A ton of thinking. Bind-blowing thinking.

Rating: 7/10 (28 July 2014)

Lucy review: -Lucy is a film about Scarlett Johansson, a girl who finds herself caught in a sticky situation with a high class mob, in which she wakes up with a bag of drugs in her stomach and has to transport them. However, when she accidentally absorbs a massive amount of the drug, she is given the ability to use more than 10% or her brain. A struggle for answers and her own humanity ensues as she begins to use more and more of her brain. It's a little like Trancendence and Limitless.
-The film as a whole was very interesting. I did not find much I didn't like about it, but at the same time there was nothing I really loved in it.
-The plot/story/concept was easily the most interesting part as she discovers more and more and makes the audience think more and more about life and everything. There are even some very thought provoking creation vs evolution sub-stories that left me very surprised, I think.
-The cast did well. Nobody was really great but nobody was bad. Morgan Freeman has also totally mastered the 'shocked beyond belief' face.
-The music was odd, but good.
-The effects were very good.
-The content was not too bad. The film is actually rated-R, but could have been PG-13. Some language and violence, but that's about it.
-The thing that is really most intriguing for me is how the film progresses as the can use more and more of her brain. There are a few things they kept around for the sake of the film which felt add-on, like a cop helping her out. Even he admits he is useless, but she tells him that he is to remind her of what it is like to be human. As the film goes on it becomes very difficult to relate to Lucy as a character, which makes sense, but is also a drawback. However, it will make you think. A lot. Like way too much. Yeah it is "mind-blowing" to the almost literal sense. Like the universe and stuff. Okay I'm done thinking about it.
-So if you are looking for an average action flick without any depth and too much thinking attached, you might find Lucky a bit disappointing. But if you are looking for a movie what contemplates life and the universe and God and brain power and a bunch of other things that will go totally over everyone's head because they are incomprehensible, it is pretty good. So I would give Lucy a high 7 and say that Lucy is probably worth seeing in theaters, if you want to think that much.