Review by JAM
Ever thought life could be better with just one little boost, one little break, one little pill? One little pill that enhances the portion used within the brain turns Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) into a super genius power machine.
A down on his luck author, Eddie finds his world falling apart as writer’s block has stifled any creativity he has, his girlfriend can take no more of his life, and everything is falling to pieces. Then through one chance meeting with a former relative through marriage, Eddie finds exactly what he needs. One little pill changes everything, and not always for the best. Money, prestige, and more come his way even as his life starts tumbling out of control. Side effects, insidious characters, and himself as his worst enemy conspire to take him down before he can learn to control his destiny and his own life.
Also starring the amazing Robert DeNiro, Limitless looks at the lengths a man will go to change himself and his life all around.
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Man has always searched for the means to make himself better in a myriad of ways. Whether through the use of pills or any other shortcuts, it seems like we have been searching for the miracle which that can change our lives. It almost seems that NZT is like a souped up version of Viagra in that it completely changes how Eddie is able to accomplish things in his life. It is a poor commentary on a society that searches so often for the easy way to succeed in that Eddie finds himself so addicted to the drug that even death threats, manipulative businessman, and the warnings of an ex-wife cannot keep him from the need to pop the little clear pill.
The idea of the Hollywood ending was a bit much for me as well, as Eddie is able to manipulate addiction and side effects out of his perfect escape. It has the feelings of a super hero film, yet the addiction aspect of it rears its ugly head but is then supposedly bypassed but not conquered. There is too much of a perfect world ending when dealing with the addiction side of things for my taste, but any other ending would have been too depressing to make a movie someone would want to watch.
BLU-RAY Aspects
I have to say that a psychedelic tripout while under the sway of a brain altering drug definitely looks even brighter and more LiteBrite crazy in Blu-ray. With it mainly being a storyline based movie, the Blu-ray aspect is not absolutely needed as much as in an actionbased thriller, but it is pretty nonetheless. BLU-RAY IF WANTED on this one.
EXTRAS
Not too many extras included on this one which is kind of odd for a fairly large theatrical release, but having the extended cut is kind of cool, so that you can either watch it as shown in the theater or watch it with extended story lines. The alternate ending included is not really all that exciting and the Man Without Limits is pretty much just an intro to the character of Eddie himself. The making of is just an added extra, so the extras really do not give you any reason to splurge necessarily.
LIMITLESS Features:
• A Man Without Limits
• Taking it to the Limit: The Making of LIMITLESS
• Alternate Ending
• Unrated Extended Cut
LIMITLESS Blu-Ray:
Street Date: July 19, 2011
Screen Format: 16:9
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD-MA
French 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, Spanish
U.S. Rating: PG-13
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