Pile of rubbish fantasy film - still quite enjoyed it!

Rating: 1/10 (6 December 2014)

UPDATE: Ed-Wood level bad film, don't see it.
And they bucketed Limitless?? Limitless is an actual science-fiction film, and in my opinion an underrated one. Yes, they could have done a lot more with it, but at least it stayed just barely within the confines of possibility.
Lucy, however, isn't science-fiction, it's pure fantasy. It's Harry Potter Goes Sexy Guns.
But I still kinda enjoyed it.
The 'science' in this thing is pure bunkum, so please don't go in expecting your brain to be massaged - I groaned all the way through it. Unfortunately I can't go into details without spoiling, but basically it's all wrong: incorrect, unfactual, mixed-with-pseudoscience, wrong.
In some ways, it's a shame this tripe-fest got foisted on poor Scarlett - she is an underrated, actually very good actor, and this plot and its details were well beneath her abilities.
But, as a ride, Lucy is quite enjoyable. It has no message, and no internal consistency, and it's based on a load of gobbledegook, but heck... at least it's not boring.
The action is very actiony - the start, especially, is very gripping. (Though there are 'art' cut scenes in a very heavy-handed attempt at metaphor - oh my god, they just have to be ignored.) It promises you that it's going to be some kind of deep, techno-thriller... then it goes somewhere, er, 'else'.
The CG is quite amazing, and for once it serves its purpose instead of boring you to into headache-dodging sleep like the (yawn) Matrix sequels.
Grab the beer and the pizza and a bunch of friends, put it up on the big plasma, and turn your brain OFF - use 0% of it.
Cheers!
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