a great start, but then, just too out-of-this-world inhuman

Rating: 7/10 (10 November 2015)

Usually I discuss older titles, every so often they are long-forgotten movies remembered only by me, or so I often felt (thanks to IMDb I now know it's not quite as bad as that). Today I'm tackling Luc Besson's 2014 opus LUCY, and I am going to kick off by saying that it is spectacular, do see it, you are in for a treat if you do, but as this one is a new movie, I am also really going to blast it plot-wise. Scarlett Johansson is to me what it is all about, so, as far as I'm concerned, the first half of the movie was the riveting part. You could have kept all the special effects for my sake. The poor little bunny in such terrible distress, Please Mr. Jang, if you can't get rid of the chain, you don't have to chop off my hand... To me, a normal ol' suspense drama would have been much preferred. This bit about unlocking brain potential with the help of a leaking bag of CPH4 sowed in your stomach is just too much, way too much, the much simpler crime thriller that was thrown away in favor of this banal monstrosity really is a sad loss. Anyway, keep Scarlett wrapped in cotton wool, she is a national treasure, still every bit as hot as in THE ISLAND, years and years later, Hollywood living must really agree with her! She has a most beautiful huggable-bunny face reflecting childlike innocence.
Memo to self: Unlock 100% brain power. Open up world of endless possibilities. Enter movie, right there at that bit where she begs him to not chop off her little hand. Kick Mr. Jang's awful old ass... :) I'm not kidding.
Special effects and lofty theme make this one for many a Ten, but do note that Scarlett is an Eleven.