Lucy (2014)

Lucy is a science fiction thriller that starts from a pseudoscientific myth: the human brain uses only 10% of its capacity. The protagonist, after ingesting an experimental drug, unleashes superhuman powers that take her from victim to invincible predator. Violence dominates the screen: bloody shootings, bodies shattered by telekinesis, brain surgery exposed without anesthesia, and collective massacres without remorse. This visual crudeness, justified by the MPAA as R, demands extreme maturity from the viewer.

At its core, the film proposes a dangerous anthropology. Lucy evolves beyond the human: she loses empathy, love, and bodily limits to become an omnipresent entity, an impersonal 'all' of data and time. Professor Normand, a figure of scientific authority, celebrates this transcendence as the culmination of evolution, declaring that 'God is just a word'. Herein lies the ideological risk: dehumanization is presented as supreme liberation, where total knowledge annuls morality, family, and bonds. There is no redemption or return to the natural order; only nihilistic apotheosis.

For parents, Lucy poses a clear dilemma: does it entertain with action or seduce with a vision that reduces the person to an improved machine? It celebrates power without responsibility, inviting us to question the inherent dignity of man. Better to opt for stories that affirm human greatness in everyday virtue, not in cold omnipotence.