Scarlett Johansson leads this biological sci-fi actioner from Luc Besson (Taken, The Fifth Element) following an innocent woman forced into becoming a drug mule. But when the bag of high tech drugs leaks inside her, the concoction gifts her superhuman abilities. Co-stars Morgan Freeman.
Luc Besson hasn’t helmed a ludicrous sci-fi flick since The Fifth Element, though he’s been a successful hands-on producer of a string of hits in the interim – Taken, The Transporter, and so on. With Lucy he follows this high star-power, mid-budget formula, casting Scarlett Johansson as an unwitting drug mule transformed by the experimental chemical inside her, a substance that unlocks the 90% of the human brain we allegedly don’t use.
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A garish, trippy, wildly uneven and finally quite disarming piece of work, graced by a moment-to-moment unpredictability.
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Buoyed by Johansson's presence, Besson keeps his entertainment machine purring. He may be a hack, but he's also a reliable entertainer.
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The end of the movie goes completely off the rails, but in a way that is charming in its stupidity.
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Earns points for its unpredictable treatment of its vaguely superhero-ish premise and an appealing silliness, but it struggles to match wits with the genius at its center.
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