Movie #1694 ........................."Red Sparrow"

Movie #1694 "Red Sparrow" was a movie that came out and I wanted to see, but never got to do that --- then I found it free on Cox on Demand the other night and finally got to watch it.  I have to tell you that it wasn't worth the wait.  Part of my personal problem is that I found it hard to understand --- thick german accents and mumbling at times got in the way of my own personal understanding of a lot  that was said.  With subtitles, I would have fared a bit better, but take sound out of the equation, and I must say this is a really grim story.  I thought it would be more of a spy thriller, but this spy is forced to become a spy due to monetary reasons, and her own uncle is putting her into sexual experiences that she really shouldn't be going through, esp. at a young age.  Jennifer Lawrence for a long time refused to do nude scenes, and this film must be the turning point in that attitude because there are nude scenes galore, along with violence, torture, etc.  I found it quite grim through the whole movie, and that gets stagnant watching it after a while.  You want her to smile or change to any other expression than depression and seriousness --- there's a sequence where she goes to learn her new job and it's really a whore boot camp (their words, not mine).  I really don't recommend it --- gratuitous sex scenes (I felt like saying, we've got it already) added to a long movie already, and it adds up to boredom.    I give it 3 stars out of 5 because I did make it to the end, so the story was adequate.  So was the acting. (nice surprise at the end of the film, so I liked the ending, too)

"RED SPARROW"     2018

Sidelined by a leg injury, ballerina Dominika Egorova becomes a Russian spy tasked with seducing a CIA operative working in Moscow. As their liaison begins to blur her loyalties, Dominika considers becoming a double agent.

Cast 

Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling, Mary Louise Parker, Ciarán Hinds, Joely Richardson, Douglas Hodge, Thekla Reuten, Sakina Jaffrey, Kristof Konrad, Sergei Polunin, Bill Camp, Sebastian Hülk

Director 

Francis Lawrence

Genres 

Thrillers, Espionage Thrillers, Dramas Based on the Book

Moods 

Violent, Suspenseful, Steamy, Cerebral