It has its moments, but unoriginal and flawed

Rating: 5/10 (3 October 2014)

Lucy is another movie about the hypothetical potential of the human brain. We've seen similar works on the subject like limitless, Akira, many hard science fiction novels, anime etc. It goes to the extreme and sometime it really capture the essence of what we could do. Some scene, especially the phone call with the mother, are really convincing and Scarlet Johanson does a great job. Maybe the initial transition from defenseless and naive girl to unstoppable force of nature is a bit too quick. Anyway it's an enjoyable movie, with too much focus on action scenes and not enough on the implications of the main subject. Too much useless stuff and there are some plot holes, like the fact that SPOILERS at a certain point se has control over matter but she cannot replicate the drug and go directly to 100% without all the hassle of get it back. It would have been interesting to add an element of disturb, as she is basically invincible, I was especting one of the Chinese guys to be under the drug and capable of fighting her, but I guess they didn't want the Dragon Ball effect or something like Man of Steel. Go watch Limitless for a funnier and more inventive movie, or read something like Stranger in a strange land if you want a different approach on the subject.