Movie Review: Lucy

The other night, I happened to get the chance to see two movies. One of them was Lucy, starting Scarlett Johansson. Lucy was a woman who had been mistreated and abused. With a drug lord using her as a courier by sewing the drugs inside of her, her life takes a turn.

The drug was an experimental new street drug, and the bag ruptured inside of her when she was beat up by people she delivered the drugs to. Gradually, she was able to use more and more of her mind, and the movie shows us the effect that this had on her. That is basically the premise of this movie.

Lucy isn't really looking for retribution, but there are other couriers being used in the same way. She is looking to get the drugs they were carrying in order to complete her transformation to 100% use of her brain. Of course, the drug lord isn't planning to let her get away with his product.

Morgan Freeman plays a professor who we see giving a seminar on how much brain power humans use compared to animals and how things would be different if they used more. He has his theories, but no proof. He kind of acts as a narrator as Lucy goes through her transformation. Eventually, she seeks him out.

The concept isn't bad, and neither are the effects. It's not a bad movie, but it almost feels like this could have been used as a plot on a show like The X Files. The transformation of Lucy pretty much is the story. She's almost indifferent to the drug lord who is pursuing her. I guess having her wipe him and his men out in the blink of an eye would have left them with more minutes to fill.

Trailer For Lucy