I initially didn't really want to watch the movie for 3 reasons. 1 it didn't get a great reception at all. 2 the fake Russian accents when they speak English is nonsensical. They speak English all the time with this accent. At least they could maybe speak regular English when they were supposed to speak actual English and not fake Russian? 3 Jennifer Lawrence is an actress I just don't trust. Her lazy performance in X-Men was a big black spot in the movies and you really cannot trust such a person to deliver a good performance unless she somehow wants to so I have to guess if she wants to or not. She was totally arrogant about the X-Men role and other roles making me not really trust that she is a focused or smart actress. She made the discussion about the paycheck not the role. But she has done amazing work in Passenger for example.

The movie turned out to actually be a decent spy flick and not as bad as I assumed it would be. There are some good tension-filled scenes here. And the Russian accents are not as irritating as you'd assume. They didn't really take away from the product. It's a 7/10 spy thriller, but it does have some issues. It's a complicated plot where you never know who wants what. That makes it hard to root for any side. They did it to add some mystery, but it just makes us not care for the people which is a 10 times bigger issue. There are also overblown scenes that are completely unrealistic. This is nothing how spy work works. This is not even how USSR spy work works. This is an exaggerated version of KGB, but just way worse. What they do in this movie could start a war. It's completely insane and nonsensical. All Hollywood. You also have scenes that are not connected. We see one scene and then the characters are in another city or doing something totally different and you wonder what the hell happened. They also spoke about secret matters in their apartments not even caring about any mics as they don't exist in this universe.

But why I gave it a 6 instead of 7 is because it has a disgusting torture scene in it. I'm not a fan at all. I get that some may not find it too horrible. It's just that I personally dislike watching this stuff so I rate such movies lower. For most adults this would be a fine enough watch, but nothing hugely fun. The plot unfolds behind the scenes. You won't really follow the plot it will be releveled at the very end. At that point I'm not impressed. Sure you kept this hidden from the viewer. But I would be way more impressed if you made a really fun movie instead of thinking you made a really clever one. Overall I did enjoy watching it in most scenes, but I won't really be recommending it unless you don't mind R rated stuff.