Lee here:
From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, Luc Besson always enjoys packing his films with strong female characters. Lucy is no different. Besson's shameless, fearless, fun-filled, sci-fi adventure doesn't pretend to be any more than it is, and I like that. Scarlett Johansson seems to be enjoying her foray into sci-fi lately, as evidenced by her brilliant work on Her and Under The Skin, and she doesn't hold anything back for Lucy. The gravitas she brings to the role is the glue holding all of this together. And as far as sci-fi goes, don't expect a lot of sci. Morgan Freeman's serious face in the trailer makes audiences think that Lucy might try to go in a cerebral direction. Don't be fooled. In fact, I would call straight up fantasy. But Besson makes great stylistic choices. As I said on Twitter, this film is like injecting LSD directly into your eyeballs. And who doesn't love that?
No seriously, Morgan Freeman wants to know.
I would love to hear what you thought of it.
