One of Scarlett Johansson’s most controversial films has soared into Netflix’s global top 10 chart, more than a decade after it was initially released.
Lucy – also starring Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik and Amr Waked – hit the big screen in 2014 and was met with mixed reviews, and currently has a 47% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The flick followed student Lucy (Scarlett) as she’s tricked into becoming a drug mule, before getting a bag of a synthetic drug sewn onto her body when she’s captured.
She gets kicked in the stomach, causing the bag to rupture and the drug to leak into her system, gifting her with ‘superhuman’ powers.
Despite being released 10 years ago, it has had a resurgence on the streaming platform and has become the eighth most-watched film globally in the last few days.
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According to Netflix, it has racked up more than 6,500,000 hours viewed and over 4,400,000 total views between August 19 and August 25.
The Union has taken the top spot for the second week in a row, with Incoming, Migration, The Emoji Movie, Night School and the Kingsman franchise also in the chart.
However, the recent success hasn’t prevented Lucy from being it from being destroyed on Rotten Tomatoes, with many viewers branding it ‘the worst movie’ in years.
In fact, Annie A said: ‘Just about the worst movie I’ve seen in years. I’m not even sure what the point of it was by the end. Morgan Freedman barely had a role in the movie. The trailer is deceptive. Spare yourself.’
‘It was just awful from start to finish,’ Joshua H agreed. ‘Too outlandish and corny. Storyline was terrible. Honestly can’t believe Morgan Freeman agreed to be in this. It was just bad.’
Nathan W fumed: ‘Honestly one of the worst movies I’ve seen. Boring, poorly done, and just hard to watch.’
‘Really bad. Laughably bad. “I feel violated” bad. Thank God for fast forward bad,’ Stephen G wrote.
Colin M penned: ‘Stunning slick visuals with jubberish dialogue in search of a plot. Gorgeous to look at, but quite nonsensical [sic].’
As Joey added: ‘One of the worst action movies I have ever seen. The only movie in my life I wanted to just leave.’
Although Lucy has been slated, it has been claimed that there is a sequel series in the works, with Morgan reprising his role – but very few other details around.
One person wanting more information is director Luc Besson, who penned and was behind the camera for the original.
‘I heard that [was happening],’ he recently told the Playlist. ‘I even read that. Yeah, I was glad to hear [it.] I said, “Oh? Give me the script.”
‘That’s the problem sometimes with the internet is I don’t know where [the information] comes from. Sometimes, I see that my name is on a movie that I haven’t been aware of.’
That’s not a no…
Lucy is available to stream on Netflix now.
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