Lucy (2014)

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Director:

Luc Besson

Writer:

Luc Besson

Stars:

Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi

1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scarlett Johansson	...	Lucy
Morgan Freeman	...	Professor Norman
Min-sik Choi	...	Mr. Jang
Amr Waked	...	Pierre Del Rio
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	The Limey
Pilou Asbæk	...	Richard
Analeigh Tipton	...	Caroline
Nicolas Phongpheth	...	Jii
Jan Oliver Schroeder	...	German Mule
Luca Angeletti	...	Italian Mule
Loïc Brabant	...	Professor
Pierre Grammont	...	Professor
Pierre Poirot	...	Professor
Bertrand Quoniam	...	Professor
Pascal Loison	...	Drug Addict

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | brain capacity | fictional drug | synthetic drug | tough girl | 

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Taglines:

Open your mind, expand your potential, evolve.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, and sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [Italy] Official Facebook [Japan]

Country:

France Germany USA Taiwan

Language:

English Mandarin French Italian German Spanish Korean

Release Date:

25 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lucy

Filming Locations:

Studios de Paris, La Cité du Cinéma, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$43,899,340, 27 July 2014

Gross USA:

$126,663,600

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$458,863,600

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production, Grive Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite widely published reports that Angelina Jolie was originally cast as the lead, but dropped out, Luc Besson has since denied them and admitted that he only met with a couple of actresses to discuss playing the lead role. He says when he saw how strongly Scarlett Johansson reacted to the story, she immediately landed the part.

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Goofs

Lucy tells Pierre that the mules have the drug hidden in their intestines, but the trafficking method employed by Mr Jang instead involves surgical implantation of the drug package inside the abdominal cavity. Lucy should have known the difference by this point.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lucy: [narrating] Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it?

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Connections

Features Le syndrome du Titanic (2009)

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Soundtracks

Single Barrel (Sling the Decks)
Written by Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan (as Kenneth Jordan)
Performed by The Crystal Method
Published by The Crystal Method Partnership
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd
Courtesy of Tiny e Records

User Reviews

Unusual, interesting and highly entertaining

Normally I don't write reviews but these movie differed so much from what people told me I fell compelled to give my opinion. Because of the bad reviews I didn't expect anything at all. In fact, I expected a killer heroine who would beat her adversaries to pulp. However, I got an extremely interesting, unusual and highly entertaining story, that I found quite fascinating. Of course, it's completely unrealistically, but the whole idea is quite funny and unusual. I generally like movies which manage to introduce new ideas or differ from the same old boring patterns (Iron Man 12, Final Destination 14, Transformers 8). Lucy does that. Its just, well, cool. I absolutely enjoyed the Science Fiction aspects and seeing Lucy developing her powers was just pure gold. So if you don't break into tears because the movie operates on ridiculous scientific premises, watch it and have fun. It's different, it's interesting and its extremely entertaining.