Lucy
Published 2014-12-27
Film info
- Title Lucy
- Director Luc Besson
- Year 2014
- Run time 1hr 39m
- Genres Science Fiction, Action
- Tagline The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.
- Cast Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman
Luc Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:37 | Don't trust anyone who says "You trust me, don't you?" |
| 7:00 | What a situation to find yourself in. And really could happen, anyone could put a suitcase on your wrist, I guess. |
| 12:28 | Dyson gadget in the background. So covet that. |
| 16:13 | Yea, Morgan Freeman! One of those who just lights up the screen. |
| 20:06 | Can't believe I didn't know Julian R-T was in this. Great cast so far. |
| 22:19 | Immortality vs reproduction. I know which I choose. |
| 28:10 | "100%? I've no idea." |
| 39:03 | Nice sequence with the classical music on top. |
| 41:31 | Oh, Paris. |
| 44:48 | "I'm colonising my own brain." |
| 47:12 | I would very much like to have Morgan available to call for a bit of wisdom occasionally. |
| 49:43 | French man saying "capsule" is cute. |
| 56:56 | She knocked out a room of people by lifting a hand. That's epic power. |
| 59:48 | Peugeot police car. |
| 1:02:12 | Poor local police. Every time! |
| 1:07:45 | "She's a witch." |
| 1:09:54 | Time is the key to everything. Thus time travel is the best. That's my maths, anyway. |
| 1:21:52 | She went all that way to 100% and all we got was this lousy USB stick. |
| 1:22:50 | "...Now you know what to do with it." Uh.... back up regularly? |
Thoughts
This felt very much like watching Transcendence - a unique idea that had to be handled correctly to get the best out of it. Transcendence almost managed it, going a bit wonky only towards the end. Lucy went wrong almost from the very start. Aside from the fact that the science is a myth, and thus the whole premise is a bit off, there's not an awful lot going on in the film.
Scarlett doesn't have a lot to work with, transformed almost immediately into some kind of robotic, emotionless other-worldly being. Morgan Freeman is his usual excellent self but doesn't really fit into the story easily.
I like that it ramped up, with the percentage increasing, and quite liked some of the effects, but ultimately it didn't make a lot of sense and just wasn't very interesting.
Rating: 1 / 5