Summer Research Project: Lucy

Key information about the film

Sub-genre:
The main sub-genre of Lucy is mutation as Lucy, the main character, experiences slight changes in her body and senses her growth in her physical and mental abilities such as telepathy, telekinesis, mental time travel, and to not be able to feel pain or other discomforts. 

Brief summary:
The film starts off with Lucy's boyfriend who tricks her into delivering a briefcase to an apparent business contact but is then kidnapped by thugs who intend to turn her into a drug mule. She is surgically implanted with a package containing a powerful chemical but is tortured and the chemical leaks into her bloodstream, giving her these superhuman abilities such as telepathy and telekinesis. Lucy then turns the tables at her captors and transforms into an unforgiving warrior evolved beyond human capabilities. 

Setting:
The movie is set on earth. To be more specific, the film was shot in Taipei, Paris and New York City- not in an abnormal or different setting as it is almost seen as an undercover mission that no one knows about. However, it is linked to the sci-fi genre as during the end of the movie, Lucy begins a space time journey into the past and reaches the oldest discovery of mankind.

Characters:
The main character, Lucy, links to the science fiction genre as once the chemical has leaked into her system, she has heightened senses and abilities to manipulate electronics. This, perhaps, shows the development of new technology- but not with gadgets- within the human body.

Themes:
The movie consists of the development/application of new technology and new scientific principles such as being able to time travel and control things.

Trailer:

The institution behind the film

Production company:

EuropaCorp.

The cast:
Scarlett Johansson as Lucy, Morgan Freeman as Professor Samuel Norman, Choi Min-sik as Mr. Jang, Amr Waked as Pierre Del Rio.

What year the production company was released:
EuropaCorp was founded in 2000. 

Who runs/ owns the production company: 
EuropaCorp was founded by Luc Besson and Christopher Lambert, the CEO. 

What the production company is famous for:
EuropaCorp has also produced Taken, Taken 2 and Taken 3- another well-known movie.

Budget and box office information: 

The budget was estimated at $40 million. Opening Weekend (USA): $43 million. Gross (USA): $126 million.

Critic Reviews: 

Lucy was nominated for the Saturn Award for the Best Action/Adventure Movie, the MTV Movie Awards for the Best Female Performance, The Jupiter Awards for the Best International Actress, came in 2nd place for the Village Voice Film Poll and 3rd place for the National Society of Film Critics Awards. According to the film website Rotten Tomatoes, 47% of the audience liked the movie. The average rating was 3.2 out of 5 and on IMDb, the average rating was 6.4 out of 10.

The Target Audience

I'd say that the audience would be for more older teenagers and adults. It's definitely not a family friendly movie as it includes violence that gets fairly graphic with lots of blood. There are also some flashback scenes of sex and the main character sometimes wears objectifying outfits. This movie also includes some inappropriate language. After acknowledging this, I'd recommend this movie to teenagers who are 16+ and adults up to the age of 25. This film is more on the action/adventure side so the percentage comparison between male and female would probably be 55% male and 45% female.