Red Sparrow (2018)

Staring

Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Charlotte Rampling

Overview

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.

Review

How did someone take a fantastic spy thriller written by a former CIA officer and turn it into a boring movie? The actors have zero chemistry with each other. The character motivations are all messed up (and relatively hidden). The only redeeming quality of the whole thing is the end, which adds a nice twist that diverts from the book. But I almost didn’t make it that far because the rest is so boring.
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