I Watch Films: Red Sparrow
Jennifer Lawrence is a Russian ballerina who is injured and is recruited by her uncle to become a spy. She goes to sex-spy school where she learns to uncover what people desire (mostly to shag Jennifer Lawrence). Then she’s sent into the field to seduce a CIA officer who is the point of contact for a Russian mole. The slow-motion betrayals and turn-abouts accelerate in the final sequence with plot, counter-plot, wheels-in-wheels and a villain getting his comeuppance.
The first section with gritty violence and the sex-school-for-spies has some interesting stuff, but it’s framed so unpleasantly and goes on so slowly that I didn’t really enjoy it. The slightly faster second half of the film where they go out in the field is more fun, but has almost nothing new about it.
Watch This: For a slightly novel and interesting spy film
Don’t Watch This: If you want fast-paced, entertaining action
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