Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow

2018 · 140 min · EN · R · 6.5 (6,366 votes)
Dir. Francis Lawrence · Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Jeremy Irons, Ciarán Hinds · Music James Newton Howard

Seduce. Deceive. Repeat.

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Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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This is a chilling dive into a world where beauty is a weapon and trust is a fatal flaw. It feels like a cold, calculating chess match, draped in a seductive, dangerous aesthetic. The atmosphere is perpetually on edge, demanding a steely resolve from its characters and its audience as it explores the grim cost of survival.

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