{"id":336526,"date":"2011-03-24T22:50:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T22:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/limitless-this-sci-fi-thriller-entertains-but-has-limited-success\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T22:50:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T22:50:50","slug":"limitless-this-sci-fi-thriller-entertains-but-has-limited-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/limitless-this-sci-fi-thriller-entertains-but-has-limited-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Limitless: This sci-fi thriller entertains but has limited success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"86.4009042954\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Chris+Tookey\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Tookey<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 10:50 PM on 24th March 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>Verdict:<\/span> Limited but entertaining<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><br \/>\n<span><span><span title=\"Limitless: This sci-fi thriller entertains but has limited success\n\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"Chris Tookey\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span><span title=\"2011-03-24T22:50+0000\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nRating: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rating\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/26143e5bg_showbiz_3.gif.gif\" width=\"55\" height=\"9\" alt=\"3 Star Rating\" title=\"3 out of 5\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a flawed but entertaining sci-fi thriller in which Bradley Cooper stars as a struggling writer who takes an untested wonder-drug that enables him to become a superbrain working for financial tycoon Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro).<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the drug has unwelcome side-effects. As if these aren\u2019t bad enough, our likeable if arrogant hero falls foul of a Russian loan shark and, despite his supposed braininess, doesn\u2019t deal with the bad guys at all cleverly.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/205175b9888_468x286.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Reaching its limits: This film is enjoyable enough but doesn't have the imagination of Inception\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reaching its limits: This film is enjoyable enough but doesn&#8217;t have the imagination of Inception<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Neil Burger (The Illusionist) directs with style and pace, making good use of saturated colours. At times, the film comes close to the hallucinatory intensity of Fight Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, anyone who\u2019s seen Cliff Robertson in Charly or John Travolta in Phenomenon may feel a sense of deja vu. <\/p>\n<p>And the script confuses having a better memory, more fashion sense and urban cool (which the pill gives our hero) with superior intelligence, profound insight and creative genius \u2014 all of which seem to be well beyond both the pill and the film-makers.<\/p>\n<p>Limitless lacks the eye-catching visual imagination of Inception, but resembles it closely in being dumber than it thinks it is.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s enjoyable if you go along for the ride and don\u2019t consider it too deeply; if you do, you may become irritated that the film isn\u2019t up to exploring the social, satirical or moral implications of its premise.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/205175b9888_468x286.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/reviews\/article-1369725\/Limitless-This-sci-fi-thriller-entertains-limited-success.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Limitless: This sci-fi thriller entertains but has limited success\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Limitless: This sci-fi thriller entertains but has limited success<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Tookey Last updated at 10:50 PM on 24th March 2011 Verdict: Limited but entertaining Rating: \u00a0 It\u2019s a flawed but entertaining sci-fi thriller in which Bradley Cooper stars as a struggling writer who takes an untested wonder-drug that enables him to become a superbrain working for financial tycoon Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro). 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