What the hell just happened?

Rating: 2/10 (25 July 2014)

I'm honestly not even sure where to begin. This movie had promise, at least by the look and tone of its trailer. However, upon watching this film, literally nothing makes sense. Scarlett Johannson, along with Morgan Freeman, do what they can with one of the weakest scripts/plot lines I can recall in any recent film. It's difficult for me to understand how a film like "Transcendence", not perfect by any means but enjoyable and intelligent nonetheless, can be damned to obscurity by critics yet "Lucy" is being hailed as inventive, exciting summer entertainment. The "AI" tone of this movie is by far one of the worst interpretations of that specific idea that I have ever seen in a sci-fi film. Please do not waste your time/money on this film. Let's all hope that Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" can restore some faith to the genre when it enters the marketplace this fall.