6/10

Rating: 6/10 (26 September 2014)

An intriguing first act, a great lead, amazing sequences yet a very mediocre execution leave this film just at average level. There are sparks of Luc Besson's talent, but unfortunately on the widescpe they are overshadowed by the lazy development of the story.
The film anyways has lots going for it. It succeeds in delivering some of this potential, but fails in delivering the major part of it. Undoubtely the part where it succeeds the most is the first act. It never gave out too much information, but by giving away just the essential it managed to produce a very intense interest in how the story would go. It was also filled with very stylish and kind of strange sequences mixed to it, that I didn't quite understand, yet didn't really mind. Scarlett Johansson is another highlight, she really carried everything along and I didn't realize until later in the movie how much merit she deserved for not making this movie a bore. Her mix of charisma and good skills was key in bringing some spice to an otherwise flat and flawed story. Still on positives, there is a sequence near the end of the movie that was pure brilliance, the CGI involved was flawless and it took me on a short psychedelic journey that I absolutely enjoyed to the bone.
Unfortunately that sequence alone is the only spark of visual brilliance that is present in the movie. For the rest there is nothing wrong with the cinematography, but it looks just so average, there isn't one single interesting shot, it all looks as if it was shot by a computer. again nothing wrong because it certainly didn't get me to annoyance, but I was constantly bothered by this flat look. Anyways the biggest flaw this movie has is in storytelling. Firstly, because as much as I found interesting the first act the second and the third just fell into generic action movie territory. Secondly because the logics of the movie are totally bonkers and make no sense what so ever. They manage to produce good filmaking occasions, but their roots are totally out of place.
Lucy fails in being what it wants to be, but it succeeds in giving the viewer 90 minutes at the theater that won't bore him and will flow pretty smoothly.