Over-sophistication of action film

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2014)

In general, I like Luc Besson's creations I have tried to follow them as much as possible. His distinct approaches and good choices of actors are notable - and Lucy is no exception here. However, there is too much neuroscience, sometimes sci-fi and plain shootings do not match / disturb each other, there are some unrealistic scenes (e.g. person with a visible gun freely moving around in a public institution), and the talent of some actors (particularly Morgan Freeman and Amr Waked) was "wasted" in minor and non-elaborated characters. Scarlett Johansson is, of course, great and thanks to her abilities and charm the film's overall value is enhanced for me. Long shootings are car chases characteristic to Besson are present as well.
Anyway, the film in question is still far above average and the 1 hour 20 minutes pass smoothly, with a few protracted scenes though. But it has not reached the level of e.g. Subway or The Fifth Element.