Yeah probably you have heard about taxation issue which confronts the government and the biggest cinema network in the country. Am not going to explain the details about the issue, but in a nutshell, Hollywood major studio's movies haven't been released here, such as Thor and The Fast and Furious 5. As the story goes, the most anticipated 2011 movies, Harry Potter and Transformer saga, will not play as well. (But who knows?)
Yesterday I went to a cinema for a refreshing, and expected not a great film. The choice went to "Limitless" as I thought, at least I can enjoy Brad Cooper's charisma if the movie doesn't look good.
It turned out the movie teased me well for the cinematographic area. It made me excited to go on. The story starts when a writer Eddie (Bradley Cooper) faces a writing block, a condition when writer is stuck and over a barrel not even to finish a single word.
Eddie meets his ex-brother-in-law Vern who gives him a new super drug NZT. The pill allows Eddie to access 100% of his brain capacity to finish his book in only four days. It makes Eddie a super human, limitless.
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| Editing is the key of the movie's coolness |
Vern was murdered and Eddie gets a voluminous supply of NZT. He uses them to enhance his life. Learning new things, getting a job in finance, getting his ex-girlfriend back, upgrading his lifestyle, until he meets Van Loon (De Niro) a Wall Street dragon. Since the encounter with Van Loon, Eddie continuously having problems which threaten his career, his girlfriend's safety, and eventually his life.
Although as a thriller it is not quite thrilling for me, the movie somehow worths my IDR 25 thousand (approximately USD 3). Although the story is not as brilliant as my favourite movie "The Illusionist", which is directed by the same person Neil Burger, once again the cinematography and editing does more, and they are too entertaining to be missed.
In the limited movie situation like now, Limitless was a wise option to go back to cinema.
