The trailer is better than the movie

Rating: 4/10 (28 July 2014)

I was really hyped to watch Lucy after seeing the epic trailer, but the actual movie was a huge let-down for me.
The setup was interesting, with Scarlett Johansson's character going from being a sobbing, confused student to being very calm and in control as the movie progressed. I thought that it would lead to something big, like perhaps she would use her abilities to do great things. However, as the movie continued, it got more weird than epic. The plot started to jump all over the place, ultimately going nowhere. When it ended, I couldn't believe it was over, as if Luc Besson ran out of juice and stopped writing all of a sudden. In my opinion, nothing was resolved and nothing was accomplished.
Overall, I am disappointed because I wanted to see a really creative sci-fi action film with a promising heroic female lead but what I saw was one woman's 90 minute psychedelic drug trip.