What happens when a husband, Director Luc Besson, and wife, Producer Virginie Besson-Silla make a movie? It was very lucrative for them. I saw an intriguing beginning, but a disappointing development.
Besson directed some of my favorite movies like The Professional and The Fifth Element. You notice a little of that genius as the movie begins. Once again he elevates a heroine, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), the streetwise girlfriend of a drug trafficker (Pilou Asbaek). After her boyfriend sets her up, she is forced to carry drugs for Korean drug boss Mr. Jang (Choi Min-Sik) inside her body. Those drugs begin to leak into her organs. The drug is CPH4, which allows users to utilize up to 100% of their brain. The movie leads us to imagine what it's like to use more than our theorized 10% of our brain. Professor Samuel Norman (Morgan Freeman) adds to this wonder by rattling off brain facts and theories about our brain's potential. Lucy becomes a super mutant with unfathomed powers. She can travel throughout time, control electronics by manipulating electromagnetic waves, manipulate other human brains, and throw in telekinesis too. Limitless leads to boring. Amazing special effects soon lose their appeal, as the plot to find all the bags of CPH4 that her boyfriend sent with her is quickly resolved.
The ending seals the deal. The drug lord Jang failed in becoming the archenemy he was set up to be. He was just a bad guy that pestered a demigoddess until the end. Besson's greatest failure is the fate of Lucy. She continues as a sentient being like his former heroines, but in a very improbable body. My teen really liked it. Still, I can't believe a Besson movie gets a Losing 45 yard Line from me.
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