awful script, but it's well made and I think Cooper puts in a good performance. C/C-

[fmpro]

Bought it on BR..It was okey... Liked the idea to the movie..6,5/10

[Noctis]

Originally gave this a D+ when it first came out, but now it'a a B+.

Edited January 29, 2015 by Noctis

[A Marvel Fanboy]

C-

[Gopher]

This is one of the rare movies I saw last year (I only watch movies I think I'll somewhat like) that I hated. For all of the overwrought, extremely realistic consequences of Cooper's addiction to the drug, the ending is a giant middle finger to both itself and the audience.

[luna]

i didn't like the short one-liner of the ending for script reasons, but the cynicism it portrayed was spot on. could of been more ambitious with themes of ambition (lol) and power, felt a bit sloppy too, but it was kinda fascinating anyway.

 

6/10

[ChD]

A better script could've worked well for this movie. It had a very interesting idea nonetheless, and even though it has its dull moments, it can be very entertaining sometimes.

B-

 

P.S The soundtrack for this is pretty great honestly. Reminds me a lot of The Social Network.

Edited May 8, 2013 by ChD

[iceroll]

Pretty good and suspenseful movie.  The visuals were quite neat too.  Didn't like the ending though.

 

7.7/10

[James]

Just caught this on TV. Really liked it. I don't get the people's problem with the ending. It was perfectly fine.

 

A-

[Noctis]

Just saw it for a second time...and I loved it lol

B+

[Ethan Hunt]

Just saw it for a second time...and I loved it lol

B+

What kind of grading system are you using? You say you love it but you only gave it a B+?

[luna]

i didn't like the short one-liner of the ending for script reasons, but the cynicism it portrayed was spot on. could of been more ambitious with themes of ambition (lol) and power, felt a bit sloppy too, but it was kinda fascinating anyway.

 

6/10

 

wtf was i talking about? the ending was the best part of the movie and completely overturned audience expectations.

[Jessie]

Just saw it for a second time...and I loved it lol

B+

haha I do love you noctis

 

Also I loved the camera techniques they used in this, eg the zooming shots of Bradley walking through the streets were a complete mind fuck.