Scarlett Johansson: Lucy [OmU] US, 2014, R: Luc Besson mit Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, 89 Min

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Eine Frau, die versehentlich in einen dunklen Deal verwickelt wird, dreht den Spieß um und verwandelt sich in eine gnadenlose Kriegerin, deren Entwicklung die menschliche Logik übersteigt.

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

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"Lucy: mindless and mixed up, but propulsive and fun – first look review

Scarlett Johansson shines in this pseudo-intellectual action flick that represents Luc Besson's finest work since The Fifth Element

There's a lot of talk in Lucy about humans only using 10% of their brain. This is an oft-repeated myth that drives scientists up a wall, but I'd like to believe it's a coded message from Luc Besson. Please, for your own sake, he implores, don't think too much about this movie. Instead, soak up Scarlett Johansson in a white T-shirt and black bra, making quizzical faces while despatching bad guys with the power of her mind and a few curt words in that trademark husky voice. As the techno soundtrack thrums and ScoJo cranks out lines like “the infinite components of the cell's nucleus is exploding inside my brain” many may recognize that this style of pseudo-intellectual action cinema is a type of drug, and, once in a while, you need a hit.

Johansson (despite being 29) plays an American student living in Taipei. Some sketchy dude she just started dating wants her to bring a locked briefcase to a mysterious Mr Keng (Choi Min-sik) in a hotel. Clearly this is not a wise move, but in case we weren't aware of that fact we're given jarring cuts to images of a mouse approaching a trap and of animals on the savanna sussing out their safety." [THE GURADIAN Review: HERE]

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