Red Sparrow is a captivating psychological thriller film by director Francis Lawrence who, having already worked with Jennifer Lawrence on the Hunger Games saga, was able to make the most of her talent. The plot is well constructed and never boring, making it pleasant to watch the film, which deals with a Russian dancer who is forced to enlist in intelligence after an injury forces her to abandon her career. As plots and political intrigues follow one another, the protagonist will have to keep up with the risk of her job (made of action, violence and sometimes even seduction), also coming into contact with her American counterpart, played by Joel Edgerton. One may think that the film has something of propaganda but it is not so, as it focuses on the single moral decisions of the young spy in search of his redemption, therefore without a direct criticism of the rival Power.