Limitless - Movie Review

The sci-fi suspense film "Limitless" opened this weekend with much anticipation. Bradley Cooper stars as Eddie Morra, a down on his luck writer who can't seem to concentrate long enough to write a single sentence. In the midst of his writers block, he goes out for a drink, and on the way home bumps into his ex brother in-law on the street. This guy seems to be the poster boy for drug dealers. Wouldn't you know, he just happens to have a pill that will allow Eddie to concentrate long enough to write a few pages of his book. He tells Eddie, the pills are FDA approved, and just waiting for release. Well, then the guy is murdered in his own apartment while Eddie is running his errand, and Eddie realizes whoever did this was looking for something. He finds the pills and some cash, and it's up up and away from then on. He quickly realizes that he cannot stop taking the pills. The pills allow him to utilize 100% of his brain, and when they wear off, he is back to normal, and with bad headaches to boot. Billionaire investor Carl Van Loon played by Robert De Niro notices that Eddie has parlayed $12,000 into 2.3 million in 10 days and recruits him to work for him. The story now becomes a little predictable. Eddie's girlfriend, who had dumped him weeks earlier is now again attracted to the new and improved version, but is caught in the middle of a loan shark, a billionaire, and several other bad guys looking to steal Eddies stash of the wonder drug. The movie has it's moments, but De Niro's character was surprisingly weak, and the ending did contain a twist, but was not as creative as hoped for. I would give "Limitless" 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.