Lucy

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Name: Lucy

Release Date (in Singapore): 21 August 2014
Watched on: 29 August 2014


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

Summary from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt


Personal Ratings: 3

Honestly, Really had high expectations for this movie when the teaser first came out. But sadly, it wasn't really up to the standard I was hopping for. 

Firstly, they didn't actually explained why was she the only one that the drug had effect on. The first guy that first tested the drug when crazy. So there should have been some explanation as to why she was the only one that was compatible with the drugs. 

The front part was actually quite boring, minus some entertaining parts that were quite funny, but otherwise, there wasn't really much in the first part that was captivating. The back part wasn't really enough to forgive that. The middle part was actually quite interesting, and it really had me wondering what would happen next. 

The good thing is that they actually added some funny scenes into the movie (my type of funny scenes), to keep the viewers from over loading of information. Because some parts may get a little boring and a little more towards the wordy side when they are trying to explain the parts about the human brain. My sister actually didn't really get what was going on half the time, so we can see that it definitely need the viewers to concentrate in order to stay on track.

However, for people like me (not to brag or anything but...) I've actually quite the interest in more wordy shows like Steins;Gate and Hyouka. So it wasn't really hard for me the follow the movie. 

Of course I thought the action scenes could have used more speed in them, if not it's actually quite boring. They should have showed case more of her powers; like changing the elements connected to her body or about how she controls matter and other humans. Loved that scene where she actually made the bullets dropped from the gun, but I thought that they could have shown more about the part where she can change the elements in her body; something similar to that part in the air port where she actually changed her hair color.

As for the ending scene, I thought that she could have actually fought the bad guys a little, to buy herself more time and let the rest of the cops deal with the remaining survivors. I also thought that they should have added a little more emotions when she actually decided to sacrifice whatever time she has left on earth to actually help the scientist gather all her knowledge. Thought that a little more sadness and lost feeling would have brought in more depth into the movie. 

Of course, the ending was actually quite bad for me. I thought that they should have actually shown what they did with the knowledge that she entrusted them with. shouldn't have ended so abruptly. 

For the good parts; I actually liked how they made reference to the animal life throughout the whole show. Liked the animation when she actually fast time backwards, to show the progress of City Square since from the time they actually build it. And also the first part where she actually fought was cool. 

Recommended for:
Gender: Both
Age: 17 and above
Ratings: NC-16