Instantly forgettable, but quite reasonable entertainment at the time, "Limitless" is a decent enough thriller that keeps up a high pace throughout. I agreed with Mark Kermode that normally you would avoid any film with Bradley Cooper, but here he finds just the right vehicle for his unwarranted ego. The drug he takes allows him to race through writing his unstarted novel and take on Wall Street, before the expected side effects have him being chased by NYPD and some Russian mafioso. All spoilt by some very poor digital cinematography.
I had high hopes for "Source Code". And whilst it did provide some good moments, overall it was a bit of a let down. Jake Gyllenhaal was very good, but the scenes on the train got a little too repetitive for me, and it came something of a relief as we finally hit solid ground. But there was enough to keep me interested throughout, watching as gradually our hero gets to grip with the problem he has to solve. Well directed by Duncan Jones with a good supporting cast including Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga, excellent in the first role I have seen her in since "Up in the Air".
It has been hard over the last few weeks to find anything worth the visit to the cinema, all thanks to a prolonged Easter break. So you can tell how I was scraping the barrel in going to see "Fast and Furious Five". It did have some reasonable reviews, and I have to say it was not all fights and car chases. If there was one reason to see the movie on the big screen, it is for the photography of Rio. That was always worth looking at.
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