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Lucy

- The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Release Date : 2014-07-25

Language :MandarinEnglishFrenchSpanishKorean

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : EuropaCorpCanal+Ciné+TF1 Films Production

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Scarlett Johansson

Character Name : Lucy Miller

Original Name : Scarlett Johansson

Gender : Female

Morgan Freeman

Character Name : Professor Samuel Norman

Original Name : Morgan Freeman

Gender : Male

Choi Min-sik

Character Name : Mr. Jang

Original Name : 최민식

Gender : Male

Amr Waked

Character Name : Pierre Del Rio

Original Name : Amr Waked

Gender : Male

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Character Name : The Limey

Original Name : Julian Rhind-Tutt

Gender : Male

Pilou Asbæk

Character Name : Richard

Original Name : Pilou Asbæk

Gender : Male

Lio Tipton

Character Name : Caroline

Original Name : Lio Tipton

Gender : Male

Shin Yoo-ram

Character Name : Jang's Lieutenant

Original Name : Shin Yoo-ram

Gender : Male

Seo Chong-ju

Character Name : Jang's Lieutenant

Original Name : Seo Chong-ju

Gender : Male

Nicolas Phongpheth

Character Name : Jii

Original Name : Nicolas Phongpheth

Gender : Male

Paul Lefèvre

Character Name : French Mule

Original Name : Paul Lefèvre

Gender : Male

Jan Oliver Schroeder

Character Name : German Mule

Original Name : Jan Oliver Schroeder

Gender : Male

Luca Angeletti

Character Name : Italian Mule

Original Name : Luca Angeletti

Gender : Male

Pierre Poirot

Character Name : Professor

Original Name : Pierre Poirot

Gender : Male

Pierre Grammont

Character Name : Professor

Original Name : Pierre Grammont

Gender : Male

Bertrand Quoniam

Character Name : Professor

Original Name : Bertrand Quoniam

Gender : Male

Loïc Brabant

Character Name : Professor

Original Name : Loïc Brabant

Gender : Male

Pascal Loison

Character Name : Drug Addict

Original Name : Pascal Loison

Gender : Male

Pierre Gérard

Character Name : Airport Doctor

Original Name : Pierre Gérard

Gender : Male

Isabelle Cagnat

Character Name : Airport Nurse

Original Name : Isabelle Cagnat

Gender : Female

Frédéric Chau

Character Name : Cabin Manager

Original Name : Frédéric Chau

Gender : Male

Claire Tran

Character Name : Flight Attendant

Original Name : Claire Tran

Gender : Female

François Legrand

Character Name : Business Man Plane

Original Name : François Legrand

Gender : Male

Bob Martet

Character Name : Customs Officer

Original Name : Bob Martet

Gender : Male

Alexis Rangheard

Character Name : Cop Robert

Original Name : Alexis Rangheard

Gender : Male

Tonio Descanvelle

Character Name : Cop Sergeant

Original Name : Tonio Descanvelle

Gender : Male

Julien Personnaz

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Julien Personnaz

Gender : Male

Christophe Lavalle

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Christophe Lavalle

Gender : Male

Renaud Cestre

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Renaud Cestre

Gender : Male

Thibault Segouin

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Thibault Segouin

Gender : Male

Matthew Bravais

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Matthew Bravais

Gender : Male

Claire Zaniolo

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Claire Zaniolo

Gender : Male

Alessandro Giallocosta

Character Name : Marco Brezzi

Original Name : Alessandro Giallocosta

Gender : Male

Wolfgang Pissors

Character Name : Berlin Custom Officer

Original Name : Wolfgang Pissors

Gender : Male

Sifan Shao

Character Name : Chinese Doctor

Original Name : Sifan Shao

Gender : Male

Paul Chan

Character Name : Taipei Surgeon

Original Name : Paul Chan

Gender : Male

Chou Chung-Wei

Character Name : Jang's Man

Original Name : Chou Chung-Wei

Gender : Male

Huan Jhih-Cyuan

Character Name : Jang's Man

Original Name : Huan Jhih-Cyuan

Gender : Male

I. Cheng-Sheng

Character Name : Jang's Man

Original Name : I. Cheng-Sheng

Gender : Male

Frank Ma

Character Name : Jang's Man

Original Name : Frank Ma

Gender : Male

Tseng Sheng-En

Character Name : Jang's Man

Original Name : Tseng Sheng-En

Gender : Male

Liu Hsieh-Min

Character Name : Mahjong Room Man

Original Name : Liu Hsieh-Min

Gender : Male

Sandra Abouav

Character Name : Prehistoric Lucy

Original Name : Sandra Abouav

Gender : Male

Abel Aboualiten

Character Name : Prehistoric Man

Original Name : Abel Aboualiten

Gender : Male

Ken Lin

Character Name : Regent Hotel Concierge #1

Original Name : Ken Lin

Gender : Male

Hsing Feng

Character Name : Lucy's Driver

Original Name : Hsing Feng

Gender : Male

Hsu Hao-hsiang

Character Name : Warehouse Man Driver

Original Name : Hao-Hsiang Hsu

Gender : Male

Laura D'Arista

Character Name : Lucy's Mother (voice)

