Should you watch Limitless?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Limitless
Film · 2011
The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.
The sides of Limitless
- A failing writer and a pill
- A brain at full power
- Side effects nobody mentioned
Limitless is good for you if…
- you like a fast rise with danger chasing behind.
- you like a city that zooms and sharpens as he does.
Limitless is bad for you if…
- you can't watch addiction up close. The pill brings sweats, blackouts and lost hours.
- you can't root for a man who takes a pill to get rich fast and borrows from a gangster.
About: ambition · addiction · power
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