I went to see Limitless at the theatre back in 2011 and I knew that it was going to pass on tv so I decided to watch it again. I pretty much remembered everything but there were a few elements that I didn't recall well. I have to say that like in the first watch I had a great time!

The concept is very cool, a pill that allow your brain to work in a super scale. You become a super intelligent person, it's like you have mental powers and you are capable of doing anything, your abilities are limitless.

The camera work and some of the effects are great and perfectly suits the surreal atmosphere of this film about the drug that will revolutionize the world.

Throughout the film the story is very unpredictable and full of suspense but there's also some plot wholes but when you put everything together, the good things about it overcome the bad.

The performances are great, nothing knew to say about the great Robert De Niro but is Bradley Cooper who really shines in this film with an amazing performance. It was with this role that I started to look at him in a different way, the way that I look at him today. An actor that is capable of doing more complicated roles than the usual comedies or ordinary romantic comedies.

Overall, Limitless is super entertaining and it's definitely a fun ride!

The problem with these kinds of "intelligence boost" plots is that usually despite the fact that the protagonist can suddenly do all manner of crazy stuff because they're super smart, like remember everything they ever read or calculate the outcome of any action and decide on the one most likely to succeed, they still somehow forget / don't think of the most basic shit. For instance, if I was suddenly extremely intelligent and also very well aware of the fact that this was only due to a drug I need to take daily, the very first thing that I would do is make sure my supply is, well, limitless. I'm not even taking the drug and I got stressed out every time I saw him reach into his pill box without thinking about how he would get more.
[spoiler]Or, how about the fact that he has absolutely no idea what is in this drug and how it might be affecting his body? Or that the person he got the pills from was murdered by unknown people? Or that appearing in the paper might attract unwanted attention, for instance from other people who are taking the same drug? It just doesn't make sense that he only considers any of these things after 2 months of taking it.[/spoiler]