A film that splits action with intellectual thinking.. does neither well.

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2014)

The issue with this movie starts with the plot being so mushed together that you find yourself not caring what happens to the main character. The movie itself struggles to establish any kind of continuity and switches from shooting up people and car chases to thinking about what the future holds for mankind. Lucy herself isn't really a likable character as the viewer is thrown into her life being a hooker to being a part cyborg like human with no real likable qualities. As for Morgan Freeman. I'm not sure why he agreed to be in this movie. His character is under developed and by the time he meets Lucy, there really isn't any point to the interaction. She simply could have created the flash drive without him present. The visual effects of the flash forwards scenes were good. That being said it wasn't enough to save this movie. The French police Captain served no purpose and was introduced so late in the movie I found it hard to believe that all the sudden he cared for Lucy and she somewhat cared for him. The ending felt forced and left me saying "Is that it?" Wait and Netflix this movie.