Great idea, poorly executed

Rating: 3/10 (6 August 2015)

In this mind-bending thriller boasting glamorizing visual effects and stylized action choreography, Scarlett Johanson steps outside her role Marvel superhero Black Widow and plays Lucy, a young woman who caught between a dangerous drug exchange in Taiwan by a French police captain Pierre Del Rio (played by Amr Waked). When she is taken hostage by Rio and his goons, they inject her with the mysterious drug that gives her mind-blowing psychological abilities that allow to use her full brain capacity. This, she is able to perform these incredible human abilities such as mentally time travel and not feeling pain or discomfort. Morgan Freeman plays Professor Norman, a college psychology teacher who assists Lucy on her escape from Rio and his evil gang.
The movie boasts a pretty interesting premise, but its sadly executed with an incoherent plot and a storyline that, before too long, makes a less and less sense as it progresses. This movie tries to impress us with its flashy visual effects. The visual effects are quite intriguing, and sadly that is the only eye-candy you get. Scarlett Johanson shows off a decent performance as the main heroine, but it is not enough to save this movie. The concept of how the main character gains these mental abilities is interesting. The problem is the movie doesn't do anything exciting with it. Worse, it veers into the territory of predictable. Each scene featuring the titular character facing off against enemies, she's empowered with psychic abilities that render her unstoppable, and therefore results in action scenes that are tension less and fall short of depth. There is very little excitement and barely any thrills that by the end, it just stops becoming interesting.
I have to say I was pretty let down by this movie. Lucy is a film that had so much going for it but was left watered down by botched execution. Unless you a die-hard Scarlett Johanson fan, it is worth looking elsewhere because you are not likely to awarded with the same charisma she has established in her previous roles.