Hollywood made a considerable number of different films that tell the viewer about people who suddenly received certain superpowers. This film also includes "Areas of darkness", based on the novel by Alan Glynn.
The main character of the movie is the writer Eddie, whose life is having difficulties, but he, taking the strongest nootropic drug, can easily manage them, since the medicine allows the brain to be used to its full potential. However, the drug has side effects.
In our article, you can find a list of movies and TV shows similar to "Areas of Darkness."
10. Bounty Hunters (2011)
The film was shot in 2011, it is about Roger Brown, who is called one of the best "bounty hunters", as he is able to select excellent staff for any position in major organizations. His recommendation is considered the key to getting a good job.
But in the family of Roger, not everything is so smooth, so he often abuses his official position and steals expensive paintings for his wife’s gallery.
Once he meets Klas Greve, who is not only an excellent candidate for a specialist position in a company engaged in the production of navigation equipment, but also owns a painting by Rubens. This masterpiece of art is able to solve all the financial difficulties of Roger forever, if he manages to steal it and sell it. But something goes wrong and the "bounty hunter" is gradually turning into prey.
Interesting fact: one of the main roles in the film Bounty Hunters played by Nikolai Koster-Waldau, familiar to most viewers by the role of Jaime Lannister in the television series Game of Thrones.
9. The Beginning (2010)
Film director "Start" became Christopher Nolan. The basis of this thriller was the idea of lucid dreams. The film itself is similar in genre to the classic film about robbery, but the interest is that the goal is not to steal an object, but to penetrate the idea into the victim’s head.
The main character of the film - Dominic Cobb (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) earns a living by industrial espionage. He has the task to inspire the son of an energy magnate to share his business with Saito (a businessman from Japan). In return, the customer offers Cobb to send him to the family in the USA. The final of the motion picture remains open.
Interesting fact: the film actively uses terminology that describes the process of immersion in other people's dreams.
8. Click: With the remote control for life (2006)
The main role in the comedy science fiction comedy was played by Adam Sandler.
In the movie “Click: With a remote control for life” we are talking about a talented, but very busy architect named Michael Newman, who absolutely does not have enough time for children and his wife. This fact leads to constant disputes and conflicts, so Michael is trying to solve the problem using the remote control received as a gift. This unit can rewind time, but it soon becomes uncontrollable, which confuses the protagonist.
7. Changing Reality (2011)
The main roles in the film were played by Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. According to the plot, Congressman David Norris is rapidly building a political career, but he is being exposed to incriminating evidence, the consequences of which he successfully overcomes.
Soon he meets a ballerina named Eliza. The relationship of lovers is not destined to develop, since there is a Correction Bureau, which has its own plans for the congressman and a place for love in them.
Lovers have a difficult choice: to act in accordance with the rules of the Bureau or try to choose their own life path.
Film strip "Changing Reality" was shot in 2011.
6. Side effect (2013)
The psychological thriller was filmed by director Steven Soderbergh, was released on television in 2013. The hero of the film is Martin Taylor. His wife Emily is forced to visit a psychiatrist and take antidepressants, they do not help her, and the doctor suggests she try a new drug.
In appearance, Emily’s life becomes normal, but in one of the attacks of somnambulism, she kills her husband. Later, psychiatrist Jonathan Banks realizes that Emily is not really mentally ill, but the murder of her husband is her clearly planned plan, which Victoria (the former doctor Emily) helped to realize in reality. Jonathan gradually manages to get to the truth and punish scammers.
Interesting fact: film "By-effect" originally had a different name - The Bitter Pill.
5. Lucy (2014)
The director of the sci-fi motion picture was Luc Besson. The main role in the film "Lucy" played by Scarlett Johansson. In the story, a 25-year-old student named Lucy becomes a forced smuggler. But a substance enters her stomach that multiplies her intelligence and makes her very strong. Most recently, the girl was a victim, but now she becomes a deadly weapon and turns into a hunter.
4. Paranoia (2013)
The film is based on the novel by Joseph Finder. The main role in it was played by Australian actor Liam Hemsworth.
According to the plot of the movie "Paranoia", Adam Cassady is a simple guy who wants to take his place in life under the sun. He is smart, he has knowledge in the field of the latest technologies, which he uses to create programs for smartphones. However, his invention is failing; Adam also urgently needs money to pay his father for the operation.
At the same time, the former boss offers Adam to get into a rival organization led by Augustine Goddart to find out about their developments. Adam manages to get a job in this company and find out that they are developing a new revolutionary computer. However, the young man soon realizes that the heads of both companies simply use it, he collects compromising materials on them and passes them to the FBI.
3. Outside / Self (2015)
The main role in the fantastic thriller was played by Ryan Reynolds. According to the plot of the film “Outside / yourself”, Damian Hale learns that he is ill with oncology, he soon receives an offer from a brilliant scientist to move his consciousness into the body of a young man. The entrepreneur agrees and fakes his death, having received a new body.
Hallucinations are a side effect of relocation of souls, so Damian is forced to take special medications from them. Soon he realizes that the body into which he was instilled was previously owned by another person, and hallucinations are nothing but his memories.
To resurrect the real owner, it is enough to stop taking the pills, but this decision is not easy for Damian.
2. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
The main role in the film was played by Keanu Reeves, his hero's name is Johnny and he works as a mnemonic, that is, a courier, but not a simple one, but to those who deliver information on a chip that is implanted in the brain. He does not have enough memory for this, in connection with which all the memories from his childhood are deleted.
Once too much information is placed in his brain, he cannot die in time, he can die, at the same time the Japanese mafia begins to hunt for him, and Jane, who is a bodyguard, helps him overcome difficulties.
Interesting fact: film action "Johnny Mnemonic", according to the plot, takes place in 2021, and the film was released in 1995.
1. Time (2011)
The action of the film "Time" happens in the future, people here only grow up to 25 years and do not age. The only and full-fledged currency in this world is the time that everyone is trying to get, about how much someone is destined to learn by the clock on his left hand.
The main character, Will Salas, suddenly receives a large portion of time as a reward. Now the guy is interested not only in those who want to steal his time, but also the Guardians of Time.
Later, Will meets Sylvia, gradually she becomes his like-minded person and together they try to change the system, making it possible to live long not only rich but also poor.