Overall a treat, A truly wonderful take on the genre

Rating: 8/10 (3 September 2014)

Lucy is not the sort of film you would expect to be so good. It's bizarre concept and fast paced story telling is not the average Saturday night film to be put blankly. Much like many other films it provides a great cast playing the roles in pristine character that really makes you empathize (more with Lucy though) with the characters. I'm not sure if you could call it a superhero film as Lucy is not as such a hero, she is not a villain either, she is super, but not taking any sides. Despite this you find her story very compelling and you want to see her be more of a bad-ass and show off what she can do. Much of this film is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that you could find a lot more believable than iron man or Thor (Don't get me wrong I am all for superhero films like them) and you get to see a bad-ass array of abilities from Lucy. However I do have a few complaints, this film goes very quickly, 1. Because it is good 2. Because it is very short and starts to rush. I think that given an extra half hour this movie could have benefited and made a lot more use of some problems encountered earlier on in the film. And also as much as i loved it I wanted to see MORE Lucy as in, more of her being a bad-ass. I felt also a bit let down by the ending, it is rushed and to be honest I wanted to see a showdown between Lucy and all these guys, It would have been epic. But rather we got a rushed ending that made sense but still was lacking in points, sort of like when you get bored of a book so you skim through the end. It doesn't let you take it all in. And I was also left very confused at the abrupt ending. I could go on but I must urge you to see it and find out for yourself what I mean. Like all movies it has its flaws but truly it is a classic sci-fi film.