Limitless (2011)

Bradley Cooper is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors and it should be no surprise as this is the fourth film I have checked out from him so far (Silver Linings Playbook, Burnt, & A Star Is Born). I am also learnign that he and Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook) were apparently a package deal for some time as they star together again in today's film Limitless. Imagine this scenario for a second, what if there was a drug in the world that allowed you to access every single part of your brain to allow you to perform at your very best. The question is would you take that drug and what are the costs that come with it? That is the very question that Edward Morra (Cooper) is faced with in this film as he flirts with Godlike abilities. The film also stars De Niro as Carl Van Loon,  Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) as Lindy, Andrew Howard (Taken 3) as Gennady, Anna Friel (Land Of The Lost) as Melissa, Johnny Whitworth (Empire Records) as Vernon, Robert John Burke (RoboCop 3) as Pierce, Ned Eisenberg (The Burning) as Morris Brandt, Tomas Arana (The Bourne Supremacy) as The Man in The Tan Coat, Richard Bekins (How We Got Away With It) as Hank Atwood, and the film was directed by Neil Burger (Divergent).

One thing that I will say about the film is that it actually kept me glued the whole entire time because the story is interesting enough. It's not the first time we've had a film that asked that very question about what happens when we can access every inch of the brain, but this is the one that was actually well done and more believable unlike Lucy. I loved all of the post edit stuff with the letters appearing and how you can see so many versions of yourself, I thought it was more clever than all of a sudden transforming yourself into a computer. The other side that I enjoyed was the fact that they presented a danger that comes with taking it that is not only what happens when others find out about it, but what happens to you if you stop taking it or don't have enough of it. What are the moral repercussions and what happens if you abuse the drug? The major acting in the film was left to Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro who do a dynamite job of carrying the film while everyone else does their part of being support. I loved some of the action sequences that you are treated to like the subway fight and even some of the more squeamish moments as well. This is definitely one of those films that you just take the chance on and you watch it because Bradley Cooper is the man and one of the best actors out there today. That is why I am going to give the film an A- for a final grade and you can check it out on Netflix as we speak.