Lucy Lucy Lucy

Rating: 4/10 (17 August 2014)

Let me start by saying this is a movie I have been looking forward too ever since I viewed the trailer for it in early 2014. I watched the trailer over and over in expectation that this movie would wow me like limitless had back in 2011.
Set in Taiwan this was a different spin on the contemporary setting of the U.S, Europe, China or Japan, it put just a enough of a twist on the situation to intrigue me. The switching from one situation to another in rapid succession never truly left me satisfied with a completion of the story arc in progress.
The overall story has some highlight with excellent action scenes and a touch of humor but the overall movie lacked the quality and the finesse that is expected of this genre. Let us be honest we are not expecting a documentary but even the Sci-Fi aspect was out there even for a huge fan.
I was impressed with Scarlett Johansson to a point. I have noticed in all her latest movies she has lacked a range of expression. Her default expression is repeated over and over again and unfortunately lacks the impact that the director was hoping for a she progresses or regresses to an entity of energy, her lack of facial expression is the same as in Avengers, Iron Man 2 and Captain America 2.
Morgan Freeman puts in an O.K performance, the value of him being there is not realized to any degree and I think that the studio and producers were hoping his presents would lend more credibility to the movie.
Overall the movie lacks the quality that is promised in the trailer, my high hopes have been dashed.