Nothing new in Lucy

Rating: 5/10 (3 September 2014)

Walking in to watch Lucy I had absolutely no idea what it was about. As the titles rolled I realised that I'd seen a trailer for the movie a few weeks ago. The movie tells the story of what happens if we use more of our brain. Apparently we only use 10% of the brain at the moment. Presumably this is based on fact, but the movie explores what might happen if we use more of our brain power. Without giving too much away lets just say that the difference is quite dramatic.
Scarlett Johansson plays the lead role which is also a clunky reference to the fossil Lucy. As ever Scarlett Johansson is pretty watchable with Morgan Freeman providing the descriptions of the science behind what is happening.
You'll probably not remember anything about the movie in a couple of months, but it was fairly entertaining. With the exception of Lucy none of the other characters are really explored. Definitely not the best time you'll have in the cinema this year, but not the worst either!