Original Name : Laura D'Arista

Gender : Male

Eunyul Hong

Character Name : Phone Voice Royal Suite (voice)

Original Name : Eunyul Hong

Gender : Male

Samuel Churin

Character Name : The Receptionist

Original Name : Samuel Churin

Gender : Male

Mason Lee

Character Name : Regent Hotel Concierge #2

Original Name : Mason Lee

Gender : Male

Mohammad Aslam Ansari

Character Name : Fakir

Original Name : Mohammad Aslam Ansari

Gender : Male

Kevin Dust

Character Name : American Native Indian

Original Name : Kevin Dust

Gender : Male

Diego Llano

Character Name : American Native Indian

Original Name : Diego Llano

Gender : Male

Timothy Reevis

Character Name : American Native Indian

Original Name : Timothy Reevis

Gender : Male

Jaysson Reyes De La Cruz

Character Name : American Native Indian

Original Name : Jaysson Reyes De La Cruz

Gender : Male

German Tintaya Mamani

Character Name : American Native Indian

Original Name : German Tintaya Mamani

Gender : Male

Kanneti Sawe Han

Character Name : Rubik's Cube Boy

Original Name : Kanneti Sawe Han

Gender : Male

Cédric Chevalme

Character Name : Cop Daniel

Original Name : Cédric Chevalme

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Matthew Sanders

@matthew1

2021-06-23

There is no excuse for basing a screenplay on taking seriously a well known urban myth and writing it as if the audience believes the myth. Did no one up the entire production line step out and call bullshit on the discredited 'we only use 10% of our brain,' idea? I am so embarrassed by seeing actors I admire, Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman, deliver solid performances on the basis of an idea at which most people laugh.

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Andres Gomez

@tanty

2021-06-23

I've also struggled to appreciate several o Luc Besson's movies but this is is by far the worst one. A lot of jibber-jabber bullshit with sexy Scarlett Johansson, lots of FX, predictable ending in Paris and a pointless car race on its streets. Better spend your time on something else ...

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Ignorance brings chaos, not knowledge. Lucy is one of those films that brings about furious reactions, it is after all a science fiction type action thriller. They always divide film fans right from the off. It's a film that to all intents and purposes needs to be viewed just as a cinematic experience, as a piece of popcorn fodder that may try to be something more cerebral, but ultimately is a daft - but hugely fun - piece of film. Luc Besson writes and directs a film that sees Scarlett Johansson duped into being a drug mule, with the transportation of drugs sewn into her abdomen. It's a new drug, boy is it a new drug, and when things go belly up and the drugs are unleashed into Scarlett's system, she's a threat - or hope - to mankind. It can be, and has been, called pretentious et al, such is the science factor, which is perfectly understandable, so any hope of tight science fiction musings will only end up in a crushing disappointment. Undeniably Besson and his backers thought they had something to say, to open up the film watchers' minds to something deep and probable, to be relevant and viable. But unlike the makers we the viewers didn't have access to donepezil, so we sadly couldn't all turn into Bradley Cooper and be limitless in our viewing capabilities. Personally, it's a rollicking fun film for two thirds, when it's about Scarlett kicking butt, a revenge driven babe, it grips and shakes all the genre compliant cinematic senses. The ending, the grand finale, infuriated me, and by the looks of Morgan Freeman (coasting for easy money), he was also a little frustrated. But I had fun, yet on the flip side if anyone fronted me up and said they hated the film with a passion? Then I would understand and take them home to play with my chemistry set. 7/10

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Per Gunnar Jonsson

@Dark Jedi

2024-05-16

A lot of people appears to have gotten into some hate-mode when watching this movie. I guess they did not check up what the movie was really about before watching it. The movie is not perfect, it has its flaws, but a 1 or 2 star bullshit rating is hugely unfair. Personally, I really liked this movie. It is science fiction, pure and simple. If you expect science without the fiction, well then you should go and see some other movie. With Luc Besson both writing and directing and statements like “merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic” in the blurb … well I got pretty much what I expected. The movie starts off making you think it is a “simple” revenge story with science fiction elements in the form of the superhuman Lucy. However it gradually evolves into something else. Lucy knows that she cannot survive in her new state and it becomes a quest to preserve the knowledge that she has acquired while she still has the time and at the same time dodging the drug dealers that are the cause of her situation in the first place. Lucy is great. Her powers and how they develop are awesome. I really like surprise effects in movies and books of the kind that you get when someone like Lucy reveals her powers to the “mundane”. Especially when the revealing means swatting a few bad guys. This movie is full of moments like that. It is quite a roller coaster ride of action with Lucy exhibiting her growing powers. Not too surprisingly the movie is also full of scientific bullshit and plot holes. I do not really care. I’m in for the ride and it is a fun ride. Scarlett Johansson is very good in her role as Lucy. Most of the other actors are ok although the Asian drug boss could have been better. He came out more like a brainless thug than anything else. Certainly not as the mastermind of a criminal organization. The ending was a bit unsatisfactory compared to the rest of the movie though. I was a bit disappointed that the big fight at the end more or less was done without Lucy. The long cinematic sequences where Lucy wondered about in time and space felt a bit like yawn-filler-material. The actual ending, well that “I am everywhere” bit was really been there, seen that, done that. Also, if she was indeed everywhere, why the hurry to create that fancy memory stick? Anyway, apart from that I really enjoyed this movie.

