Lucy (2014)
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Critic Consensus: Enthusiastic and silly, Lucy powers through the movie's logic gaps with cheesy thrills plus Scarlett Johansson's charm -- and mostly succeeds at it.
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From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. (C) Universal
| Rating: | R (for strong violence, disturbing images, and sexuality) |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure |
| Directed By: | Luc Besson |
| Written By: | Luc Besson |
| In Theaters: | Jul 25, 2014 Wide |
| On DVD: | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Box Office: | $126.5M |
| Runtime: |
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All Critics (198) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (131) | Rotten (67)
Is it fair to assume someone may have been USING a massive amount of highly experimental, illegal designer drugs when they came up with this?
More interesting as the final panel of the 2013-14 Scarlett Johansson "what is human?" triptych than it is in and of itself.
I think the moral of the story is that drugs are awesome. So is Scarlett.
There's never any tension or suspense to the movie, because whatever Lucy faces, we know her big brain will inexplicably be able to handle it.
This sci-fi thriller, starring Scarlett Johansson, romps through space and time, thanks to the fast-paced directing style of Luc Besson. Who cares if it doesn't make sense? Can we have another, please?
It would be a stretch to call it smart, but 'Lucy' isn't stupid either, and Besson is sensible enough to allow the film to sprint with its idea until starts to get tired, and then stop.
Audience Reviews for Lucy
Enormously entertaining with a spectacular performance by Johnsson and a good performance by Freeman. Good Locations and phenomenal special effects. The movie is just a lot of fun....however.... the story is implausible and unsophisticated. There is no explanation of how a fully functioning mind could control or impact biology or physics. If you can get over the silly, Deus ex machina elements of the story (and there are many), the film still can be a real hoot.
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Hmmm....it was okay. Gets off to a good start, and then ends up stupid. At least it was short at under 90 minutes.
Super Reviewer
Interesting premise but the story could've been so much better. I think it tries to be an intelligent sci-fi flick, but it ends up being conventional and has many factual errors in terms of how humans use their brains.
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Lucy Quotes
| Caroline: | Since when did you learn to write chinese? |
| Professor Norman: | Since a hour ago, |
| Professor Norman: | Imagine if we could access to 100%. |
| Professor Norman: | 100 billion neurons per human, of which only 50 percent are activated. There are more connections in the human body than there are stars in the galaxy. We possess a gigantic network of information to which we have almost no access. |
| Lucy: | Life was given to us a billion years ago, and now you know what to do with it. |
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