
Variety
The ultimate you-can-have-it-all fantasy -- a pill allowing users to harness 100% of their brain power -- turns into something close to a nightmare for a rags-to-riches author in the propulsive, unexpectedly funny thriller "Limitless." Director Neil Burger ("The Illusionist") and screenwriter-producer Leslie Dixon ("Hairspray") take a joint leap into different genre territory, mixing Tony Scott's dazzle and Martin Scorsese's Gotham darkness, with just a few stumbles along the way...
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