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Lucy
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Lucy is a 2014 science fiction action film written, directed, and edited by Luc Besson. Produced by EuropaCorp, the movie features a cast including Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, and Julian Rhind-Tutt. The narrative takes place in Taipei, Paris, England, and on airplanes, with filming occurring in Taipei, Berlin-Tegel Airport, and Cité du Cinéma. The original language is English, with Korean and French also present.
The film explores themes of drug trafficking, human enhancement, and the ten percent of brain myth. Its budget was 40,000,000, resulting in a box office total of 463,400,000. Distributed by Netflix via video on demand and DVD, the runtime is 89 minutes. It holds a rating of 6.4 on IMDb and a vote average of 6.474 on TMDb. The story involves a drug mule and elements such as telepathy and artificial intelligence.
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Film · TMDB
6.5A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Cast
- Scarlett Johansson as Lucy
- Morgan Freeman as Professor Norman
- Choi Min-sik as Mr. Jang
- Amr Waked as Pierre Del Rio
- Julian Rhind-Tutt as The Limey
- Pilou Asbæk as Richard
Themes
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- telepathy
- intelligence
- drug mule
- time travel
- telekinesis
- futuristic
- drugs
- super power
- tough girl
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- human enhancement
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Screenwriter
- Luc Besson
- Cast member
- Scarlett Johansson
- Composer
- Éric Serra
- Producer
- Virginie Silla
- Production company
- EuropaCorp
- Cinematographer
- Thierry Arbogast
- Narrative location
- England
- Filming location
- Val-de-Grâce
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 429755
- Distribution format
- DVD
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- publication date
- 2014-10-24
- film editor
- Luc Besson
- box office
- 43771714
- capital cost
- 40000000
- social media followers
- 10561
- set in environment
- aircraft
- review score
- 62/100
- different from
- Lucy
- Commons category
- Lucy (2014 film)
- attendance
- 1131847
- title
- Lucy
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Encyclopedic overview
Lucy is a 2014 English-language French science fiction action film written and directed by Luc Besson for his company EuropaCorp, and produced by his wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. It was shot in Taipei, Paris, and New York City. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked. Johansson portrays Lucy, a woman who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic, psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream.
The film was released on 25 July 2014 and became a massive box office success, grossing over $469 million worldwide, more than eleven times the budget of $40 million. It received generally positive, but also polarized, critical reviews. Although praise was given for its themes, visuals, and Johansson's performance, many critics found the plot nonsensical, especially its focus on the ten-percent-of-the-brain myth and resulting abilities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lucy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.