I saw it again a few months ago, and it remains one of my favorite movies of the last ten years. A clever, fun, unpredictable thriller.
And now Wiki says there may be a sequel! See near the end here: Limitless - Wikipedia
Limitlesser? (Or, Limitmore)
Anything but Limitless 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Whoa…in reading the Wikipedia entry, I must have foggy memories or totally misunderstood the ending.
I thought he had just developed a newer, safer version of the drug and continued to take it.
However, as per Wikipedia:
" Eddie surprises Van Loon by revealing that he has been several steps ahead; not only had he hired multiple laboratories to work on NZT, but he has been able to wean himself off the drug while retaining his acute mental abilities, so he has made the effects permanent."
There are many ways a sequel could work…the drug becomes mass-produced, making the smartest society on earth. However, that would probably be too idyllic. Imagine a society where nobody buys anything from Nigerians on the Internet, or nobody watches The Real Housewives of wherever, or nobody votes for the Tea Party!
Then again, they might show how being smart doesn’t mean being happy…and that two smart people squaring off can be more dangerous than two idiots with hand guns.
Hopefully they don’t just suddenly find the drug has some weird side effect that only appears years later (remember Flowers for Algernon?).
If I were writing the script, it would focus on Eddie’s campaign for the Presidency, with Van Loon (still played by De Niro, God willing) scheming to stop him. Meanwhile, Lindy begins taking the pill but reacts differently, over time, to how Eddie did - perhaps even she’s at risk of dying. A political thriller/love story with an addiction angle.
BTW, go see Silver Linings Playbook. Good flick, with De Niro and Cooper playing father and son, not business / political rivals.
After hearing this, I just put Limitless on my Netflix instant queue so that I can keep my memory of the movie fresh. Since Monday is a boring TV night, and I’ve watched Sherlock reruns more times than I need, I may even watch it tonight.
Let us know how it strikes you the second time around!
Which we did, last night. First I’d ever heard of the film. Fantastic!
“I don’t have delusions of grandeur, I have an actual recipe for grandeur.”
I got around to watching this finally, and it was a lot of fun, just the kind of movie I was in the mood for. The funny thing is I’m not a fan of Bradley Cooper or late era Robert DeNiro, but I like them in both this and Silver Linings Playbook.
I think any sequel would be doomed to suck, however.
I’m afraid you’re right. But I’m willing to take the risk.
“Obviously I miscalculated a few things.”
“I’ll give you 2 million dollars to do it in 6 months.”
“You know, you should really be glad about this. 'Cause me working for you? You’d end up as my bitch.”
“No scenario? I see every scenario, I see fifty scenarios. That’s what it does, Carl - it puts me fifty moves ahead of you.”
Hmm. Looks like it may become a TV show. Cooper will again exec produce, but doesn’t say he’ll again star in it: Bradley Cooper Producing "Limitless" TV Series - Dark Horizons
Oh well. I liked it as a stand-alone movie.
Isn’t this already called Sherlock Holmes?
More on the TV show. The protagonist has been renamed, and won’t be played by Cooper: http://www.geek.com/news/cbs-green-lights-limitless-tv-series-pilot-picks-up-where-the-movie-ends-1608465/
Huh.