MGN-AFRICA»» pin:2A123D88 Luc Besson: You cant imagine how many people ask me for a Léon sequel: Instead of playing it safe, the French director wants to reinvent the candyfloss action genre with his new film Lucy Lucy, a loopy blast of kinetic energy, is perfect modern multiplex fodder. Theres eye candy (a lot), brain food (a bit), an ass-whupping antiheroine (an abundance thereof), and an 89-minute running time that means you can still fit in a Jamies Italian before bedtime. In other words, its a welcome return to the Luc Besson of the 1990s. Playing on the old myth that we use only 10% of our brains, Scarlett Johansson is the partying student and reluctant drug mule who becomes an action hero, then superhero, as the narcotics involuntarily stuffed in her stomach seep into her bloodstream, that 10% rising rapidly to 100%. The film hurtles along as her brain goes full-throttle. The drug, says Besson, is inspired by a molecule that pregnant women create after six weeks a super atomic bomb for a baby. He knows the 10% brain capacity theory is hokum. Whats true, though, is that we only use 15% of our neurons at the same time, he says. But its never the same 15%. So we can ask ourselves, what happens to us if we can suddenly have 30%, 40%, 50% of our neurons working at the same time? I changed the reality a little to help the story. Continue reading... bit.ly/1kcSHfb pin:2A123D88
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:22:36 +0000
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