The problem with NZT is that it only lasts 12 hours and causes very painful withdrawal symptoms. Eli introduces Brian to the illicit designer drug known as NZT, which opens his mind and allows him to diagnose his father’s illness. When Brian takes a thankless temp job at a financial firm, he runs into a former bandmate named Eli who has somehow become a hugely successful investment banker. McDorman plays Brian Sinclair, a hapless slacker and failed musician whose endlessly supportive father (Ron Rifkin) has recently fallen ill with a mystery disease his doctors can’t pin down. The show is positioned as a sequel to the movie. New star Jake McDorman (‘Shameless’, ‘Manhattan Love Story’) has a lot of the same sort of charm and appeal that Cooper did, and pilot episode director Marc Webb (of the ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ movies) straight-up copies many of Burger’s visual flourishes, including on-screen graphic overlays and seemingly-infinite focal zooms. The TV version tries to mimic both of those things as best it can.
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The only things the movie had going for it were Bradley Cooper’s likeable screen charisma and director Neil Burger’s playful visual trickery. A ‘Flowers for Algernon’ tale about a man of average intelligence and abilities who takes a mystery drug that makes him super-smart, the film regurgitated that old (totally false) myth about people only using 10% of their brains, and ultimately promoted the idea that illegal mind-altering drugs are a really good thing that will make you popular and successful. Honestly, ‘ Limitless‘ was not a great movie to begin with and certainly didn’t need a TV spin-off. Does it really surprise anyone that he’s only in the pilot episode for about 30 seconds at the very end? The promo ads for CBS’ new adaptation of the hit 2011 movie ‘Limitless’ have loudly and proudly trumpeted the return of three-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper to network television.
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