International trailer for Luc Besson’s Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

This could be the dark horse hit of the summer. Luc Besson’s LUCY looks like an extreme guilty pleasure, with Scarlett Johansson playing a woman who unlocks the entirety of her brain’s potential and turns into a superhero/assassin/demigod. I think it’s safe to say most of us would watch Scarlett in literally anything, but to see her playing in the preposterous, bullet-riddled world of Besson is just too good to be true.

It also doesn’t hurt that she’s got Morgan Freeman on her side, as well as OLDBOY‘s Choi Min-Sik playing the baddie. Sign me up, now.

LUCY is 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 opens August 8th.