Based
on one of the most commonly believed yet scientifically bogus myth, Lucy builds
a truly mind shattering experience which at one point science and mythology
becomes one and entertainment emerges. The steady build up of the plot along
with the interesting narrative explanation of facts (most of the time is not
true but feels like real) and the mix of well executed action sequences makes
Lucy a sci fi action hybrid flick that can either go north or south for the
fans.
Lucy
a carefree students life instantly change when she forcefully turned to a drug
mule to a ruthless drug organization. But when the new drug mixes with her
system by accident her brain utilization reaches a record high. With her newly discovered
mind-body capacity Lucy sets to make things right while she can.
Lucy
is not the first movie that worked on the theory of the small percentage of
common brain usage. Limitless (2011) did a wonderful job with it and the plot
somewhat similar to Lucy when it comes to drug boosting brain activity. However
Lucy takes a unique approach at it’s story telling and combined with the
appearance of Scarlett Johansson it become more interesting. I don’t think
there is a movie fan who don’t like to see Johansson in tight skirts holding
two guns and with a heavy does of drugs in her system!
While
Lucy is entertaining and provides lot of theories, insights and visually
delighting scenes back to back there are many places it doesn’t stand out that
well. The most obvious one is the lack of science though Lucy profoundly places
it self as a science fiction. What the director Luc Besson has done is picking
up a myth and converting it to scientific terms but not scientifically proving
a fact. All of the rest is assumptions and eye candy. But the viewers are
effortlessly made to overlook the facts and believe in the movie (Just like
“Gravity” did so well in 2013) and get involved in the twisted reality. In
terms of doing that Lucy is a success. But if it was based more on science
based theories than mythology it would have being great. And Lucy is a reminder
that not all movies can be like Matrix.
Genre:
Sci Fi | Action
Director
: Luc Besson
-Priyantha
Bandara
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