Review: Limitless

Limitless is an action-thriller about a writer who takes an experimental drug that allows him to use 100% of his mind.


As one man evolves into the perfect version of himself, he forces more corrupt than he can imagine mark him for assassination. Out-of-work writer Eddie Morra's (Bradley Cooper) rejection by girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) confirms his belief that he has zero future.


That all vanishes the day an old friend introduces Eddie to NZT, a designer pharmaceutical that makes him laser focused and more confident than any man alive. Now on an NZT-fueled odyssey, everything Eddie's read, heard or seen is instantly organized and available to him.


As the former nobody rises to the top of the financial world, he draws the attention of business mogul Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro), who sees this enhanced version of Eddie as the tool to make billions.


But brutal side effects jeopardize his meteoric ascent. With a dwindling stash and hit men who will eliminate him to get the NZT, Eddie must stay wired long enough to elude capture and fulfill his destiny. If he can't, he will become just another victim who thought he'd found invincibility in a bottle.

Fortunately, Eddie managed to withstand all the challenges and problems faced throughout the whole NZT ordeal. The movie ends with everything going to his side.

Overall, the movie was good. Lots of surprises and anticipation. Various unpredictable scenes and exciting actions as well. Eddie's life changed dramatically throughout the whole duration. From a practically poor writer to a financial dude to one of the powerful men around town, he had to thank the NZT for making him who he became.

He also got back his lover, Lindy, due to his change of life and she eventually found out that he was on NZT drug. Nevertheless, she stayed together with him and supported him. Things went ordinary again when Eddie started to control his dosage of NZT.

Robert De Niro's Carl Van Loon character just spiced things up in Limitless. His appearance pushed Eddie to more limits and forced him to face more problems. Despite that, Eddie managed to be one of the top personnel in Van Loon's company. At the end of the story, it was revealed that Van Loon knows all about Eddie's NZT intake and told him that all the factory producing it has been closed down - threatening him about the limited time he has with the limited NZT pills.

Abbie Cornish's Lindy was sweet and strong at the same time - it totally complement Bradley Cooper's character, which could be fragile and insecure.

Noobie Rating: 7/10 (Good movie, way better than Source Code)

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Review: Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch is about a young girl, Baby Doll (Emily Browning) being locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather where she will undergo a lobotomy in five days time.


Faced with unimaginable odds, she goes into a fantastical world of her imagination where she and four other female inmates plot to escape the facility. The lines between reality and fantasy blur as Baby Doll and her four companions, as well as a mysterious guide, fight to retrieve the five items they need that will allow them to break free from their captors before it's too late.


Four out of the five items are straight forward. Baby doll conspires with the 4 other female inmates to work together for their escape.


The funny thing about the movie is that whatever happens in the "dance center" is actually a fantasy world by Baby Doll. Whenever she dances to captivate their victims, which holds an item for their escape, she enters another fantasy world. A world where she battles with monsters and stuffs.


Whenever inside the 2nd fantasy world, they will cooperate and battle their way through to retrieve their wanted items. With guns and combat items, it seems pretty awkward due to its irrelevance.


After every success, she returns to the initial fantasy world and that's when she stopped dancing. Funny enough, we'll never see Baby Doll actually dancing in the movie - because whenever she starts to, we'll be brought into the 2nd fantasy.


With the help of an unknown wise man, they seek his advice and guide in order to achieve their objectives in every mission. The wise man always end his mission briefing with "And one last thing..."


The attire used during the movie was rather sexy. A lot of cleavages can be seen throughout the show, especially cleavages from Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), Amber (Jamie Chung) and Blondie (Venessa Hudgens).


Emily Browning's role as Baby Doll is rather unconvincing. Her character is an insure little girl who wishes to escape from the facility. Small boobs. Can be expressionless at times.


Sweet Pea, played by Abbie Cornish, is the main booby girl. She flaunts her boobies all the time. Strong character and beautiful as well.


Jena Malone's Rocket is a sweet and cheerful girl. She trusts Baby Doll a lot in the planning of the escape but unfortunately died in the last mission, where it reflects her real life as she dies in reality as well.


Not much acting from Jamie Chung's Amber, but she's another strong (but turns out to be weak actually) character and her boobs are nice. She died in the end.

Blondie by Venessa Hudgens is just an extra character that comes into the team of 5. Not much involvement from her, except that she back-stabbed her group by revealing the plans to the owner of the "dance center". She died too.

Overall, just an average movie with lots of boobs. Ideal movie for the guys, but not ideal for the movie enthusiasts. In the end, only 1 of them managed to escape.

Noobie Rating: 4/10 (Boobs made the movie watchable, the storyline is mediocre)

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