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Title: Red Sparrow


Date: 2018
Type: Spy thriller
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer:

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A dancer (Jennifer Lawrence) with the Bolshoi Ballet breaks her leg and has to give up dancing. Her uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) recruits her as a secret agent, sends her to the Sparrow training school where she learns to use sex and seduction to get what she needs and is then sent to turn an American spy (Joel Edgerton) and also uncover a mole in the Russian secret service. The plot is a mix of cold war spy story, set in modern Russia with some sexploitation and torture thrown in. The plot has various problems and Jennifer Lawrence in not convincing as a spy and her character lacks passion. Charlotte Rampling gives a good support role as the woman running the Sparrow training school. There is a strong cast and the production is good, but overall let down by the script. There is a nice cameo from Jeremy Irons as a Russian General.

Actors

Jennifer LawrenceJennifer Lawrence
Joel Edgerton
Matthias Schoenaerts
Charlotte RamplingCharlotte Rampling
mary-Louise ParkerMary-Louise Parker
Ciran HindsCiran Hinds
Joely RichardsonJoely Richardson
Jeremy IronsJeremy Irons

Oscars

None

Red Sparrow