Meanwhile, Jang enters the lab and points a gun at Lucy's head. Written by [5], On July 25, Lucy opened at 3,172 theaters in the United States. And thankfully they decided to keep things short, focus on the core idea and stop right before it became trite.That said, I think LIMITLESS dealt with the 10% myth better as it stayed (somewhat) more within the realm of scientific credibility. It is an English-language film shot in Taipei, Paris, and New York City. "[61] On review aggregator Metacritic, the film has a score of 61 out of 100, based on 45 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". He added, "I guess the film has the possibility to be a hit with the American audience. Agent and an Interpol Detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money. [27], On October 23, The Hollywood Reporter stated that Besson had become enraged by all the media attention the shoot was getting that day. Lucy është film francezë e vitit 2014 me regji dhe skenar të Luc Besson dhe prodhuar nga gruaja e tij Virginie Besson-Silla.Filmi u xhirua në Taipei, Paris dhe New York City.Filmi flet për një femër me emrin Lucy e cila ka aftësi telekinezi kur një lloj droge thithet brenda gjakut të saj. Lucy (2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Del Rio enters and fatally shoots Jang. "[51][52] It opened at twenty two Taipei theaters, grossing NT$14.3 million (US$478,000) from 57,900 admissions, and, after two days there, made NT$25.6 million (US$854,000) in the capital, later earning over NT$38 million (US$1.27 million) from seventy five locations nationwide, making it the fourth best opening day in Taiwan, after Transformers: Age of Extinction, Iron Man 3 and The Avengers, the best opening day for United International Pictures (UIP), and the best August opening day of all-time. It is an English-language film shot in Taipei, Paris, and New York City. After Lucy speaks with Norman and provides proof of her developed abilities, she flies to Paris and contacts a local police captain, Pierre Del Rio, to help her find the remaining three packets of the drug. "[69] The San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle said, "You can scoff at Besson's philosophies and hypotheses, but to do that would miss what's in front of you. Lucy is a 2014 French science fiction action film[5] written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by his wife Virginie Besson-Silla for his company EuropaCorp. "I'd rather take some risks, and maybe some people will say, 'What the fuck is this film?' LeiaSolo. Lucy is a 2014 French science fiction action film written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by his wife Virginie Besson-Silla for his company EuropaCorp. "[65] Le Nouvel Observateur wrote, "It was unclear how such a contrived portrayal can delude audiences once the novelty becomes dissipated. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. "[71] Writing for LA Weekly, She receives invaluable help from Professor Norman, the leading authority on the human mind, and French police captain Pierre Del Rio. "[72], Among the main criticisms of the film were the ten percent of brain myth, Lucy becoming less empathetic and more robotic as her brain capacity increases, her invincibility,[8][67][71][73] and the use of animal imagery to convey "obvious points. He said, "That was my goal: an action film with a purpose. Call me a killjoy, but I find it hard to accept movies that are based on an utterly anti-scientific premise. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Lucy is grabbed, manhandled, punched, and kicked in several early scenes. [67] Hoffman said, "The end of the movie goes completely off the rails, but in a way that is charming in its stupidity. Lucy stays true to its own invented physics. Johansson portrays the titular character, a woman who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic, psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. She is told by the operating doctor that natural CPH4 is produced in minute quantities by pregnant women during their sixth week of pregnancy to provide fetuses with the energy to develop. Using her new abilities, she kills her captors and escapes. She acquires increasingly enhanced physical and mental capabilities, such as telepathy, telekinesis, mental time travel, and the ability not to feel pain. Because of constant paparazzi intrusions he said that "shooting at night time was a nightmare". Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death. Take a look back at the TV series that took home Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series in the categories of Drama and Comedy. She receives invaluable help from Professor Norman, the leading authority on the human mind, and French police captain Pierre Del Rio. [45], Lucy grossed $126.7 million in North America and $336.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $463.4 million, against a budget of $40 million. