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Title: Lucy (2014)
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| Scarlett Johansson | ... | Lucy | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Professor Norman | |
| Choi Min-sik | ... | Mr. Jang | |
| Amr Waked | ... | Pierre Del Rio | |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | ... | The Limey | |
| Pilou Asbæk | ... | Richard | |
| Lio Tipton | ... | Caroline (as Analeigh Tipton) | |
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Nicolas Phongpheth | ... | Jii |
| Jan Oliver Schroeder | ... | German Mule | |
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Luca Angeletti | ... | Italian Mule |
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Loïc Brabant | ... | Professor |
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Pierre Grammont | ... | Professor |
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Pierre Poirot | ... | Professor |
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Bertrand Quoniam | ... | Professor |
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Pascal Loison | ... | Drug Addict |
It was supposed to be a simple job. All Lucy had to do was deliver a mysterious briefcase to Mr. Jang. But immediately Lucy is caught up in a nightmarish deal where she is captured and turned into a drug mule for a new and powerful synthetic drug. When the bag she is carrying inside of her stomach leaks, Lucy's body undergoes unimaginable changes that begins to unlock her mind's full potential. With her new-found powers, Lucy turns into a merciless warrior intent on getting back at her captors. She receives invaluable help from Professor Norman, the leading authority on the human mind, and French police captain Pierre Del Rio. Written by LeiaSolo
I thought the commercials on TV for this made it look pretty good. When the reviews came in, I sort of lowered my expectations. Nothing could prepare me for how bad this truly was. From the beginning, it seems like the director is intent on overwhelming us with transitions and cuts from the present to all of these "evolution" shots that, instead of feeling creative or intellectual, just feel incredibly stupid. And I'm not one to throw the word "stupid" around, but... I don't know how else to describe how obnoxious and annoying I found the film from the get go. I don't care how scientifically accurate this is, no. I just care that the dialogue and directing really range from mediocre to atrocious. There are a few decent scenes, but few and far in between. The car chase is an example, like if it was a scene taken from another actually-decent action flick. I will say that the second half is at least a bit better than the first.
Scarlett Johansson has been on a roll lately, and I'm a fan of her. But the reason it took me so long to warm up to her is because while I generally like her very much in her more subdued, quiet or more natural roles (Lost in Translation, Under the Skin) she has the tendency to just not be as convincing in more melodramatic, showier roles. Oh yes, she's pretty bad once her character here gets her powers, totally unconvincing at playing the emotionless aspect. She's supposed to play Lucy as if she has no emotions, but instead it comes across as her trying desperately to convince us that she has no emotions. But before Lucy gets her powers, she's also pretty bad, totally unconvincing and probably more laughably bad when she's trying to play a woman with fear for her life. What a misfire of a performance, although the girl tries hard enough and isn't nearly as obnoxious and as downright ugly as the film around her.