Red Sparrow came as a surprise to me, after not being particularly intrigued by the promotional material and coming out to negative reviews it ended up being quite good. Not to say that it was amazing in any ways but it really just was a decent spy thriller with hard R violence and gore, certain scenes of the movie was completely cringing to behold. Nonetheless, I was surprised by the good time that I actually had with Red Sparrow.

Obviously, it isn't groundbreaking in any ways and the normal conventions of a spy thriller was used but seeing as it was just well acted and intriguing viewers can be hooked into the story and buy into the quote on quote twist at the end of the film. Because of Jennifer Lawrence's brilliant portrayal this film actually is a good watch.

Red Sparrow also takes several bold choices, really pushing the envelope in some cases when it comes to its sex and violence. But in this case, I think it worked, it wasn't just to get some sort of audience reaction but rather served a purpose of telling this brutal story and the harsh conditions that are faced by Jennifer Lawrence's character.

Well executed, filmed and acted resulting in a fairly decent film in which audiences could forgive its lack of a meaningful story.