[Never Ending] Limitless
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradley Cooper/Robert De Niro/Robert De Niro/Abbie Cornish/John Johnny Whitworth
Genre: Thriller/Plot
Level: PG-13
Production: Relativity Media
Release Date: March 18, 2011
Eddie Mora (Bradley Cooper) is a nothing An accomplished writer, being down and out of poverty has pushed him to the edge of life, and his girlfriend Lindy (played by Abby Cornish) has also left him. In desperation, his old friend Vernon (played by Johnny Witworth) gave him a small transparent pill. This magic pill called NZT claims to be able to release the full potential of the brain and stimulate unparalleled work efficiency. . After the dubious Eddie took it, everything suddenly became unthinkable; he mastered a few foreign languages in one day, wrote a book in four days, and made tens of millions in trading stocks in just ten days. Eddie Salted Fish, who became rich overnight, turned over. Not only did his girlfriend return to his arms, but the Wall Street magnate Karl (Robert De Niro) also wanted to cooperate. But good fortune and misfortune came, and the side effects brought by NZT made him headache, dizzy, and irritable from time to time. More serious than this, the magical effect of the drug has attracted the coveting of the Russian gangs, and Eddie’s situation is like walking on thin ice...
"Hangover" wakes up
Bradley Cooper is a typical Hollywood representative of "old men also have spring". In 1998, "Sex and the City" symbolized Cooper's official debut, but in the following ten years, this Italian half-blood has a tough appearance. 'S sportsman has been hovering between the screen and the screen in obscurity. His role in the play is also unsatisfactory, either the heroine’s ex-boyfriend is the actor’s good brother; the 2005 comedy [Wedding Prouds] became popular with Irving Wilson and Vince Vaughn, but not many people remember it. That heroine Rachel McAdams’ bad boyfriend, [Mr. Good Good] Li Cooper can still only be his "Mr Good Mr." willingly to set off the male number one Jim Carrey. As a result, the actor with deep idol conditions has no choice but to survive the "idol age" in his large and small green leaf roles. In 2008, ten years after his debut, a small-cost horror film called [Midnight Cannibal Train] finally gave Cooper a taste of being a male protagonist. For him who has passed away, I am afraid that he has mixed tastes. So Goddess of Luck finally took care of this long-forgotten man. The following year, the Warner comedy [Hangover] swept the world by nearly 240 million US dollars at a cost of 35 million, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in movie history. While the film was selling well, the leading actor Bradley Cooper also skyrocketed. At the end of the year, "People" magazine named him the fourth "sexiest man in the world". If [Hangover] and [Tianlong Agents] are still a group play of three gangs of heroes, then [Never Ending] in this spring file is really Cooper's top work.
Future flash "medicine"
[Never Ending] Adapted from the novel "Dark Realm" published by Alan Green in 2001, the story of a magic pill that is almost adapted to the trajectory of life seems absurd, but the author believes that the main point of the novel is how a person faces and gets rid of oneself Dilemma. Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein took advantage of the thrilling gimmick in the original book to take advantage of the copyright and deliver it to the Relativity Media Pictures under Lionsgate. This film is his fourth film. Coincidentally, [Never Ending] is also the fourth work directed by Neil Berger. The first three films were written by himself. For this exception, he said it was a bit like helping others to bring children. And this "child" (script) is really not easy to take. In fact, this awkward "child" comes from the screenwriter Leslie Dixon of [Slim Daddy]. She said, "I personally like this script very much and hope to use my own ability to turn it into a complete thriller. "However, this "complete thriller" finally proved to still follow the line of PG-13, and the thriller and the education are equally neat.
Originally, the actor of [Never Ending] was Shian LaBeouf, but this naughty boy injured his arm in a car accident. In fact, Bradley Cooper doesn’t need to be too busy thanking the driver who caused the accident, because he took the role of Eddie Mora somewhat of a real-life experience, and he has long said that “this is the first time I’ve acted alone after all. Starring, I don’t want to mess things up.” When he became the lead actor, Cooper also acted as a co-producer. There is even more veteran drama player Robert De Niro who served as the escort in the play. He just took off the battle. "Little Lolita" Abby Cornish also willing to vase once. After the film was finished, director Neil Borg was dissatisfied with the final ending. So in January, he recalled all the leading actors and remade a ending for the film. The new ending is different from the original protagonist’s last drug suicide. People are also worried that the movie will fall into a cliché Happy Ending, and from the perspective of [Never Ending]'s $19 million in the first week of its release, it is superfluous. In addition, although Cooper, who just broke up with his girlfriend Renee Zellweger, was frustrated in love, fortunately, the film's success made him a little bit relieved.
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