It was a great concept, but it was just so weird! It was simply bizarre.
Scarlet Johansson plays the protagonist, Lucy, who is kidnapped and used as a drug mule. The new drug seeps into her system, which enables her to use more and more and more of her brain.
She is able to manipulate everything from pain tolerence to technology. She even pulls some solid Matrix moves.
It would have been a great as a short film… It’s almost as though it should have been an arty film festival film. The mere fact it ha Johansson and Freeman in it threw it into the Hollywood sphere. I don’t think it belongs there though. It attracts the kind of audience who want an awesome sci-fi film, when it should attract the deep-and-meaningful film analysts.
Some parts of the script were super cool, particularly in regards to how people have evolved, how we think and behave.
Other parts were plain odd.
Basically, this movie isn’t what you think it will be like. The trailer advertises a Hollywood action sci-fi, when in fact it’s mind-bender with a screwed up ending.
Jodie’s rating: 4/10
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