Limitless meets La Femme Nikita

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2014)

I saw this film yesterday. I was interested mainly because I like Luc Besson as a director, and I was curious to see how Scarlett Johansson performed in this film. First off, let's get to what works for this film: the action scenes are well done, for one. Luc Besson knows how to put together action scenes. Morgan Freeman is great as the professor who examines the premise this film is based upon. But, then again, Morgan Freeman is great in anything he does! Scarlett Johansson does a good job of capturing the character of Lucy, going from being a Waif, to being a Warrior. Now for the bad: the length of the film is only 88 minutes long. In the conventional sense, 88 minutes is right at the end of Act Two in a screenplay. Before I wrote this review, I read that this film was a decade in the making. A decade in the making, and the best Mr. Besson could do is a film that is only 88 minutes long? That's sad. This film needed so much more character development. I would have gladly appreciated this film if it was right at two hours or over. Lastly, there's the bad guy who doesn't really do anything more than shout, make faces, and shoot at people. In the end, this film is wasted as an opportunity to really be something.