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? [43] A behind-the-scenes preview of the film was released on July 10. "[30] ILM began work on the project in July 2013, based on concept art provided by Besson’s Europacorp, such as Lucy sprouting the black tendrils and Lucy's disintegration effects. Del Rio asks Norman where Lucy is, immediately after which Del Rio's cell phone sounds and he sees a text message: "I am everywhere." The real females in the audience may wonder why a genius would limp across a multi-continental gunfight in five-inch Louboutins. "[10], Lucy was the second largest budget French film production in 2013, with an estimate of 48 million euros. "[70], By contrast, John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter stated that "plenty of films and novels have envisioned what would happen if we gained conscious control over our entire brain," but that "it's hard to recall one whose ideas were more laughable than this one." "[68] Matt Prigge of Metro New York, while calling the film "stupid, smart and awesome," stated that it "smartly goes in a wildly different direction than the amusingly amoral Limitless, in which Bradley Cooper's character abused a similar drug, but used it to gain success, money and power. It gives her increasing control over her brain functions, and this in turn gives her superpowers and vastly increased intellect and knowledge. [52] Lucy is also the second most successful debut for a French action film. Every now and then, a nugget of real philosophy is dropped into the screenplay, but it's surrounded by so much blather that even a generous viewer has trouble using it to justify what Lucy experiences. Lucy Year 2014 Genre Action Sci-Fi Thriller Adventure Type Movies IDMB rating 6.4 (445601 votes) Netflix rating 6.4 Metacritics rating 61.0 Rotten Tomatoes rating 66.0% Directors Luc Besson Actors Choi Min-sik, Chong-Ju Seo, Chang-Soo Shin, Pilou Asbaek, Analeigh Tipton, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Amr Waked, Min-sik Choi, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman It's a credit to Besson's style and Johansson's performance that Lucy isn't a train wreck. "[8] Chang stated that because Besson "seems more interested in engaging, playfully yet seriously, with the various biological, philosophical and metaphysical riddles that [the film] raises," the story is lacking as an action film and is not "much of a thriller – it's virtually an anti-thriller, devoid of suspense or any real sense of danger due to the fact that its heroine is more or less invincible," and that "at times it's hard to shake the sense that a smarter, more unbridled picture might have found a way to slip the bonds of genre altogether. Luc Besson's obsession with strong mysterious female leads clearly shines through and Johansson as an actor delivers. It was supposed to be a simple job. She mentally begins a spacetime journey into the past, eventually reaching the oldest discovered ancestor of mankind, Lucy. The film was released on July 25, 2014, and became a box office success,[6] grossing over $463 million, more than eleven times the budget of $40 million. When the bag she is carrying inside of her stomach leaks, Lucy's body undergoes unimaginable changes that begins to unlock her mind's full potential. But some others will embrace it. Lucy is not a game-changing science fiction movie. But immediately Lucy is caught up in a nightmarish deal where she is captured and turned into a drug mule for a new and powerful synthetic drug. Scarlett Johansson is Lucy, a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior. [37] It was described as having "hit the Internet with the force of a punch to the head,"[38] with reviewers stating that it is "promis[in]g a wild ride with Johansson rendering people unconscious with a flick of her wrist,"[39] "awesome" as "the girl who was once exploited becomes very, very dangerous,"[40] and "wonderfully insane as Johansson goes from a drug mule at the mercy of her captors to a superhuman with remarkable control over her body and a diminishing capacity for mercy. And as far as movies go in which people develop godlike powers, LUCY doesn't beat the likes of THE MATRIX or SYMBOL (shimboru,2009).All in all an interesting but ultimately mediocre movie based on an utterly ridiculous (and intellectually dangerous) idea. Although praise was given for its themes, visuals, and Johansson's performance, a number of critics found the plot nonsensical, especially its focus on the ten percent of the brain myth and resulting abilities.[6][7][8]. 