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RE: Lucy- Luc Besson- (spoilers)

Posted by user510 on January 31, 2015 at 10:26:17:
Yes. I thought Scarlett carried the film. And that was quite a task considering how weak this material is.
What was it....
oh yes. Lucy, through no fault of her own, becomes a drug mule for Korean gangsters. And these Korean gangsters happen to be headquartered in Taipee, Taiwan. Go figure.
The drug is called "synthetic cph4"...a synthesis of a natural metabolic enzyme that occurs within pregnancy and is, as is said within the film, responsible for the formation/creation of various parts of the growing fetus, like bone tissue as one example.
Through a weakly setup pretext Lucy is kicked in the stomach by a sadistic guard in the cell where she is being held. (also there is no explanation as to why she is being held there). The kick ruptures the bag of drugs just recently surgically inserted into her intestine. Some of the cph4 (in the form of a blue crystaline powder) leaks out and the next thing we see, Lucy is writhing in pain while lying one her back.....on the ceiling. Yes....that is on the ceiling.
Next thing we know, Lucy recovers from her initial pain spasms, climbs down off the ceiling and then assumes a posture completely different from her former self. She is now composed and plotting out her next moves. She escapes the cell by luring an obviously stupid guard into a vulnerable position, and then incapacitates him through her newly acquired martial arts skills. All this from having this synthetic enzyme leak into her system. See where this is going? If so, I don't need to explain the rest. But I'll continue just because.
So...I completely forgot about suspending my disbelief, because that was impossible. But the film was very fast paced and action filled. The movie does seem to explode/or is it 'pop' from one scene to the next and it does so in an entertaining fashion. No time to get bored.
Before you know it the movie concludes with a result that is not entirely surprising.
Oh yes. One important aspect of this story. It states from the beginning scenes that the human brain only actually makes use of approximately 10% of its capacity. The movie says that with some help from the obligatory Scientist, played by Morgan Freeman, as he presents his ideas in front of an audience filled with other scholars. Through Freeman's character the movie speculates what might happen if the human brain could be utilized to its full (100%) capacity. And this is what the film "Lucy" means to shows us.
And I must say that the film comes nowhere close to delivering on the initial premise. Weak stuff. But Lucy is still fun to watch because Scarlett J. is fun to watch. The action never stops, the pace is quick and the movie is mercifully short.
-Steve