Lucy: Movie Review
There is so much stupidity in Luc Besson’s “Lucy” which is ironic since the story follows the main character becoming increasingly intelligent. I was able to look past may of the idiotic scenes, like when Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) walks through a busy hospital with gun in hand and not a single person noticing, or when she begins to evaporate on an airplane. I just went with it, because the movie managed to still be entertaining. However the final 15 minutes of “Lucy” pushed the limits of just how much stupid I could handle in a single sci-fi action film. That final act could be one of the dumbest turns in recent film history and managed to take any enjoyment I had for “Lucy” and throw it completely out the window.
After being forced to traffic a new type of drug in her lower intestine by gangsters, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) develops super-human abilities when the package bursts open while in her system. The drug gives Lucy the ability to unlock parts of the human brain that have never been used before. She can now not only control her own body and cells, but that of others as well. She can also control electronic devices with her mind.
There is a cost to Lucy’s new abilities. The drugs are making her smarter, but also less human. They are also destroying her body. The only one Lucy can trust is Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman), a man who has studied the evolution of the mind and the one Lucy feels can make the right decisions when it comes to the knowledge she has attained. I give a lot of credit to Freeman who is able to play the final moments of the film completely straight. I could just only imagine what was going through his mind when reading the scene.
“Lucy” isn’t boring and action wise, it’s on par with many other Besson produced or written film like “Taken”, “Transporter”, “Colombiana”, but it’s the far-fetched and insanely idiotic sci-fi elements that cause the film’s downfall. If you are an action fan, it may be worth a look when it hits cable, and who knows, you may got a good laugh out of the final moments, even though they weren’t meant to be funny.
By: Marc Ferman