Title: Lucy
Tagline: The average person uses 10% of their brain capacity. Imagine what she could do with 100%.
Sub-genre: Mutation
Narrative: 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.
Characters: The main character, Lucy, links to the science fiction genre as she has heightened senses and abilities to manipulate electronics. This may appeal to an audience as the main character is a female, subverting the typical gender stereotypes that men are usually involved with action, therefore making women more interested in watching this film.
Setting: The movie is set on earth. 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.
Mise-en-scene: weapons, fight scenes, dark atmospheres.
Institution: Produced by Canal+, Ciné+, EuropaCorp and TF1 Films Production.
Distributed in the UK by Universal Pictures International (UPI).
Director: Luc Besson.
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman.
IMDb rating: 6.4/10.
Rotten Tomatoes: 66%, 47% from audience.
Target Audience: 60% males, 40% females. Social class of BC1, likely to be in school or interested in action from the effect of drug use, includes some sexual content. Age rating of 15 years and over.
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