Limitless (2011)

Actors: Mary Bailey (miscellaneous crew), Bradley Cooper (producer), Tucker Tooley (producer), Ryan Kavanaugh (producer), Rana Morrison (actress), Ken Halsband (producer), Bruce Lee (actor), Robert Bizik (actor), Tomas Arana (actor), Naeem Uzimann (actor), Bradley Cooper (actor), Brian Anthony Wilson (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Waléra Kanischtscheff (miscellaneous crew), Rich Fellegara (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: 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. Now on an NZT-fueled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organized and available to him. As the former nobody rises to the top of the financial world, 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. But brutal side effects jeopardize his meteoric ascent. With a dwindling stash and hit men who will eliminate him to get the NZT, Eddie must stay wired long enough to elude capture and fulfill his destiny. If he can't, he will become just another victim who thought he'd found invincibility in a bottle.

Keywords: apartment, bag-of-money, bar, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, beating, bilingualism, blood, bodyguard, book
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?

Quotes:

Carl Van Loon: You don't really live here, do you?::Eddie Morra: Well ah... the Spartans weren't really big on amenities.::Carl Van Loon: Yeah, and they eventually got their asses kicked.

[first lines]::Eddie Morra: Obviously I miscalculated a few things.::Man: [banging door] Eddie! I know you're in there.::Eddie Morra: Why is it that the moment your life exceeds your wildest dreams, the knife appears at your back? Well, I'll tell you one thing... I will never let them touch me.

Eddie Morra: For a guy with a four digit IQ, I must have missed something. And I hadn't missed much. I'd come this close to having an impact on the world. And now the only thing I'd have an impact on was the sidewalk.

Eddie Morra: You see that guy? That was me not so long ago. What kind of guy without a drug or alcohol problem looks this way? Only a writer.

Lindy: Eddie, I know how it's going. I'm your... I was your girlfriend.::Eddie Morra: That word doesn't even begin to describe what you are to me.::Lindy: Partner? Squeeze?::Eddie Morra: Paramour. Inamorata.::Lindy: Cleaning lady. Bank. [pays for meal]

Eddie Morra: What was this drug? I couldn't stay messy on it, I hadn't had a cigarette in six hours, hadn't eaten, so... abstemious and tidy? What was this? A drug for people who wanted to be more anal retentive?

Lindy: Since when do you speak Italian?::Eddie Morra: Oh, self-improvement month.

Eddie Morra: I don't have delusions of grandeur, I have an actual recipe for grandeur.

Eddie Morra: A tablet a day and I was Limitless...

Gennady: [effects of NZT-48 take their toll on Gennady] I feel good, man!