A very rough diamond

Rating: 5/10 (25 August 2014)

It's only fair to have high expectations from a new Luc Besson film. After all, he made "Leon", "The 5th Element" and a few other classics.
"Lucy" starts off well, as a promising action/mystery mixed with dark comedy. The protagonist gets infected by an experimental drug and gradually becomes superhuman.
While I don't mind a guilty-pleasure sci-fi, the story here went overboard with existential speculation, special effects overkill and pretty shallow characters. I somewhat cared about Lucy, but only in the first 30 minutes or so.
I expected more subtlety from the writer/director, and ended up watching something that's on the same level (or lower) as some films he produced: "Danny The Dog Unleashed", "District 13", "Taken" or "Taxi".