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Lucy is a 2014 French science fiction action film written and directed by Luc Besson and produced by his wife Virginie Besson-Silla for his company EuropaCorp. A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. '"[49] Leading in the weekend's ticket sales on online ticket service Fandango, Lucy outsold action thrillers Oblivion, Elysium and Edge of Tomorrow "at the same point in the sales cycle. Lucy is selfless." Sometime [sic] I lost a bit of my concentration because I'm bothered by that." [6], Early reviews for the film were positive and mixed,[7][55][56][57] and later generally positive. Lucy is a smart, college student who finds herself in a horrific drug and human trafficking situation where her brain is permanently altered by an illegal new drug that gets accidentally ingested during her captivity. Rated R for strong violence, disturbing images, and sexuality, Mike Figgis Directing Josie Ho’s ‘Mother Tongue’ in Hong Kong. [65] In Le Parisien, Magali Gruet stated, "Some have called this a feminist film, and though we will not go that far, it would be wrong to deny that a woman is portrayed as the source of solutions intended to save the world. 25-year-old American Lucy is studying in Taipei, Taiwan and is tricked into working as a drug mule by her new boyfriend Richard for a South Korean kkangpae and drug lord. "[71] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune said that the first twenty minutes of the film are good, but that by half an hour of runtime, the audience will realize that Lucy has no limits, which makes the film dull after a while with a "limited payoff". "[65] Libération wrote, "Beyond the success or embellishment which adorns each new scene with a spectacular swagger of violence and improbable turns, there is a strong feeling that Luc Besson now makes films from a position beyond merely marketing considerations. Sequel to the 2014 action film, "Lucy". At her urging, she is intravenously injected with the contents of all three remaining bags of CPH4. All Lucy had to do was deliver a mysterious briefcase to Mr. Jang. Studios de Paris, La Cité du Cinéma, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. (film 2014) Lucy adalah sebuah film laga fiksi ilmiah Prancis berbahasa Inggris yang ditulis dan disutradarai oleh Luc Besson dan diproduksi oleh istrinya Virginie Besson-Silla untuk perusahaan EuropaCorp. All Lucy had to do was deliver a mysterious briefcase to Mr. Jang. It is an English-language film shot in Taipei, Paris, and New York City. "[83][84] In June 2015, it was reported that a sequel was in development. It's like 2001: A Space Odyssey for those with short attention spans, and those people need to have their minds blown, too, I suppose. The general premise is that a young woman named Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) gets abducted by a gang in Taipei and … Her body changes into a black substance that begins spreading over computers and other electronic objects in the lab, transforming them into a next-generation supercomputer. When I was younger, the purpose I had was smaller. Lucy travels to the nearby Tri-Service General Hospital to get the bag of drugs removed from her abdomen. During the flight, she starts to disintegrate as her cells destabilize from consuming a sip of champagne. To stave off her disintegration, Lucy consumes more of the drug. [8][67][71][73] Chang said, "Lucy's gradual rise to omniscience and omnipotence recalls Neo's own such journey in The Matrix, while her many black-suited Korean opponents suggest another army of Agent Smiths," and added that, when Lucy "uploads herself, Big Brother-style, to every computer and TV screen in the vicinity," the film suggests "a livelier, less ponderous remake" of Transcendence. Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side. "[53], Subers said that there are a few contributing factors to Lucy's success, commenting, "First, the movie had an intriguing premise (what if we could use more than 10% of our brains?) [28], Lucy has the most visual effects in a film directed by Besson,[20] with over 1,000 effects shots under senior visual effects supervisor Nicholas Brooks. "She's obviously had supporting roles in Marvel blockbusters but [Johansson] has never opened a blockbuster as an above-the-title star," he stated, adding that The Island was her first real attempt at doing so, but was a flop, and that if "tracking holds, Lucy will solidify this new phase in Johansson's career as a marquee name. People say we use only 10% of our brains. The usage of sound is one element that plays an important role in the progression of the film. [19] According to EuropaCorp CEO Christophe Lambert, this film had the highest budget in the company's history. Growing heightened physical and mental abilities, Lucy returns to Mr. Jang's hotel, kills his bodyguards, assaults him, and telepathically extracts the locations of the three remaining drug mules from his brain. In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. An F.B.I. Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy, a student living in Taipei. Movies Anywhere. Plot unknown. Lucy (2014) Online Subtitrat – O femeie, prinsă din greșeală într-o afacere întunecată, transformă mesele pe capturile ei și se transformă într-un războinic fără … "[48] It earned $43,899,340 at the domestic box office for the opening weekend, with Hercules remaining at second place with $29 million. With the help of Del Rio, Lucy recovers the rest of the drugs. He cited neuropsychology professor Barbara Sahakian, quoting that "it's impossible to work out how much of our brain we are using quantitatively. [74] The Boston Globe's Ty Burr, on the other hand, stated of the criticisms: "who comes to a Besson movie seeking logic? 