Genre: Techno-thriller
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro and Abbie Cornish
Intriguing premise
Shows drug use

Inventive use of VFX
Charismatic Cooper

Cooper flies solo quite confidently from the looks of it. Admittedly when you have DeNiro for company, you have to ask yourself, is he going to be up to it?




The story of a man who goes from being clueless to knowing the answer to everything

With The Hangover still fresh in the mind and the sequel knocking at the box-office, you have to ask yourself, can the man move beyond comedies and romances?

What really interests you in the film is that this writer who's in a rut, finds himself desperate enough to try an experimental drug.

The premise seems stretched and the question could be asked: did it deserve afeature length treatment?

About the film
An action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100 percent of his mind. As one man evolves into the perfect version of himself, forces more corrupt than he can imagine mark him for assassination. Out-of-work writer Eddie Morra's (Cooper) rejection by girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) confirms his belief that he has zero future. That all vanishes the day an old friend introduces Eddie to NZT, a designer pharmaceutical that makes him laser focused and more confident than any man alive. He draws the attention of business mogul Carl Van Loon (De Niro), who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as the tool to make billions.