Lucy - 24/08/2014
When Scarlett Johansson's Lucy has a new chemical prototype drug surgically implanted into her intestine, you know things are going to go wrong. After a kidnapping on the way to the airport and the bag ruptures, the chemical compound is released into Lucy's body opening up the hypothetical 90% of brain function that we humans tend not to use.
Similar to the Limitless story line with a science fiction twist, Lucy slowly gains "special abilities" such as telekinesis, clairvoyance, mind manipulation, and transformation to name a few. Set in a Luc Besson Paris full of action and high speed chases, Lucy is an enjoyable film. Not groundbreaking, but definitely enjoyable.
SJ seems to be dominating the screen at the moment and the end of this film seemed to be a prequel to Her, if you watch these back to back you may get where I am going with this.
Morgan Freeman is the brains that Lucy seeks out to pass her knowledge onto and as always plays his role brilliantly, Min-Sik Choi is also superb as the big bad. As Lucy gains more and more brain functionality she seems to lose more of her humanity, and SJ plays this really well. Lucy becomes more robotic as the film progresses, in the opposite direction to the role in "Under The Skin"
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