An Entertaining Film based around a Preposterous Premise

Rating: 8/10 (22 November 2014)

This film is about a woman turning herself into God.
Really. According to Luc Besson, 100% Cerebral capacity=Omniscience. At the end of the film, after transforming from a naive young woman, to a telekinetic, to a telepathic, to a ultra-computer, she disappears, gives all her knowledge to Morgan Freeman (in the form of a Universe USB) and achieves ascension.
It's crazy, stupid, but altogether fun and visually engaging.
From what I've seen, Luc Besson is quite a master of visual appeal, and its no different here. The film is also quite diverse. The villains are a gang of Triad drug dealers, and the film is mainly set in Europe and Taiwan.
The 10% idea is a complete fallacy, but the script runs with it, caring not for legitimate science, and makes the movie they want to make.
My main gripe with the film is the dialog. Luc Besson is French, and it seems rather apparent from his writing (he wrote and directed this film) that English isn't his forte. Scarlett Johanneson does wonders with the script though, especially at the beginning, where she is practically a different character then what she is at the end. She loses a lot of emotion throughout the film as her ascension progresses, but I think her character arc excuses that.
In conclusion, Lucy is an entertaining film that's worth watching, perhaps with your brain at 10%.