Limitless

Ratings: 6.9/10
Film Class: B-
Genre: Suspense Thriller

A degenerating writer's life changes when his ex brother-in-law introduces to him a pill that is able to unlock 100% of his brain. The movie was exactly what you would expect from watching the trailer.

It doesn't guarantee a blockbuster movie experience, with the almost grainy-like cinematography, it feels like a lower budget movie. It reminded me of Push. However, there was a good storyline and a handful of interesting camera techniques incorporated. I have not seen that many "fast forward" scenes in a single movie. It gave a refreshing feeling into what the main lead might have encountered (which I believe was the director's intention) and how he's moving so quickly ahead of time.

This definitely isn't one of the best narrative-style like movie as well. The narration wasn't engaging (possibly Bradley Cooper's voice lacked the capacity to mesmerize his audience) and there were loads of unexplained events in the storyline. *spoilers ahead* There was no mention of whether what he did during the 72 hours he lost, and the ending was a gigantic cliffhanger. The definition of a cliffhanger isn't about the lack of explanation of an obvious scenario, but the absence of an explanation in a scenario with many possibilities.

I'm uncertain if that was the true intention of the director but because of the lack of revisitation, it made the movie irritatingly incomplete. The movie turned out as I had expected, no standing ovation, no applause, no gasping for breaths and no "wow"s in my head, just an "ok, wasn't a complete waste of time" kinda movie.

*major spoilers ahead* When the credits rolled, it almost made me think that the director was indirectly saying that taking drugs is good. Of course I don't think he meant that, but from the way things progressed, who wouldn't wanna stand in the protagonist's shoes? But, but... I liked one particular part of the movie. It created a interesting view on how the rich and powerful individuals up there got to where they were... because they were all dependent on that one miracle pill. There's possibly no such thing as true capabilities.

Bottomline, pretty good, nothing fantastic. Seen better.