Limitless (2011)
Limitless is a 2011 thriller movie directed by Neil Burger, with a running time of 1h 46m. It stars Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Abbie Cornish.
Eddie Morra is a blocked writer with a dead-end life until an old contact slips him a clear pill called NZT-48, a drug that switches his brain fully on. Suddenly he can recall everything he has ever read, learn a language in a day, and read markets like sheet music, and his squalid existence transforms overnight. Neil Burger shoots the high as a rush of saturated color and infinite-corridor visuals, then lets the paranoia creep in as powerful people notice Eddie's rise. Bradley Cooper plays the reinvented striver and Robert De Niro the financier who wants to own him.
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What is Limitless about?
Eddie Morra is a blocked writer with a dead-end life until an old contact slips him a clear pill called NZT-48, a drug that switches his brain fully on. Suddenly he can recall everything he has ever read, learn a language in a day, and read markets like sheet music, and his squalid existence transforms overnight. Neil Burger shoots the high as a rush of saturated color and infinite-corridor visuals, then lets the paranoia creep in as powerful people notice Eddie's rise. Bradley Cooper plays the reinvented striver and Robert De Niro the financier who wants to own him.
When was Limitless released?
Limitless was released on 17 March 2011.
How long is Limitless?
Limitless runs 1h 46m.
Who made Limitless?
Limitless was directed by Neil Burger.
Where can I watch Limitless?
Limitless is available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Philo and Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
Where to watch Limitless
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Philo, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, fuboTV
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Cast
- Bradley Cooper as Edward Morra
- Robert De Niro as Carl Van Loon
- Abbie Cornish as Lindy
- Andrew Howard as Gennady
- Anna Friel as Melissa
- Johnny Whitworth as Vernon
- Tomas Arana as Man in Tan Coat
- Robert John Burke as Pierce
- Darren Goldstein as Kevin Doyle
- Ned Eisenberg as Morris Brandt
- T.V. Carpio as Valerie
- Richard Bekins as Hank Atwood
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Alan Glynn's novel The Dark Fields is the source, darker and more cautionary about the drug's price. Stephen King's The Institute shares the theme of engineered mental power and the forces that exploit it. The game Disco Elysium puts you inside a chemically frayed genius mind, while the series Homeland runs on the same brilliant-but-hunted paranoia.
Mind-altering thrillers that warp perception
Limitless turns a single pill into a rush of hyper-clarity, then lets paranoia bleed into the edges. These films chase the same altered-mind high, following characters whose senses, memories or sanity slip loose from reality. Trippy, tense stories where the biggest threat is what is happening inside the protagonist's own head.
The striver's edge and what it costs
Limitless comes from Alan Glynn's novel The Dark Fields, and its real subject is ambition sharpened past safety. These stories share that hunger, following ordinary people handed a sudden advantage and the dangerous attention it brings. Read the source, then follow gifted strivers across a book, a game and the screen as their edge turns on them.
Twisty thriller manga about hidden powers
Limitless runs on the fantasy of a mind switched fully on, and these manga spin similar what-if edges into taut thrillers. Time loops, second sight and buried abilities drive ordinary people into deadly games of wits. Page-turning suspense comics for anyone who loves the paranoid momentum of Eddie Morra's rise.
Slick chase thrillers with a target on their back
Once Limitless attracts the wrong attention, Eddie has to outrun people who want to own or erase him. These action thrillers deliver that same pursuit, throwing capable outsiders into conspiracies with powerful enemies closing in. Fast, glossy, and built on the fear of being hunted by forces bigger than you.