Lucy (2014)

Directed by

Luc Besson

Genre

drama film, action film, science fiction film, biopunk, girls with guns

Country

France

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 17,165 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Taipei gets caught up in a drug smuggling operation and is forced to carry a powerful new substance inside her body. When the drug leaks into her system, she gains superhuman mental abilities and sets out to find the other carriers and the scientist who can help her understand what is happening.

fast-pacedaction-packedmind-bendingphilosophicaltensevisually stylishsci-fiempowering

What happens

Lucy is a 2014 English-language French science fiction action film written and directed by Luc Besson for his company EuropaCorp, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It was shot in Taipei, Paris, and New York City. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked. Johansson portrays Lucy, a woman who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic, psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. The film was released on 25 July 2014 and became a massive box office success, grossing over $469 million worldwide, more than eleven times the budget of $40 million. It received generally positive, but also polarized, critical reviews. Although praise was given for its themes, visuals, and Johansson's performance, many critics found the plot nonsensical, especially its focus on the ten-percent-of-the-brain myth and resulting abilities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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