Limitless [Blu-ray] Reviews

When a “making a deal with the devil” scenario is utilized in a movie, it’s a good idea to hire an actor whom the audience will really pull for as the character’s good luck and bad luck seesaw throughout the movie. The producers really scored a bull’s eye in choosing matinee idol Bradley Cooper as the protagonist of their film. While someone with his looks and smarts would seem to be a winner from the outset and not actually need outside help to become a success, the filmmakers quite brilliantly plant the seed in our minds that he’s a flop, a washout without his “devil deal” that gives him the edge. You’ll find yourselves pulling for him, too, in this entertaining if fanciful fantasy that integrates a raft of cinematic tricks in telling its Faustian story.

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