Scientific BS

Rating: 3/10 (1 April 2015)

Crap, crap, crap, crap, and more crap. Piles and piles of crap! Tons of it, as far as the eye can see. Not only does this movie delve into the BS that is 'humans only use 10% of their brains' garbage, the movie gives Lucy outlandish god-like powers when she moves above 10%. How does having a higher brain capacity allow one to defy gravity, gain telekinesis, understand Chinese instantly without once studying it, able to see a person's plane ticket and hence where they are going without having personally seen it even for a second, change their form at will, search out and listen to phone cells without a device from which to hear it, and move to any point in time? All this wouldn't have been so bad had the movie went for a kind of fantasy theme, but it tries to give itself scientific credibility which only makes the movie more ridiculous.
My other issue with this movie is the conflict Lucy has with the bad guys. How on earth are normal men suppose to take out a god when she can destroy them with a simple thought? There is no tension in this movie. It's all gone when that happens. The bad guys are simply fodder for her. This movie would've been better had they explored deeper into the concept of Lucy struggling with losing her humanity, in fact, you could've made the whole movie about that concept and it would've been way, way, way better, but nope, it wanted to be an action film with pseudo- science, and a dash of philosophy.
I respect Luc Besson as a movie maker. I especially loved Leon: The Professional, and Danny the Dog, but this movie was terrible. I'll give this three stars only because the beginning was engaging but as soon as Lucy started to defy gravity and roll up the walls in her jail cell I was instantly turned off. It defies scientific logic and it loses all its tension. If you want to see a movie about the same concept than watch Limitless, which is much better.