Wednesday, October 26, 2011

LIMITLESS

LIMITLESS STARS BRADLEY COOPER AS  EDDIE MORRA, A DOWN AND OUT WRITER WHO IS HAVING WRITING PROBLEMS, MONEY PROBLEMS AND GIRLFRIEND PROBLEMS.  THEN, ONE DAY HE RUNS INTO HIS EX BROTHER IN LAW WHO GIVES HIM A NEW EXPERIMENTAL DRUG.  THIS DRUG ALLOWS EDDIE TO ACCESS HIS ENTIRE BRAIN TURNING HIM INTO A GENIUS.  HOWEVER, THERE ARE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS WHICH EDDIE MUST OVERCOME TO SURVIVE.
I LIKED THIS MOVIE.  IT IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE IF YOU ACCEPT THE PREMISE THEN YOU CAN ACCEPT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE.  THE ONE IRRITATING PART OF THE MOVIE IS THE CONTINUOUS NARRATION BY MORRA EXPLAINING THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.  I JUST WANTED HIM TO SHUT UP AND LET THE STORY UNFOLD ON ITS OWN.  THE ENDING SEEMED A LITTLE LIKE A COP OUT, JUST AN EASY WAY TO TIDY THINGS UP.  I WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE STORY IS SAYING YOU CAN SUCCEED BY TAKING DRUGS.
RATING: 3 OUT OF 5

THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS NO EXTRAS.

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