Limitless

IMDB
First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Matt

Magical miracle drugs. Mmm.

The story here is all in the trailer, there's not too much more to it. But it's entertaining and has some cool sequences. Alright drama, Some cool paranoia stuff, terrible romance (but it's not really the focus, just glanced over) a few cool and unexpected action sequences and some triply drug benders.

This one has a heap of awesome little directorial flourishes. The way they visualise the effects of the drug is creative and fun. I love the 180 degree vision, the multiple versions of himself and the sequence where he first starts to lose time walking through the street.

Kate from Lost is in it! And she look amazingly dishevelled. But she's really just on hand for some exposition.

As enjoyable as the film was I thought it was let down by the ending. It got some momentum going but the coda at the end feels dubious. It's an interesting take on addiction and how far someone will go to get the next hit, you'll know what i'm talking about when you get to it... ew. But to come out of it all with a happy ending and no real consequences or downsides feels a little cheap, not to mention a little moralistically evil.

And what the hell happened with that whole "did he murder that girl" plot line? That wasn't really seen through. A load of things seem left by the wayside. They are probably all in the book it's based on but feel lacking in the film. Perhaps there are deleted scenes.

Anyway it was enjoyable enough, there are some great funny moments and enough other things to at least keep you interested.