Friday, August 24, 2012

Limitless

Limitless is a 2011 thriller film directed by Neil Burger released on March 18, 2011 which based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn with the screenplay by Leslie Dixon.


Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is an unemployed copywriter who is suffering from chronic writer's block and believes that all hope is lost when his girlfriend, Lindy (Abbie Cornish) leaves him. However his life start to change when an old friend introduces him to a (fictional) nootropic drug, NZT-48, a revolutionary new pharmaceutical that allows the user to access hundred percent of their brain's capacity instead of the "usual" twenty percent. He finds himself in possession of a drug that has some curious effect on its user. From his first hit, he realizes that the drug boosts the intellect. Soon, Eddie takes Wall Street by storm, parlaying a small stake into millions with his highly focused and confident.

Before long he catches the eye of business mogul Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro) and at the same time, also bring him to the attention of people who are in close pursuit to acquire the NZT drug. With his life in jeopardy and the drug's brutal side effects grinding him down, Eddie dodges mysterious stalkers, a vicious gangster and an intense police investigation as he attempts to hang on to his dwindling supply long enough to outwit his enemies.

A year later, Eddie has remains wealthy and his book is published. He is running for United States Senate  and meets Carl in his campaign office. Carl hints that he knows how Eddie has done it and has shut down his lab. Carl will guarantee a limitless supply in exchange for some future political favors, however, Eddie aggressively pushes Carl away, showing off his abilities that he is off NZT and doesn't need it anymore.

At an upscale Chinese restaurant Eddie and Lindy are together again and he orders his meal by speaking Mandarin with the waiter.

Limitations live only in our minds. 
But if we use our imaginations and our possibilities become limitless. 
Everything is possible when we open our mind.

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