Lucy

This reminded me of the 2011 Bradley Cooper movie Limitless. Scar-Jo plays a floozie who’s suddenly endowed with great “brain capacity” which gives her telekinetic powers. The first half unfolds like a thriller, with a lot of chasing and intrigue. Director Luc Besson intercuts many scenes with footage of animals and nature; a way of peppering in theme. It was cool, and it reminded me of bygone Oliver Stone and Terrence Malick movies. The second half gets a bit Matrix-y, and Scar-Jo’s ability to assimilate with technology gets very cerebral while going mostly unexplained. Attempts to make a mainstream sci-fi movie are welcome, even though at the end of this you’re left wondering if there’s a larger, cautionary/sci-fi point to it all.