A fantasy about unlocking 100 percent of the brain’s potential that expects viewers to be using just 2 or 3 percent of their own gray matter, Luc Besson‘s Lucy plays more like a big dumb superhero flick than sci-fi: The powers Scarlett Johansson gains when given full access to her brain quickly outstrip anything one can imagine 3 pounds of skull-bound neurons and synapses being able to do.

Besson’s script offers neither the well-drawn character dynamics nor the clear motivations of a decent comic book origin story, and as it is quickly clear that no baddie has much chance of stopping Lucy, action sequences carry little weight. A top-shelf cast and the (fading) memory of Besson’s action hits will help the picture at the box office, but word of mouth is unlikely to keep it alive long after a strong opening weekend.

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