Lucy is a (deliberate?) welcome throwback to Luc Besson's early hits (even boasting an Eric Serra soundtrack, which is effective but sadly not as memorable as previous work), and this mix of Nikita with Limitless and The Lawnmower Man for the most part succeeds in being very entertaining. For a long time, the frenetic, neon-soaked action is terrific, but in its later stages the film becomes increasingly less real-world grounded and resorts to odd CGI and what feels like an uncertain scramble for some kind of resolution. Indeed the Malick/Matrix/2001 ending (which all happens rather suddenly) will be divisive, seen either as bold and brave or a peculiar mis-step. The film's strengths are, unsurprisingly, Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman, who both give the material gravitas and credibility even as it becomes increasingly sillier, and Amr Waked does some nice work as the utterly bemused French police inspector caught up in Lucy's antics. The film itself adds disappointingly little to what was seen in the trailer, but for at least the first half Lucy is an entertaining return to what audiences loved about Luc Besson movies.
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