When a struggling New York writer (Bradley Cooper) is turned into a superhuman genius by an experimental new wonder drug, the results are exhilarating fun for a while.
There are some dazzling visual effects, but Limitless goes onto fumble its mind-boggling premise. Cooper starts work for a tycoon (Robert De Niro), and suddenly we're watching a conventional drama about corporate mergers.
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