FILM REVIEW: Scarlett Johansson's Lucy is missing something

Lucy, starringScarlettJohansson and Morgan Freeman, is the latest action-thriller fromThe Fifth Element director Luc Besson. He's the director behindsome of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in movie history.

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So, expectations are high when you pair Besson with the butt-kicking ScarlettJohansson (The Avengers, Iron Manand Captain America).

In Lucy, Johansson plays a woman who, after getting mixed up with some Taiwanese bad guys, is accidentally transformed into a hyper intelligent warrior.

But according toCBC film critic Eli Glasner, the film itself is none too smart.

Glasner says Besson leaves out Lucy's humanness, so Johansson's heroine comes across as little more than a robotic blonde in a dress.

Lucy, which also stars Morgan Freeman, is in theatres now.

Watch EliGlasner'sfull review in the above video.