This film is a stylish espionage thriller, except the actual story itself revolves very little around actual espionage and "missions" per say.

It focuses on the story of an ex-ballerina who becomes enrolled as a "Sparrow" by the Russian secret service, and her ability to do her job (find a mole) and keep her overseers happy, whilst trying to see if she can escape and keep her sick mother safe.

There are some twists and turns that make the story less than mundane and predictable, however there is a lot of time focused on training Sparrows to use sex as a "weapon", instead of making the plot more compelling.

Enjoyable and easy watching, the cast is very strong and Jennifer Lawrence is magnetic in the lead role! A very different film to say The Good Shepherd, or Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, but that shouldn't detract from what is a solid cinematic outing.