100% use of your brains capabilities; This film, while enjoyable, focuses too much on the most base possibilities of obtaining such a thing (greed, manipulation, more STUFF, etc). But the idea of a Magic Pill that allows you to tap into your full potential… it is enticing. And this film does explore that in an entertaining way.
Synopsis: Facing unemployment and his girlfriend’s rejection, writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is sure that he has no future. That all changes when an old friend gives him a drug that produces enhanced mental acuity. Stoked on the untested chemical, Eddie rises to the top of the financial world and attracts the attention of a tycoon (Robert De Niro) who intends to use him to make a fortune. But terrible side-effects and a dwindling supply threaten to collapse Eddie’s house of cards.
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