Scarlett Johansson is a goddess

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2014)

Well, we all knew that, but now she has like... abilities. Anyway, my impression of this film is that it is another type of Fifth Element with a sexy chick presented as the greatest and best humanity can become. Like The Fifth Element, Luc Besson writes and directs this story about the aptly named Lucy who accidentally absorbs a superdrug that a Korean cartel is trying to manufacture and sell. She then uses more and more of her brain allowing her to have all these wonderful powers and knowledge.
Unfortunately, this is about all that the movie is about and you get that from the trailer. In a way, the trailer is a damned lie, because after you see the premise of the film and some cool scenes, you are tempted to believe that is just a part and the rest of the film would be building on it. It is not. That's about all you get.
In fact the Korean mafia and the police and humanity in general become pretty much inconsequential after a while. Morgan Freeman's character appears in about 5 minutes of scenes, the violent murders, fights and car chases are there just as a distraction and Lucy herself, the apex of humanity, does nothing more than use the entire existence as a she would a cell phone, spout some existential things that make little sense and look pretty.
Bottom line: If Transcendence really posed some interesting questions about what people would do if granted limitless power, ending with a very philosophical free will choice kind of thing, Lucy is just eye-candy. The only interesting idea in it seems to be that the purpose of life is to share knowledge. Well, there is that, but also another: the elimination of knowledge we don't like. Yet that's another story altogether and probably more interesting than this film.