Realizing he requires extra capital, he borrows 100Okay from a Russian mortgage shark, Gennady (Andrew Howard), and he shortly parlays this capital into two million dollars plus. Testing his analytical abilities on the inventory market, Eddie rapidly makes giant returns on small investments. They take him on trip to Europe the place Eddie experiments additional together with his new-found talents. With the assistance of the drug's superb results, Eddie spends just a few weeks cleansing up his life-ending his e-book, getting match and making associates with a bunch of younger jet-setters. After giving a press release on the precinct, Eddie returns dwelling and begins ingesting the drug each day. Eddie calls the police after which discovers Vernon's NZT-48 stash simply earlier than they arrive. However whereas Eddie is out working errands for him, Vernon is murdered. The following day, the results having worn off, Eddie seeks out Vernon in an try and get extra. It makes him way more calculating and canny and impressive as nicely. However the drug does excess of simply increase his I.Q. He quickly has the flexibility to immediately and meaningfully cross-correlate all the beforehand forgotten experiences from his previous. After taking the capsule, Eddie finds himself capable of study and analyze data at a superhuman fee. Vernon is concerned with a shadowy, unidentified pharmaceutical firm and provides Eddie a pattern of a brand new 'sensible drug', NZT-48.

Later, Eddie occurs to run into Vernon (Johnny Whitworth), the estranged brother of Eddie's ex-wife, Melissa (Anna Friel). His girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish), annoyed along with his lack of progress and monetary dependence, breaks up with him.

Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), a struggling creator affected by author's block, dwelling in New York, is pressured by an approaching deadline.

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