Racist smoking pile of stinking garbage !

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2014)

First, I must say, I had high expectation from this movie; the beginning of the movie looks fairly promising - the premise is promising, it looks like "Limitless" (2011) set in Asian city with more action. But as the movie goes on, it become quite apparently how bad this stinking pile of turd this movie is.
Before this movie, I didn't know Luc Besson is a racist. In the movie he purposely cast ALL asians as either villains (the korean gangsters, or the triads) or they are the props to be killed for no other reason then for comic relieve. Two instances stands out - when Scarlett Johansson's character shot a taxi driver simply because he can't speak English; and another instance when in the hospital, Lucy simply shot an Asian patient on the operating table in the head simply because she needs the surgeon to stitch her up. Had this being a white patient the plot would had been how Lucy using her vast intellect to cure this patient thus showing how much superior she is - but instead, the plot portrays asians as not worth saving.
And then there is the subtle racism that shows in the dialogue - such as "Who Speaks Chinese, Anyway?" and the rest of the drivel that came out of Analeigh Tipton's mouth. The tone of the movie also seems to convey the idea that white people were been victimized and oppressed by the Asian (gangsters). The other one is how Luc Besson subtly portray Taiwan as a lawless city - when you can fire pistols in public and not a single cop is in sight! Scarlett Johansson was simply walking around with pistols in hand and not a single person noticed or a cop in sight to stop her. Taiwan (like most Asian countries) forbid the ownership of firearms - thus a person with pistol will instantly stand out - let along a TALL BLONDE WHITE GIRL like Scarlett Johansson walking in pistols and submachine gun! The SWAT would be all over her in minutes - especially in Taipei as it is the capital with the most police force.
The plot is fairly simplistic and predicable. The acting were pretty awful too as Scarlett Johansson's character turn into a robot while the rest of the cast were pretty forgettable.
Overall, 1/10. Avoid this stinking pile of turd like the plague.