Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by kSpace (A) on July 26, 2014 at 14:51:11

In Reply to: RE: "Lucy:" Scarlett Johansson stars in Luc Besson's latest sci-fi action film. Kinda. Actually, like in cuisine, posted by tinear on July 25, 2014 at 13:17:01

It was a relatively enjoyable mashup of "Unlimited" "2001" "The Matrix" "Femme Nikita" and "Transcendence". However, there were so many holes in the narrative that I found it hard to stop being a critic during the film.

For example:

The 10% brain capacity idea has long been discredited and seriously undermines the premise of the film.

Also, there is absolutely no back story on the drug - making it very confusing as to why the bad guys didn't just take the drug themselves or simply buy more of it to sell? Why sell such a drug when they could use it themselves and crush all who opposed them?

What was the deal with the dead guys in the back office? Why did they shoot the boyfriend? What was the reason they didn't trust him yet had him deliver this drug to them? Why did there need to be a big shootout at the university when Lucy clearly could have dealt with the bad guys by herself and saved a bunch of lives?

Arrrggghhhh!