Clearly, contemporary society doesn't quite grasp the vast boundaries of "exploitative." This movie is not exploitative. In the least. Red Sparrow "tries" to deal with the "harsh reality" of a young successful ballerina who becomes injured and must face the reality of caring for her ailing mother when her dance company will no longer support them. Luckily, her uncle is in a top special forces branch and can give her a "leg up." This film offers you a "bird's eye view"of a young woman who has connections to the highest levels of the secret service. Not at all your typical "expendable." The main character is a rather spoiled girl who you're supposed to feel sorry for because her special forces uncle "looked at her funny" when she was little. Really? We can't explore that theme just a little more? The reality of Russian sexist culture is so horrifying as to make this movie a fantastical joke. You could even go so far as to say it's a pro-Russian movie: you'll be fine as long as you have not witnessed a political assassination, you're beautiful, one of the most successful ballerinas of your time and your uncle is a top secret service agent (although he may have looked at you funny when you were little - but we won't go into that because that's just inappropriate -wtf?!). Awesome. Mr. Verhoeven, will you please re-make this movie and scare the crap out of everyone by telling the ugly truth? Thank you.