Lucy

2014 "The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%."
6.4| 1h29m| R| en
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A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Wordiezett So much average
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
nightroses This is the worst science fiction movie I've ever seen. I've seen better B movies than this. It relied only on CGI. The acting was terrible, and when Lucy became "super woman" she also became creepy, with staring blank eyed and no expression. Most of the film was special effects, or too much of the gangsters, car chasing and shooting. When Lucy became that Super Woman she was callous, for speeding a car through a busy public city and causing car crashes everywhere. Reminding one of the "nobody" scientists about his deceased child was very sad and pointless. Lucy travelling in time was perhaps the only excitement but then she turned into a massive oily blob at the end, disappeared, and said "I'm everywhere". The whole film was just crap. So according to whoever made this one, gaining too much info makes people bigger jerks that never smile.
avramisphyl I love science. Naturally, I didn't like the extremely non-scientific idea at first too. I remember when the movie came out and people were like "well people do have limited access to their brain so you never know!". Absolutely hated that. But should my opinion on the movie be influenced my such unscientific opinions? NO! It's a movie for crying out loud! And generally, your opinion should not be influence by who supports a certain idea. I'm no expert so I'll keep it simple. The movie starts brilliantly. Scarlett proves once again she is not just beautiful. Enjoyed the directing, cameras, etc (with my very limited knowledge).What I loved about the movie was that it took the sci-fi idea of the "100% brain access" (such as Limitless) and shredded it to pieces; there's nothing beyond this, and I doubt there will ever be. Some might (reasonably) argue that the end was too much. Ok, yes it was, but that was the point; no movie will ever be able to take this idea to a more extreme level ever again. Plus, it was the only ending that not everyone would expect; anything "weaker" and you'd be like "pff the ending was casual".On the downside, as we approached the end of the movie, it became a bit irrational, even in its own world. Sometimes even forced. Moreover, the constant attempt to make it sound scientifically possible throughout the movie made me cringe. But I guess I should have been more prepared for this.
groovyuniverse I had no expectations before watching this. Okay, I saw Johansson and Freeman played in it, so I thought it had to be decent. Suspicions started to boil during the sluggish first dialogue and the following crude montage of nature clips. From then on I knew this was popcorn. Despite it's ridiculous premise and pretentiousness i was still entertained somewhat. The movie quickly goes so overboard that you can't but laugh at all the fast-paced madness that unfolds. If it hadn't taken itself so serious it might have worked. Now it's just a failed attempt at making a good philosophical sci-fi action flick. It was so bad that me and my girflriend repeatedly asked each other what the hell this movie was trying to be. Laughable and forgettable.
latinfineart Unless you are nearly brain dead, you will find this film stimulating. If you are a sci-fi buff like me, even more so. A film like this reminds me of how starved some of us are for films of this sort. This film was brilliantly directed by the French Maestro. Beautifully acted, by Scarlotte Johansson. While the transformation is happening, we see Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman) giving a lecture on the capacity of the human brain. He says people generally use only about 10 percent of their brain's capacity. (Yes, it's an urban legend, but you'll enjoy the movie a whole lot more if you ignore that fact and just go with it.) Norman, an authority in this field, has no idea his path will soon cross with Lucy's.Lucy accidentally ingests the drug and her neurons begin firing. Her brain begins to grow ever-more powerful - so powerful that she's able to easily disarm any captor and figure a way out of any situation she's in. She needs someone who understands brain function to help her while a team is hot on the trail to dispense with her. The film moves at such a frantic pace and provides such mind-boggling visuals and fascinating concepts about time and existence that it's impossible not to be entertained. Besson also throws in some brief but exhilarating nature scenes to emphasize Lucy's vulnerability (at first) and then to expound upon what she is learning.Somewhat improbably, it's also an ideal culmination of a sci-fi trilogy Johansson may not have even realized she was making. In Her, Under the Skin and now Lucy, the 29-year-old veteran has not only delivered some of the finest work of her career, she's found a trio of characters in conversation about what it means to be human through the eyes of an outsider, be it artificial intelligence, alien or an accidental superhuman. In fact, it's near impossible to imagine Lucy without Johansson and her perfectly calibrated performance, a crucial component to investing in the story's inherent silliness.The action was a little over the top at times. The Chinese gangsters were perhaps a metaphor for the Chinese Politburo. Perhaps the world's ultimate criminal organization, that will stop at nothing to achieve it's ends. What you'll find here, is a well-crafted science fiction yarn that might make you think more than you bargained for while you enjoy the shoot-ups and vehicle crashes.