Disappointing...

Rating: 4/10 (22 August 2015)

Watching the trailer gave me the impression this would be like a good and complex story with lots of complications. However, it is not the case at all. The story is pretty shallow and doesn't have a red line where you could sense a targeted ending.
Everything turns around the following question - What would happen if someone's brain gets to a full capacity. I must say according to the movie it can be summarized as you get the telekinetic abilities and knowledge in the world just flies into you. And once you reach 100% it becomes a divine power and you are everywhere and everything. So simple can an answer be.
Despite a good performance and distraction from Scarlett Johansson once she got the capacity increase (because the 'scared girl' play in the beginning was really raspberry worthy) I could not help myself to wonder why this wasn't the story a viewer would expect according to the trailer. I mean, a villain wouldn't really harm the movie. The Asian gang weren't real opponents because they weren't presenting the danger and the french cop was a terrible intermezzo. To sum up the final and deciding opinion, everything happened way too fast. The drug bust, the cerebral capacity increase and even the final shootout. I assume they shortened everything because they had been feeling they were loosing the red line.
Putting everything together I must admit the lack excitement or any entertainment. The positive thing is the play all-round was very solid and the effects were interesting. However, a big minus for the scenario.