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Lucy
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Lucy is a 2014 French science fiction and action film directed by Luc Besson, who also served as screenwriter and film editor. The movie stars Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Produced by Virginie Silla for EuropaCorp, with additional involvement from Canal+, Ciné+, and TF1 Films Production, the film was distributed by Netflix in video on demand and DVD formats. Éric Serra composed the score, while Thierry Arbogast handled cinematography.
The narrative is set in Taipei, Paris, rue de Rivoli, and England, with filming taking place in Taipei, Cité du Cinéma, Taipei 101, and Berlin-Tegel Airport. The story addresses the ten percent of brain myth, drug trafficking, and human enhancement. The film runs for 89 minutes and was originally released in English, Korean, and French.
Lucy had a production budget of 40,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 463,400,000. It received a rating of 6.4 on IMDb based on 580,531 votes, and a vote average of 6.474 from 17,037 users on TMDb. A soundtrack album titled Lucy: Bande originale du film was released in 2014.
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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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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.