Lucy 2014

Rated 15
3.5/5  Some of the science was too unrealistic.


Lucy is used as a drug mule to carry a highly crazy-shit blue substance from Korea into Europe. Whilst carrying said substance, a leakage of the packet occurs, and Lucy is able to use more and more of her cerebral capacity.

Scarlett Johansson is pretty damn sick in this film - her alien vibes as her brain state goes through changes are perfect and hilarious at times.
Morgan Freeman co-stars as brain-lecturer and helps brain-host-Lucy with long pauses and good acting.

The first half, I feel, runs a lot smoother than the second, as awesome shit happens without being too ridiculous. - Most of the crazy brain science is (unsurprisingly) not supposed to be taken seriously. It began how expected, with the twists and turns getting more and more insane. Still worth a watch if course.

With it being set in many a different country and the editing together of jump cuts it has a very different vibe to most Hollywood films and (if this makes any sense) has a European vibe. It was filmed by Luc Besson after all.

Choi Min-Sik and Amr Waked, who played a mobster and police officer respectively, are awesome actors and have awesome roles for non-protagonist roles. Yes? I think that makes sense. They played what they were given expertly.

The SFX are pretty sick, as well as the fight scenes - but with it's strange half refrences to God (with The Creation of Adam hand gesture) the film ended in a kind of Donnie Darko-esque silence/confusion.