Johansson the Flash Drive.

Rating: 4/10 (11 August 2015)

Lucy (2014): Dir: Luc Besson / Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-Sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt: Muddled and confusing mess about the lengths the brain can exceed. Unfortunately not much went into this film. It stars Scarlett Johansson as Lucy who is forced into delivering a briefcase when her scheming boyfriend handcuffs it to her. They are in an Oriental city and the crime lord has the contents of the case inserted into Lucy's abdomen. When she is brutally attacked the contents spreads and allows her to increase her brain activity. First thing she does is goes for revenge. Second, she seeks a professor, played by Morgan Freeman who has given seminars on the issue. This is all great so far until the third act comes loose like a wheel sending the material smashing into a wall. The third act is corny, somewhat confusing, and totally moronic. It is like director Luc Besson was having too much fun visually and forgot to add common sense. He previously made a great film called Leon: The Professional. He seems to have drifted from what previously worked for him and just settled for impressing viewers with visual images. The special effects are lively and creative sending Lucy into strange parallel illusions in her mind. This is when the actors suffer the most. Scarlett Johansson is a fine actress and she handles the confusion of Lucy like a pro until a third act that mutates her into a flash drive. Morgan Freeman plays his usual knowing monotone. Choi Min-Sik plays a promising villain reduced to graphic action clichés. Amr Waked plays a bland French cop. The result is a film that comes off like puke after a night of heavy drinking. Score: 4 / 10