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Lucy

Play trailer Poster for Lucy R Released Jul 25, 2014 1h 28m Action Mystery & Thriller Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 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. Sep 26, 2016 Full Review David Sims The Atlantic 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. Sep 22, 2016 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire 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. Jun 18, 2016 Full Review Alejandro Turdó EscribiendoCine Perhaps the intellectual side of the film arrives a little too late after so much action and does not withstand analysis, but it is enough to elevate a genre film born from an enormous What If... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 May 9, 2023 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 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... May 6, 2023 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 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. Jan 24, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blobbo X Crazy action movie capture Blobbo whole blob-brain whole time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/04/24 Full Review Felix L I thought I could watch a movie just for how beautiful the star is, but I just couldn’t get through the dumb dialogue, the pointless animations, and the contrived and self important plot. Typed this review just before I shut it off, barely made it to 40 minutes Urgh Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/24 Full Review MrAnjinn P Probably the best Sci-Fi movie I've seen in 60 years. Lucy enlightens you into the realms of space, time, and opens your mind to so many possibilities about life. There were the car chases, shoot outs, and other excitement you find in movies that are able to to produce 10 times the cost of their production like this one has, but the script goes a lot deeper then you would expect. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Jonathan S Nonsensical, fun sci-fi. Lots of exciting stuff. I hope Morgan Freeman just kept his mind on the paycheck - not a demanding part. Some people found the film deep. Heaven help us. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Idiotic nonsense. Pure fantasy. Campy fun. Think high budget b movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review G P Absolutely loved this. This was a brilliant movie that needs a trilogy. Being us more please. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Screenwriter
Luc Besson
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Cine+, EuropaCorp, Canal+, TF1 Films Productions
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 28m
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