After half an hour, end the film there!

Rating: 3/10 (24 August 2014)

Exciting but boring! Thrilling yet disappointing! These are my immediate thoughts in my post analysis of Lucy.
The film started strong, delivering high intense action and gritty horror, but by the midpoint of the film, it had deteriorated before dropping off completely at the climax.
My disappointment with the film is that it tried to be intelligent in that it was implementing scientific fact with theory all the while trying not to sacrifice any of the action. For me, the end result appeared to be a cinematic experience of high end special effects and needless death with little else. The attempts made to incorporate a little humour fell flat and the idea of there being a story just didn't work.
The only real positive aspect I can find in this film is that having such quality actors/actresses in Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman stops the film from being a complete train wreck. Scarlett Johansson plays a lead action star very well and quite frankly, Morgan Freeman just has to show up with his voice to be deemed credible.
Final thoughts: if like me you are able to watch as many movies as you like or you can get your ticket for free then sure, go enjoy the film; but if you are going to have to pay good money to see it, put it towards the bottom of your viewing list. Yesterday I saw Guardians of the Galaxy and in retrospect, I would rather have had a second viewing of that as it was both a great display of an action film and a comedy despite it too sometimes sacrificing story for other elements.