No brain function was used during the writing and making of this film

Rating: 2/10 (5 November 2014)

What will happen when Luc Besson uses none of his brain while making Lucy? A film with the philosophical insight of a stoned 14 year old boy and is so jaw droppingly stupid, it's frightening to imagine a major theatrical release that's worse than Lucy in 2014. Metaphors are literally shown to the audience with footage of animals, like a mouse being enticed by bate in a mouse trap and it's either Luc Besson's idea of artistic flair or he thinks so little of his audience that he has to spell out even the dumbest scene. Morgan Freeman's speeches about using more than 10% percent of the human brain, even in fantasy movie land, are so simplistic and silly, an audience of children would be more fitting than college students and adults. For someone that has apparently unlocked all of her brain, Lucy doesn't use much of it and has gotten herself drawn into a really terrible action movie - when she could have used her smarts and about 5 minutes to synthesize the drug for herself, or simply duplicate it with her powers. But no, she has to travel the globe to get a few bags from some mules, because the worldwide theatrical box office would benefit from it, not that a modicum of logic should dictate the story. Idiot plotting; dialogue that's equal parts point at the screen hilarious and roll your eyes into the back of your head bad; villains who are typical stock characters that you'd find in your standard straight to video actioner; a climax that was either cut due to budget restraints or Besson just had no ideas outside of throwing his percentage of brain gimmick into the structure of a D grade action film - Lucy is truly out of this world dim-witted.