Taken with bio science

Rating: 6/10 (14 April 2016)

"Lucy" is a French-American film from 2 years ago. It stars Scarlett Johansson as the title character and Morgan Freeman plays one of the biggest supporting characters. The rest of the cast I am not familiar with, but this is probably just due to my lack of knowledge than to their lack of achievements from their side. However, I do know writer and director Luc Besson, who managed to make a really famous film here once again. It is about a young woman who was initially just in charge of delivering a suitcase, but then ends up as a drug mule and finally turns into a superhuman with abilities that even Natasha Romanova can only dream about. Then again, they are not that desirable. I personally believe Johansson worked great for the main part here. She brings a vulnerability and yet cold-blooded approach that certainly helps in watching this one. Morgan Freeman is okay to watch as always, but I am biased here as I usually like him and even I cannot deny that he brings really nothing here that he hasn't done before. This was also partially due to the script though. The final scene is kinda telling when he just stands there with his mouth open watching Lucy's final transformation.
In terms of the story, it was a decent watch. I am generally not too interested in science fiction and this may be the reason why I did not appreciate/understand the film to an extent that many others possibly did, but it was still interesting to watch and I also liked the information on the percentage that keep being shown throughout the entire movie. Still I have to say I never felt it was really an edge-of-seat thrill ride. There were also several moments that I personally did not need, such as the kiss scene. Romance was not necessary in here. And I also occasionally had trouble when it comes to the main character's credibility and authenticity in terms of how she was written. She is really scary early on and just wants to get away from it all, but when the drug comes into effect inside her, she is all of a sudden scared of nothing. I thought the transformation was mostly physical and it did not alter her character. It just sharpened her senses for example. But still she was completely ruthless, cold-blooded and able to master every situation, even if she had never been in a similar predicament before. Nonetheless, the good outweighs the bad and I recommend "Lucy". I just like Johansson and Freeman too much to give it a thumbs-down. Check it out.