Lucy

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Lucy

R

2014

1h 29m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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When a boyfriend tricks Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) into delivering a briefcase to a supposed business contact, the once-carefree student is abducted by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug mule. She is surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical, but it leaks into her system, giving her superhuman abilities, including telekinesis and telepathy. With her former captors in pursuit, Lucy seeks out a neurologist (Morgan Freeman), who she hopes will be able to help her.

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Critics Consensus

Enthusiastic and silly, Lucy powers through the movie's logic gaps with cheesy thrills plus Scarlett Johansson's charm -- and mostly succeeds at it.

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Emily St. James

Vox

09/26/2016

It's a film that takes great delight in her essentially co-opting a long series of tropes and storylines typically reserved for men in stories of this type, which is an old trope in the feminist action movie wheelhouse.

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David Sims

The Atlantic

09/22/2016

let it grab you by the noodle and zap you into its whacked-out vision of human existence. You'll feel much better for it, I promise.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

Say what you will about 'Lucy,' which is an absurdly silly and sometimes aggressively stupid movie, but it's at least interested in showing us something new.

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Sean Axmaker

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05/06/2023

It's basically a fantasy wrapped in the guise of science and used as an excuse for an action thriller, but what a thriller. This is a kinetic explosion at its best with Johansson striding through it with a sense of drive and assuredness...

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

01/24/2023

Lucy‘s two strands co-exist, intercut but separate; the pleasure is in ricocheting between two incompatible elements for an entire movie, making those blunt opening juxtapositions surprisingly indicative of what’s to come.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/05/2022

2.5/4

Besson packs a lot of ideas into the brief 89-minute runtime, but he should've spent another 20 minutes on character development.

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Ansh AJ

@RT85621263 2d

Great story about what happens if we humans used full potential of our brain, we can turn into a more superior and apex being or even the most perfect being, the God ! Highly recommended for all movie enthusiasts seeking an enthralling and unique cinematic experience!

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Jens B

@Jens97 Jul 3

Wow… I’ve never seen Scarlett Johansson give such a bad performance as she does in *Lucy*. Named after the famous hominid fossil, the film sees Luc Besson attempting to blend philosophy, action, and visual spectacle—and failing so spectacularly that it’s a sheer delight. It starts with the editing choices, moves on to a truly moronic script, and culminates in what is arguably the shittiest-looking car chase I’ve ever seen. Hats off! That all sounds very negative, but with the right dose of CPH4 (or other substances that let you use 100% of your brain), you can actually have fun with this piece of junk. Plus, it only runs for 89 minutes. The only embarrassing part for everyone involved is having *Lucy* on their résumé. Cheers!

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power E

@torturecide Jun 30

借大脑潜能神话，呈现从感官牢笼到纯粹意识的演化。露西初获超感，剥离情感，看似尼采的"超人"，旋即超越权力意志。知识饱和致个体消融，悲悯与恐惧被绝对理性取代，这并非进化，而是逼近斯宾诺莎那无限永恒的实体——她成了"无我之眼"，见宇宙为信息洪流。电影真正的主角是时间。露西说："时间才是真正的度量单位。"呼应柏格森的"绵延"。当她化作无形计算机，说出"我无处不在"，非死亡，而是存在形式的跃迁——从碳基生命到硅基记忆，与宇宙共振。笛卡尔的"我思故我在"遂改写成"我传故我在"，生命意义归于知识传递。《超体》的哲学拼贴虽驳杂，却迫使我们追问：意识终点若为消融自我、汇入无尽时间之河，这形骸之外的狂飙，是解放还是虚无？答案浪漫而冷峻——存在即痕迹，唯时间永恒

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Garrett J

@Garjen Jun 29

I like sci-fi but this movie missed the mark.

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Richard P

@SonicBudgie Jun 28

Some of these reviews are funny. I remember speaking to someone about Blair Witch, and they said they didn't like it when they found out that it wasn't real! It's the same with this, it's 90 minutes or so of gun slinging, telekinetic nonsense. I'm quite sure the director and cast didn't set out to change the world or re-write human history. Sit back, switch off your brain, and watch it for the sake of some OTT entertainment, and to the naysayers, do lighten up a little!

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James M

@LizardKing75 Jun 27

Even ScarJo with her great acting couldn’t save this atrocity

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Synopsis

When a boyfriend tricks Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) into delivering a briefcase to a supposed business contact, the once-carefree student is abducted by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug mule. She is surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical, but it leaks into her system, giving her superhuman abilities, including telekinesis and telepathy. With her former captors in pursuit, Lucy seeks out a neurologist (Morgan Freeman), who she hopes will be able to help her.

Director: Luc Besson
Producer: Virginie Silla
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Cine+, Canal+, TF1 Films Productions, EuropaCorp
Rating: R (Sexuality|Disturbing Images|Strong Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $126.5M
Runtime: 1h 29m