Limitless (2011)

Bradley Cooper stars and executive produces this thriller about a shiftless slacker who's handed a pill by an old acquaintance that lets you access your entire brain, making your I.Q. soar hundreds of points. There is little difference between "dumb" Bradley Cooper and "genius" Bradley Cooper performance-wise, he just talks faster on the drug, and his make-up (he's pale, with dark circles under his eyes when he's not taking it, and has that orange, shellacked look when he is). I don't quite get the appeal of Mr. Cooper, especially in something like this. He ain't handsome, and has no personality whatsoever. He has a rockin' bod, I'll give him that, but he looks like Tweety Bird on steroids. He has a comedy face, he's not action hero material. The film is fine, it was exciting here and there, but it has a generic MTV look to it, and a really dated, run of the mill (and obtrusive) soundtrack. Not great, just a harmless, occasionally effective B-film full of chase scenes.