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With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100% of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers. Was the drug gang Korean, Chinese, Japanese, or what? "I was very interested with all the science," he said. [47] Lucy, described as "bringing a needed boost to the ailing summer box office,"[47] did financially better than expected,[47] as early box office estimates for the film placed it "on track for $14 million to $15 million on Friday, including $2.7 million from 2,386 late Thursday screenings. The Terminator is a great movie monster, but there's a reason why it's a supporting character in the films that bear its name. [50], The audience for Lucy was split evenly between men and women, with 65 percent being over age 25. Meeting Norman and his colleagues, she agrees to share everything she knows. He was selfish. Lucy Lucy's voice is then heard stating "Life was given to us a billion years ago. [85] In October 2017, it was rumored that Besson had completed the script,[86] but, on October 5, he announced on his Facebook page that he is not working on a sequel for Lucy. What happened to the source of drug (who gave it to Richard in the first place) and why didn't Lucy track that? [44], In his 2014 book titled Great Myths of the Brain, Christian Jarrett quotes directly from the film poster, dismissing it and the film's portrayal of the potential for "mastering all knowledge and hurling cars with her mind" as being fully speculative fiction. Use the HTML below. Movies. Her job is to transport a new type of drug CPH4 which has been placed into her stomach through surgery. [21] On 5 September 2013, scenes were shot at the cliffs of Étretat in northern France. Norman takes a black flash drive offered by the supercomputer, after which it disintegrates. [65] In Voici, the reviewer also appreciated the work of Besson, stating that he "returns to action films with this wacky cross between a superhero film and film about Asian gangsters, amped up by the always sexy Scarlett Johansson". "[82] In August, while promoting the film in Taipei, where scenes were shot, Besson commented further about the possibility of a sequel: "I don't see how we can do one. Still, it represents the return of Luc Besson to his baroque and risky approach to genre filmmaking. [64], In France, the film received 14 press reviews. Well, Scarlett Johansson is convincingly awkward and beautiful. The site's critical consensus reads: "Enthusiastic and silly, Lucy powers through the movie's logic gaps with cheesy thrills plus Scarlett Johansson's charm – and mostly succeeds at it. [58] Lucy was categorized as entertaining and silly, but also polarizing, by critics. When the bag she is carrying inside of her stomach leaks, Lucy's body undergoes unimaginable changes that begins to unlock her mind's full potential. After seeing Richard shot and killed, she is captured and a bag of the drug is forcibly sewn into her abdomen to transport the drug to Europe. $14.99. "[54] Michael Bodey of The Australian commented that women having comprised half the audience is "a seemingly new precedent for an action film" and that, because of its box office performance, Lucy is the film out of all of Besson's film work "likely to have the greatest cultural impact. "'[17] A computer-animated version of Australopithecus being in the film, "modeled on the dawn of Man sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey", is one of several of Lucy's homages. Meeting reporters in Taipei a day after he finished shooting the Taiwan part of the film, he stated, "We don't want pictures with new dresses of Scarlett. Lucy delivers a briefcase to Mr. Jang containing four packets of CPH4, a highly valuable synthetic drug. (2014). "[17], Thewire.com's David Sims stated that Johansson's success with Lucy at the box office would be "no mean feat given that it's a European R-rated action movie opening against a PG-13 epic with a more proven action star" in Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). Besson singled out two unnamed agencies from Hong Kong for special condemnation. The film Lucy (2014) has many well-developed formal elements of cinema. "[9], Besson stated that he intended for the first part of Lucy to be like Léon: The Professional (which he also wrote and directed), the second part to be like Inception and the third part to be like 2001: A Space Odyssey. Orr begins with describing it as "mind-bendingly miscalculated sci-fi vehicle for Scarlett Johansson" whom he sees as "moderately charismatic", and film's 89 minutes length as "mercifully brief", although noting that "quantity of inanity" squeezed into this screen time "beggars that of awful movies of substantially greater length". [29][32], The film's original score was composed by Éric Serra, who has scored all of Besson's films apart from Angel-A and The Family. ", Speaking of