Red Sparrow is a 2018 American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Justin Haythe. It is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jeremy Irons. It grossed USD 151 million worldwide, becoming a modest box-office success.
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Red Sparrow is a 2018 American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Justin Haythe, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, and Jeremy Irons. It tells the story of a Russian intelligence officer, who is sent to make contact with a CIA officer in the hope of discovering the identity of a mole. Red Sparrow premiered at the Newseum in Washington, D. C. on February 15, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 2, 2018. It grossed USD 151 million worldwide, becoming a modest box-office success, and received mixed reviews from critics, who described it as having \”more style than substance\”, but criticized the film’s long running time and over-reliance on graphic violence and sex, while praising Jennifer Lawrence’s performance. It is based on historic Soviet sexpionage and contemporary Russian use of kompromat, and filming took place in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. It was released on February 16, 2018 and is available on Blu-ray, DVD and Blu-Ray in the U.S. and Canada. It has been released in Australia on February 21, 2018; in the UK on February 22, 2018,. and in the Netherlands on February 23, 2018.; in the Philippines on February 24, 2018., and in Germany on February 25, 2018 on February 26, 2019; in France on February 27, 2019.
It will be released in UK cinemas on February 28, 2019, and in Europe on February 29, 2020; in Germany and Austria on February 30, 2020, on February 31, 20, 20 and 21, 20; and in Australia and Canada on March 28, 20. The movie is set in modern-day Russia, where Dominika Egorova is a famous ballerina who supports her ill mother. She is tasked with seducing Dimitry Ustinov, a Russian gangster, in exchange for her mother’s continued medical care. After he is killed by an SVR operative, Dominika is assigned to reestablish contact with Nate Nash, a CIA operative working in Moscow. She contacts Nash, agrees to become a double agent, and has sex with him. Nash creates a diversion to ensure his asset, a mole in Russian ranks code-named Marble, escapes unidentified. Since he cannot return to Russia, he is assigned. to Budapest to re establish contact with Marble, which the SVR also deduce. Dominika excels in her training, despite some friction with her trainer, known only as the Matron, and is supervised by SVR station chief Maxim Volontov. In Budapest, she lives with another sparrow named Marta Yelenova.
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