Lucy (2014) English Language

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89 min

Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Min-sik Choi, Morgan Freeman…and more

Scarlett Johansson stars as a young American in Taiwan caught up in an international drug-deal gone wrong the results of which see her unlock the full capacity of the human brain with almost supernatural consequences, bad news for those who have wronged her as she seeks to get to 100% capacity before time runs out.

Luc Besson (Léon, The 5th Element) once again writes and directs a fast-paced action thriller only this time with a heavy CGI Sci-fi element, Lucy is on the surface a fun 90 minute action film but it is quickly apparent that it is trying to be a more profound sci-fi tale about human evolution, unfortunately it fails on multiple fronts.

Even leaving aside the wafer-thin premise based on the 10% brain capacity myth, the film looks like a mashup of Limitless and Old Boy but with none of the originality and suspense, the constant Monologues by Johansson are clearly a tool to explain how her brain is evolving but it quickly becomes tedious and breaks up the flow of the film.

Ultimately Lucy is not a classic to say the least but is worth a watch is you have 90minutes to kill, at the very least you will be treated to a collection of interesting CGI-infused action sequences and get to look at Scarlett Johansson for an hour and a half which is no bad thing.