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Lucy (2014)

Directed by Luc Besson

Science Fiction | Action | Crime

Most recently watched by VicnaLobster, sensoria, JohnPeel, archstanton43, zombiefreak, CaptainBigTime, seanCduregger, schofizzy

Overview

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

Rated R | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Scarlett Johansson | Morgan Freeman | Choi Min-sik | Amr Waked | Julian Rhind-Tutt | Pilou Asbæk | Analeigh Tipton | Shin Yoo-ram | Seo Chong-ju | Nicolas Phongpheth | Paul Lefèvre | Jan Oliver Schroeder | Luca Angeletti | Pierre Poirot | Pierre Grammont | Bertrand Quoniam | Loïc Brabant | Pascal Loison | Pierre Gérard | Isabelle Cagnat | Frédéric Chau | Claire Tran | François Legrand | Bob Martet | Alexis Rangheard | Tonio Descanvelle | Julien Personnaz | Christophe Lavalle | Renaud Cestre | Thibault Segouin | Matthew Bravais | Claire Zaniolo | Alessandro Giallocosta | Wolfgang Pissors | Sifan Shao | Paul Chan | Chou Chung-Wei | Huan Jhih-Cyuan | I. Cheng-Sheng | Frank Ma | Tseng Sheng-En | Liu Hsieh-Min | Sandra Abouav | Abel Aboualiten | Ken Lin | Hsing Feng | Hao-Hsiang Hsu | Laura D'Arista | Eunyul Hong | Samuel Churin | Mason Lee | Mohammad Aslam Ansari | Kevin Dust | Diego Llano | Timothy Reevis | Jaysson Reyes De La Cruz | German Tintaya Mamani | Kanneti Sawe Han | Cédric Chevalme

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Viewing Notes

Wow, even more absurd than I imagined. Actually I didn’t imagine it would be this absurd but holy hell this is nuts. In fact I’m giving this the batshit tag for that final sequence. What I love the most is that Besson retains much of his stylish sensibilities within this purely science fiction actioner. Many of the flourishes have his hand all over them so much so that if I didn’t know he was involved I would have suspected this was his work.

The sound/music cues, the camera angles, the character movements are all Besson. Scarlett Johansson works this ridiculous material so well you want to believe this is how it would go down. Didn’t know that Choi Min-sik was in this movie so that was a pleasant surprise. I also love that these Koreans are holed up in Taipei.

Another fine performance by Morgan Freeman as Morgan Freeman.

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