A couple of cool scenes, but nothing else.

Rating: 3/10 (6 October 2014)

It's very fun to watch Scarlett Johansson kick bad guys around, and the film has a lot of scenes that are so impressive you could use the stills as a cool photo in themselves. Luc Besson is a master of this, and you'll find yourself thinking "oh man, this is so cool".
You might have heard already that the science behind the story (10% of the brain thing) is flimsy to say the least, plot holes are abundant but that is not a problem - this is a action sci-fi film and there are many good films with a far more ridiculous premise.
The real problem of this film is that it spends very little time focusing on the main character and her (very interesting!) storyline and keeps insisting we sit through the completely generic car chases, gun fights and arrests. As you could see in the trailer Lucy gets superpowers but instead of featuring her abilities to the fullest, half of the finale is spent on showing us five minor characters shooting it out in a library lobby.
As with almost all films dealing with the topic of human potential and transcendence there is a lot of pseudo philosophical drivel about how "humans are sheep, we need to wake up" etc. It's quite cringe worthy, and without enough of expected eye candy you will find yourself embarrassed on the films behalf in every other dialogue.
All in all, this is a couple of cool scenes with a lot of generic action film stuff and penny-philosophy stuck in between. Skip it, you won't miss anything.