Besson's "interest in making the film one about the way we interact with our environment, and socially as well," Silla said that one of the goals was to bring together a diverse cast to show the planet's diversity and a mixture of the different cultures. The soundtrack was released on 22 July 2014 by Back Lot Music. She also becomes ruthless and emotionless. [10], "I live in a country of food, and you can't have a third star in a restaurant (the top Michelin rating) without risk, invention or creativity", Besson said. "When I learned one cell can send 1000 messages per cell per second and we have 100 billion cells in our body, for me, it's gigantic." Her boyfriend tricks her into working for his Korean mob boss. [50] Rocco said that widespread interest from ticket buyers indicated that Lucy brought "a different side to an action film," and that Universal Studios "had maintained high hopes for the 'R-rated original concept female-driven action movie. [62] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a "C+" grade on a scale of A to F.[47] Based on 14 press reviews, French website AlloCiné gave the film an average rating of 2.6 out of 5. It received positive, but also polarized, critical reviews. It's not made for that. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late. It was supposed to be a simple job. Watch your purchase on Movies Anywhere supported devices. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked. "[65], Among U.S. reviews, Christopher Orr of The Atlantic reviewed it through the list of 26 points, in an article published in The Atlantic under title "The Dumbest Movie Ever Made About Brain Capacity". that was front-and-center in action-packed, visually-stunning advertisements." Imagine what she could do with 100%. Lucy Miller is the titular protagonist of the 2014 film with the same name. Lucy (2014) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys Black History Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events She touches fingertips with her, then goes all the way to the beginning of time and witnesses the Big Bang. [50] In Taipei, the film's performance has been credited to roughly half of the film having been shot there, and it having "boost[ed] Taiwan's popularity amid the country's efforts to bring itself to the world stage. [25] Besson was reported to be so frustrated with the constant disruptions that he considered leaving Taipei to film elsewhere. [Full review in Spanish] He stated that the audience may "roll with the film" as Lucy does things beyond human capability, but that the film does not justify "Lucy's increasingly godlike abilities, which soon include time travel and levitation. She ably plays the title character as she transforms from average person to omnipotent entity" and "ultimately, more of Lucy works than doesn't. ... Movies Like Lucy. "[53] Oliver Gettell of Los Angeles Times commented similarly, citing five reasons for the film's successful opening weekend: A catchy sci-fi hook (the ten percent of brain myth), Johansson as an action star, Besson as a crowd-pleaser (known for films that please audiences, especially ones that craft strong female characters), a summer of strong women (previous successful female-driven films in the year being Maleficent and The Fault in Our Stars), and a slick marketing campaign (the trailers for the film emphasizing a high concept narrative, action and mayhem while de-emphasizing "philosophical and metaphysical pontificating"). Lucywas a regular woman who became an unwitting drug-mule for a Taiwanese mob. [9] R | 1h 29min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 25 July 2014 (USA) 2:35 | Trailer. Scarlett Johansson as Lucy. The Four Horsemen resurface, and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet. Film tersebut dibuat di Taipei, Paris, dan New York City. Super Mario 3D World: How Many Worlds Are in the Nintendo Switch Port? [18] It is also one of the biggest productions for EuropaCorp, the company founded by Luc Besson in 2000. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, and Amr Waked. Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem. Here, his style is slick but hand-holdingly literal" and "as the newly bionic Lucy seeks vengeance, Besson even tries to convince us she's a strong female character, which to the majority of male action directors simply means a sexy, silent badass. In 2014, Lucy was the most successful French movie outside of France for the past twenty years, when UniFrance started creating statistics about French movies. Menu. He shoots, but by then Lucy has reached 100% of her brain capacity and disappears, moving into the spacetime continuum. [35] The two spoof posters were made public via Tweets from the Twitter accounts of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Lucy is an impeccably realized vision of Besson's view of things. But immediately Lucy is caught up in a nightmarish deal where she is captured and turned into a drug mule for a new and powerful synthetic drug.
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