Red Sparrow highlights the continuing misogyny in Hollywood today. Even an Oscar winning actress is not immune from it.

Dominika (Jennifer Lawrence) is a Russian ballerina who gets seriously injured and her dancing career is over. Unable to support her sick mother. Dominika's uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) recruits her to become a Russian spy and in return he would make sure her mother gets the medical treatment she needs.

During spy training the sparrows learn the art of seduction. Giving fellatio to strangers so they can extract information. Dominika is assigned to seduce a CIA agent Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton) for information. Instead Dominika looks to use Nash to defect to the Americans.

The film is inherently sexist rather than a sexy thriller. It is also tepid and lacklustre.

There is little chemistry between Lawrence and Edgerton. This is a truly torrid film. As an updated version of the French espionage film Nikita, it fails miserably.