Review of Limitless (2011) by Ponderflix P — 22 Mar 2015

Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper - The Hangover) is a deadbeat writer. His flat is a mess, the rent's overdue, his girlfriend has given him the boot, his publisher is running out of patience and his hair is all straggly looking. But no wonder he's having such difficulties, like the rest of us buffoons, the buffoon is only using 20% of his brain. Luckily he bumps into his ex brother in law Vernon (Johnny Whitworth - CSI Miami) who has moved on from illegal drug-dealing to illegal pharmaceutical-dealing. Vernon gives Eddie a pill of a drug in development known as MDT that will allow him to use the other 80%. What would a man who could use 100% of his brain be like? What would he do with his enormous mind?

He would get a haircut, figure out how to make loads of money on the stock market, talk his way into the beds of many women and generally be an arrogant so and so. Of course he would. I found that to be a disappointing premise for what a Mr 100% would do with his powers, but perhaps it's a true and painful insight into the male psyche that all a Limitless man would do is the same as his limited brothers, just more so. You, man out there, hear this: no matter how much of your potential you unlock, you will always at heart be a vain and cruel beast, furthering your own base self-interest at all costs, seeking to dominate your peers and seduce as many women as you can.

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