This exciting film contains dramatic events, action , thrills, blood and is plenty of sex and graphical violence. Stars Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence who did ballet and practiced a Russian accent for various months) is a famous Russian prima ballerina for the renowned Bolshoi Ballet. After an injury that kept her out of stage, the former Russian dancer is coercively recruited by her uncle Vanya Egorov (Matthias Schoenaerts) to work for the secret services of her country, to be part of the Red Sparrow program. There she will learn the art of espionage using methods of seduction while trying to maintain his sense of identity. The Sparrow school is run by the stiff-upper-lip teacher Matron (Charlotte Rampling). Her first mission, targeting a C. I. A. Agent, Nash (Joel Edgerton), threatens to unravel the security of both nations. The two young officers collide in a charged atmosphere of trade-craft, deception, and inevitably forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but the lives of others as well. Seductive !. Deceptive !. Deadly !. I Know Your Secrets !. The road to forgiveness begins with betrayal !. Seduce!. Deceive !. Repeat!.
This tense spy thriller directed by Francis Lawrence is loaded with a twisted script full of lies, half-truths, plot twists, lots of suspense, and overwhelming sensuality with strong doses of sex. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Jason Matthews. This writer, who was a CIA agent for more than 30 years, provides unbeatable rigor and verisimilitude to the story. With this bestseller and critical success, Matthews opened a trilogy of novels that continues with "Palace of Treason" and closes with ¨The Kremlins Candidate¨. According to Jason Matthews "honeypot" ór ¨Sparrow¨school was indeed part of Soviet intelligence training; in the Soviet Union, they had a school that taught young women the art of seduction, and the art of entrapment, for blackmailing intelligence targets. There was a Sparrow School in the city of Kazan, on the banks of the Volga River, where young women were taught how to be courtesans, they were called 'Sparrows'.
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and Australian actor Joel Edgertom play pretty well two spies who enter into a complicated relationship based on attraction and deception that will endanger their careers and the security of their respective countries. Along with them, other good supporting actors giving good performances, such as: Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Joely Richardson, Bill Camp, Thekla Reuten, Douglas Hodge, Sakina Jaffrey, the also Oscar-winning Jeremy Irons, among others, completing the ensemble cast of this film.
It contains a suspenseful and thrilling musical score by James Newton Howard . As well as colorful and adequate cinematography by Jo Willems, Francis Lawrence's regular cameraman. The motion picture was well directed by Francis Lawrence, although it gets a bit long and heavy at times. No relation to actress Jennifer Lawrence, although Francis and Jennifer have worked together in four movies: Hunger Games: Catching fire (2013), Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and Red Sparrow (2018). He's a successful fimmaker (I am Legend , Constantine , Hunger Games saga) and usually video-clips director (for Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez , among others) . Rating Red Sparrow, 6.5/10 : Good , better than average . Well worth watching .
