Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.....

Rating: 5/10 (15 June 2015)

Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a drug ring when she becomes a test subject for a mob syndicate. However, when the drug that she's carrying becomes disturbed when she gets kicked to the stomach, Lucy's mind and body suddenly take on radical changes when she is able to access more than the usual 10% of her brain power. With these super human abilities, she sets about using her newly acquired skills to track down those responsible and make them face the consequences of their actions.
For me this film tried to be two very different things; on the one hand it's trying to be an intelligent thriller that explores how an individual MAY behave when they are able to unlock more than 10% of their brain (as highlighted in Morgan Freeman's lectures which is all hypothesis till he meets Lucy). The other strand of the film is sort of like an action thriller whereby we're seeing how an individual ACTUALLY behaves when they're able to unlock more than 10% of their brain. The problem for me is that neither element is covered particularly well - I felt that the hypothesis isn't intelligent or deep enough to have you thinking about it much at the end. I also didn't find it all that exciting or entertaining (it had its moments, but perhaps not enough of them).
I also felt that Besson missed a big opportunity to make the film more suspenseful; when the drug first enters Lucy's system within minutes she's ultra fast and ultra tough - why make her this tough and fast straight away? Surely it would have been better to have seen her gradually get faster and tougher or maybe see her make some mistakes, get caught out once or twice. Whilst it fun to watch Johansson going round kicking lots of butt, I still think it would have been better to show a bit of vulnerability.
I also noticed one quite severe flaw within the script; there's a bit in the film where Lucy has to ask the police Captain where the drugs were that he confiscated? Yet earlier in the film she seemed to have these strong psychic abilities, so if she has psychic abilities or if she's able to read people's minds why did she not know where the drugs were?
I have to admit that I did find this somewhat enjoyable, but I didn't think it was a great film and I'm not sure it's good enough for me to recommend it. I didn't think it was as deep or intelligent as it likes to think it is and sadly it didn't have me thinking much about it when it ended. The set-pieces border on the ridiculous and sometimes make you feel like you're watching a live action comic book. Whilst this wasn't a particularly bad film I do feel that it didn't quite fulfil its full potential.