Limitless

I had moderate hopes for Limitless, but Brad Cooper's name on the poster should have scared me off. Still the concept seemed ripe for a smart movie that plumed some depths. Hollywood has recently shown that it will make smart blockbusters....
Sadly, this is not one of the smart blockbusters. It is dumb and dull. Instead of digging into the issues raised by chemical enhancement, addiction,the ethics of being "super", or the implications of corporate control of access to healthcare, it punted. The entirety of the side-effects, or any other consideration, is just one more obstacle to be conquered. In the end, the message is that any lazy idiot can pop a pill and become awesome.
The plot is just as sad as the intellectual depth. It plods along predictably with little suspense or stunning action. The acting, if it can be called that, is wooden. The characters are so thin that it is hard to care about them.
I think that I should be paid for the time I spent watching this dreck. $10 should be just about enough.