Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova turns dangerous Sparrow.Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova turns dangerous Sparrow.Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova turns dangerous Sparrow.
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- TriviaSource novelist Jason Matthews may not have encountered a real-life Dominika in his work with the CIA, but "honeypot" school was indeed part of Soviet intelligence training. "In the Soviet Union, they had a school that taught young women the art of entrapment, the art of seduction, for blackmailing intelligence targets," Matthews explained. "They had a Sparrow School in the city of Kazan, on the banks of the Volga River, where young women were taught how to be courtesans. They were called 'Sparrows'."
- GoofsGeneral Korlinoi's medals are US Army medals. They include the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and the Army Good Conduct Medal.
- Crazy creditsThe title doesn't appear until the 10-minute mark.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version is cut for "strong sadistic violence" to earn a 15 certificate instead of an 18, which was done based on BBFC advice. As both countries make up the same distribution region, Ireland also received the same cut version (rated 16 for cinema and 18 on video). The contentious scene shows Ustinov being strangled:
- In the UK version, we only see a brief establishing shot where his hands are covering his throat, cutting right to a close-up of Dominika struggling but completely clean. The censored footage shows the wire cutting into Ustinov's throat for much longer, in more graphic detail after his arms hang loose, and him bleeding on Dominika's chest.
- Ustinov collapsing uses an alternate shot in the UK version, and the second close-up of Dominika is digitally bloodless as with the first, but there's still blood on her chest when putting on her clothes as per the uncut version (a continuity error).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Red Sparrow (2018)
- SoundtracksOpus 40, no. 6
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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My wife and I watched this at home on DVD. While it is a bit long at 2+ hours it is told in an interesting manner and never seemed too long.
We both remarked that is has similarities to "La Femme Nikita" where a young lady with natural cunning is given a choice, but her only means of survival is to accept the job working for the agency.
Jennifer Lawrence is Russian ballet star Dominika Egorova. A tragic accident happens at the end of a performance, ending her career. But she gets a chance, really an order, to train as a Sparrow, which she terms a high class whore. To size up targets and infiltrate as a spy by giving them what they need.
As it turns out one target is Joel Edgerton as American spy Nate Nash, hustled out of Moscow when his Russian mole is almost caught. Invariably his mission gets tangled up with hers.
The other key character is played by Matthias Schoenaerts who is her uncle, . Vanya Egorov. It is a classic case of trying to figure out who is really on which side, as often a character has to use misdirection to accomplish a task.
We enjoyed it, an interesting and entertaining viewing.
We both remarked that is has similarities to "La Femme Nikita" where a young lady with natural cunning is given a choice, but her only means of survival is to accept the job working for the agency.
Jennifer Lawrence is Russian ballet star Dominika Egorova. A tragic accident happens at the end of a performance, ending her career. But she gets a chance, really an order, to train as a Sparrow, which she terms a high class whore. To size up targets and infiltrate as a spy by giving them what they need.
As it turns out one target is Joel Edgerton as American spy Nate Nash, hustled out of Moscow when his Russian mole is almost caught. Invariably his mission gets tangled up with hers.
The other key character is played by Matthias Schoenaerts who is her uncle, . Vanya Egorov. It is a classic case of trying to figure out who is really on which side, as often a character has to use misdirection to accomplish a task.
We enjoyed it, an interesting and entertaining viewing.
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- Operación Red Sparrow
- Filming locations
- Slovenský Rozhlas - Mýtna 2826, Bratislava, Slovakia(Russian agency in Budapest)
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- Budget
- $69,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,874,505
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,853,422
- Mar 4, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $151,572,634
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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