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Directed by Luc Besson
USA 2014
From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. Lucy also stars Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman. *** Morgan Freeman and Scarlett Johansson headline this EuropaCorp/TF1 Films co-production directed by Luc Besson, and released by Universal Pictures. The story centers on a woman Johansson who falls prey to sinister underworld forces, but who gains superhuman abilities that allow her to strike back at her oppressors. *** Starting with the provocative premise – that human beings use only 10% of their brain capacity – this is strictly science fiction. Filmmaker Luc Besson knew that this percentage figure was inaccurate, yet plunged ahead with his inventive adventure, revolving around a naïve young American named Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) who gets tricked into delivering a mysterious metal briefcase to a Taiwanese crime boss, Mr. Jang (South Korean actor Choi Min Sik), and forced to become one of his drug mules. When she’s repeatedly kicked in the gut, there’s leakage from the bag of blue crystals, a narcotic known as CPH4, that’s been surgically inserted in her abdomen, and a metamorphosis occurs: Lucy becomes superhuman. Determined not only to wreak primal revenge on her captors but also to acquire more and more knowledge, employing her increasing array of powers and skills – she contacts Professor Norman (Morgan Freeman), a neuroscientist who is lecturing about cerebral capacity at a university in Paris. |
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Theatrical Release: July 25th, 2014
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Runtime | 1:29:27.362 | 1:29:28.738 |
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2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,512,073,556 bytesFeature: 27,171,016,704 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.26 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD
Master Audio English 4282 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4282 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core:
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Dolby TrueHD + Atmos English 5206 kbps 7.1 / 48
kHz / 5206 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps) Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB |
Subtitles | English, None | English (SDH), Spanish, French, None |
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Release Information: Studio: Universal
2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,512,073,556 bytesFeature: 27,171,016,704 bytes Video Bitrate: 32.26 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• • The Evolution of Lucy (16:14)
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Release Information: Studio: Universal
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4K Ultra HD
Edition Details: Blu-ray with: • The Evolution of Lucy (16:14) • Cerebral Capacity: The True Science of Lucy (10:04) DVD - and code for downloadable
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
and
4K UHD
captures were taken directly from the
respective
disc.
It is likely that the monitor
you are seeing this review is not an
HDR-compatible
display (High Dynamic Range) where each pixel can be assigned with a wider
and notably granular range of color and light. Our
capture software if simulating the HDR (in a uniform manner) for standard
monitors. This should make it easier for us to review more
4K UHD titles in the
future and give you a decent idea of its attributes on your system. So our
captures may not support the exact same colors (warmth of
skin tones, brighter or darker hues etc.) as the
4K system at your home. But the
framing, detail, grain texture support etc. are, generally, not effected by
this variance.
NOTE:
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We have reviewed the following 4K
UHD packages to date:
They Live
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Shutter Island
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Matrix
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Alien
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Toy Story
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
A Few Good Men
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
2001: A Space Odyssey (HDR caps udated),
Schindler's List
(simulated HDR), The
Neon Demon (No HDR), Dawn
of the Dead (No HDR), Saving
Private Ryan (simulated HDR and 'raw' captures), Suspiria (No
HDR), The
Texas Chain Saw Massacre (No HDR), The
Big Lebowski, and I
Am Legend (simulated and 'raw' HDR captures).
The HDR on the
4K UHD
is only one facet of this demo-worthy experience, and there is another
reason that you may want to impress your guests. If you are fortunate
enough to have a setup that allows for Dolby TrueHD 7.1, or Dolby Atmos
in particular, this is quite an experience.
The frequent gunplay aggression rises and fall like a
rollercoaster ride and the lively score is by Eric Serra (Besson's The
Fifth Element, Leon:
The Professional, The
Big Blue) which adds intensity to the abundant action while
Mozart's Mass No. 19 in D Minor, K.626 'Requiem': Introitus: 'Requiem
Aeternam' adds wonderful serenity to the contemplative, often
slow-motion, scenes with some included hints of Beck, Guillaume
Bouchateau and others. This ratchets another notch above the robust
DTS-HD Master surround of the
Blu-ray.
There are also lossy foreign-language DUBs and subtitles - plus English
- and as with all
4K UHD
discs, this is Region 'Free'.
NOTE:
For Atmos many non-compliant systems will recognizes it as TrueHD 7.1,
but from Wikipedia:
"Because
of limited bandwidth and lack of processing power, Atmos in home
theaters is not a real-time mix rendered the same way as in cinemas. The
substream is added to Dolby TrueHD or Dolby Digital Plus. This substream
only represents a losslessly encoded fully object-based mix. This
substream does not include all 128 objects separated. This is not a
matrix-encoded channel, but a spatially-encoded digital channel. Atmos
in home theaters can support 24.1.10 channel, but it is not an
object-based real-time rendering. Filmmakers need to remix and render
the TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus soundtracks with Dolby Media Producer."
There are no extras on the
4K UHD disc. The included second disc
Blu-ray is the
exact same one as the previously released BD - with the files on the disc
(dated: September 10th, 2014) confirming that. It is reviewed
HERE. We get a 16-minute production featurette with interview
snippets from cast and crew - entitled The Evolution of Lucy. There
is also a 10-minute piece linking the film's concept to actual science. It
is called Cerebral Capacity: The True Science of Lucy. The package
includes a Digital Copy of Lucy and also an UltraViolet (both subject
to expiration).
As I stated about the
Blu-ray:
Lucy is Luc Besson returning to form - but in overdrive. My suggestion
is to suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride. Scarlett Johansson and
Morgan Freeman are perfect casting. It looks so impressive on my system and we strongly recommend
Lucy for the
digital library of
4K adopters.
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