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Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

_**Time to GROW UP**_ "Lucy" (2014) is about an average hot babe named Lucy, played by Scarlett Johansson, who increasingly taps into her mind's full capacity and, consequently, acquires superhuman powers (or are they just fully-human powers?). She hooks up with the leading expert on the human mind (Morgan Freeman) to share her discoveries and also teams-up with a Paris police captain (Amr Waked) to destroy the malevolent schemes of an arrogant Asian mob boss (Min-sik Choi). It should be emphasized that this is not comic book superhero movie (Don't we have enough of those yet?), it's an ordinary-person-reaching-full-human-potential movie. There were two of these in the mid-90s, "Powder" (1995) and "Phenomenon" (1996). They're both good, but the latter played it too safe, particularly at the end, while "Powder" reached for greatness and got a finger in. Francis Ford Coppola added his take on the genre with 2007's "Youth Without Youth," a dense film with many interesting elements; too bad he forgot to include an entertaining story. "Lucy" is the best of these and is, in fact, one of my all-time favorite movies. "Lucy" includes the mindfood of Coppola's film, but doesn't forget to be entertaining. As such, the film mixes interesting, inspiring elements with thrills, action, eye candy and ear candy (a notable score). On top of this, "Lucy" is stylish and "hip," whatever that means; in other words, it's got pizzazz. Some complain that the film is flawed because it's based on the notion that we only use 10% of our brain power, but this is only a plot device to illustrate that most people are functioning way under their potential and are obsessed with usually worthless things and blowing precious time accordingly. Take, for instance, the people who blow hour upon hour of valuable time watching sports. Viewing a game here or there is great, but these types have lost all sense of moderation. Or how about those who feel they have to numb themselves with alcohol or drugs just to have a good time? They're, in essence, running away from reality. What's funny about this criticism that the film's based on humans only using 10% of their brain power is that, in most cases, the number's more like 1-2%. Lol, just kidding. (Or am I?) In regards to Lucy's powers illustrated in the film, and the other films noted above, I've had my own run-ins with such phenomena. For instance, about seven years ago I was in bed having an intense dream when my wife burst into the room to wake me up. The smoke alarm outside the door was blaring like crazy, but there was no smoke or fire or heat. The potent energy evoked by my dream obviously set it off because, as soon as I awoke, it suddenly stopped. If there was any doubt, the same thing happened the next week. What can explain this except the untapped power of the mind and focused energy? Another example comes to mind, albeit different: when I was around 8 years old my family and I were walking the trails of Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis when we came to the edge of a baseball field. As soon as we entered the outfield somehow I just knew that the current batter was going to hit the ball and it was going to hit me right in the face. I knew this but I didn't know how I knew it. I just knew. Next thing you know the batter hits the ball high into the air -- it was like slow-motion -- and it came and hit me right on the cheek! (Good thing it was a softball, huh?). How did I KNOW this was going to happen? I don't know, but it's pretty amazing and it shows the power of the mind and spirit to warn us, which some call intuition. Less spectacular is something that I experience every day with my wife: One of us will be thinking something and give voice to it and the other says, "I was thinking the exact same thing." What's going on? We're picking up each other's immaterial thoughts, otherwise known as telepathy. What if we developed this further? Other paranormal phenomena featured in the story include psychokinesis, extraordinary empathy and what the Bible calls "the word of knowledge." Although they're exaggerated in the film, they're REAL. "Lucy" is inspiring in that it's an encouragement to GROW UP. As Lucy evolves she stops at her apartment and runs into her roommate, who's the typical bimbo party girl who spends too much of her free time "partying" and pursuing a "cute guy with nice buns" (or however she puts it). Not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with these things, except that these people obsess over them and they become their PURPOSE for living. Whatever happened to "All things in moderation"? The beginning of the movie shows that Lucy was just like her roommate but something happened and... she GREW UP. My praise of the movie's philosophical and theological ideas shouldn't be interpreted to mean that I agree with every jot and tittle. It's a sci-fi/thriller blockbuster, after all; it's just that this one has more interesting ideas than most. Secondly, who agrees with everyone about everything? Is that even healthy? Needless to say, I love "Lucy"! The film doesn't wear out its welcome at a mere 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot in Taiwan, France and a German airport. GRADE: A

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Rob

@Arcanum101

2023-06-01

It would be easy to say this is a bad movie, if you wanted to be narrow-minded, but if you're willing to give it a chance it's really pretty good. Not great, but good. It comes at you head-on with some pretty cool and unusual perspectives. I mean, a philosophical action movie. You don't see many of those around. Ok, the philosophy falls short because the script just isn't clever enough but, it's a nice idea. And making the lead a woman was a bold touch. Bring the popcorn but keep a couple of your brain cells awake too. Oh, and if you honestly believe the myth that humans don't use 100% of their brains then there are a few scientists you need to talk to.