The first trailer has been released for Luc Besson’s sci-fi action movie, ‘Lucy,‘ starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman.

Set in a futuristic world that is run by the mob, street gangs, drug addicts and corrupted cops, Lucy (Scarlett Johansson), a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, 2069 AD, works as a drug mule for the mob. The drug she inadvertently takes goes into her system, changing her into a metahuman. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can’t feel pain and other discomforts.

The film sounds similar to Bradley Cooper’s movie ‘Limitless.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcLERVsu1O8

Official synopsis:

From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, 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.

The movie is set to be released in theaters on August 8th.

[Via Collider]