Red Sparrow
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA… From TMDB
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Red Sparrow grossed $46.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $104.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $151.5 million, against a production budget of $69 million. In the United States and Canada, Red Sparrow was released alongside Death Wish, and was projected to gross $20–24 million from 3,056 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $6 million on its first day (including $1.2 million from Thursday night previews) and $17 million over the weekend, finishing second, behind holdover Black Panther. Deadline Hollywood noted the opening was underwhelming given the film's $69 million budget, and that Lawrence's salary of $15–20 million was too much to spend on one…
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60 of 123 · most liked firstTom Pritzker asks Epstein if he saw the movie Red Sparrow, about sexpionage. Epstein responds: “Do scouts get merit badges?” Training red sparrows involves brutal Russian intelligence conditioning that transforms individuals into state-owned weapons.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched @/honobread's recent video about how she accidentally watched 'Red Sparrow' a 'freaky' spy movie with her parents and these frames alone screamed Boyfriend with his parents, so I had to draw it lol Baxter and Grace © Me #FNF #fridaynightfunkin #fnfboyfriend #fnf
neutral · AI labelView post →Nina Burleigh: 2018 Red Sparrow movie... Four tickets were purchased by Epstein. The next day, Epstein was emailing about a design for jackets and sweaters featuring “red pigeons” with American flag colors and the words “RED GOLBYS.” Golby is a transliteration of the Russian word for pigeon or dove.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Red Sparrow 朱雀战纪 [2022] Directed By: Ji Zhizhong This film quite enjoyable due to the action at times and the few comedy segments with her robot companion in this A.I. versus human film. It just gave me a nostalgic feeling from the early 2Ks of Seiji Chiba films, and PS2 era action games.
positive · AI labelView post →Atomic Blonde AND Red Sparrow pretty much ate every bit of lunch a PG-13 Black Widow movie could hope to lay out.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been saying "Red Sparrow," which was a movie about this kind of thing. He's a prime target. Insatiable ego, craves incessant attention and flattery, easy mark. And I know you know that sexpionage was part of the Cold War. Mr "ex" KGB Putin's wheelhouse.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anna another strange one and slots between Red Sparrow and Atomic Blond, the tranche of female lead 'spy' movies of the late 20-teens. As a massive Besson fan I found it unwatchable variety.com/2019/film/re...
negative · AI labelView post →I read "Red Sparrow" before the movie came out and man, that dude hates Nancy Pelosi
neutral · AI labelView post →Similar to how the story of anti-gun activist Maria Butina was comical botched by the US press just because she made horny reporters think of red-haired Jennifer Lawrence saying "whore school" in Red Sparrow movie trailers that were on TV the year she was arrested.
neutral · AI labelView post →She's a Red Sparrow. The movie gives a thumbnail sketch of what it REALITY. Melabia was TRAINED to capture an American "Billionaire". And, then to let Putin influence him to corrupt our Democracy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Which is odd because La Femme Nikita (1990) & Lucy (2014) really worked with strong female leads, OK so Lucy is not a 'spy' film but Anna makes Red Sparrow and Atomic Blond look like masterpieces, which, IMHO, they most certainly were not
negative · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.50, My Cousin Rachel on Film4. At 9pm, Elysium on Great Movies or Braven on Legend. At 10pm, Creed on ITV4. At 10.15, Bowling For Columbine on Sky Docs. At 11.10, We Were Strangers on @TalkingPicsTV. At 11.25pm, Red Sparrow on Film4. At 12.30am, When We Were Kings on Sky Docs #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies like John Wick: Ballerina, Atomic Blonde, Kill Bill, La Femme Nikita, Red Sparrow, etc. while maybe not 100% a bond film, basically already demonstrate that this would absolutely work and its silly to ignore that.
neutral · AI labelView post →That's a nice list, and you chose a movie where I'm quoted on the back of the Blu-ray (Red Sparrow). They might have changed it but I was when it was first released Also this probably needs to be updated but here is my top 10 of all time letterboxd.com/solid_fantas...
positive · AI labelView post →I love these, maybe do Atomic Blonde or Red Sparrow with Florence Pugh. I am also a big spy movie fan. Ooooo or Spy Kids but it’s Children of Dune 😂 wish I wasn’t about to start work lol I would make some too!
neutral · AI labelView post →Is Red Sparrow a xmas movie? (it is to me now)
neutral · AI labelView post →Because it’s social media I’m obliged to tell you that Red Sparrow on Netflix is a good Saturday night movie
positive · AI labelView post →And not play Highlander "there can be only one" when it comes to female led films, but by the time they made a Black Widow solo movie, the character was dead and Red Sparrow and Atomic Blonde both had neatly eaten any lunch the movie could lay out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Red Sparrow. The movie is now a documentary.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spot on! Watch Jennifer Lawrence being transformed into a Red Sparrow in the eponymous movie. They're real things. I hate that she was possibly turned out by her Oligarch pappy, but, as you say, she could've left a LONG time ago. She's in on the joke--we have a Soviet in the WH.
neutral · AI labelView post →She's a Red Sparrow. But the original movie was better.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, The Fugitive on 5Action, For a Few Dollars More on Sky Arts, Red Sparrow on Great Action or M:I – Rogue Nation on Film4. At 10pm, Schindler’s List on BBC2. At 10.15pm, The Taking Of Pelham 123 on ITV1 or Hedda Gabler on BBC4. At 11.40pm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline on Film4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Melania, the Red Sparrow is keeping a low profile since the big Halloween bash at MAGA Lardo. Perhaps she watched the movie Marie Antoinette and didn’t like the ending….
neutral · AI labelView post →#Ukraine has revoked the citizenship of ballet dancer and actor Sergei Polunin, who appeared in the movie “Red Sparrow.” Good - this disgusting Putin fanboy should stay in #Russia where he belongs. @kyivindependent.com kyivindependent.com/ballet-dance...
neutral · AI labelView post →Not even the presence of actors like Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Irons can save this movie from its own tepid-ness. My ★★½ review of Francis Lawrence’s “Red Sparrow” (2018): opus.ing/diet/487444
negative · AI labelView post →I never saw Red Sparrow, but I've seen Atomic Blonde an almost embarrassing number of times. Charlize Theron is too hot in that movie. And man... can she take a punch, which is sexy in the worst & most unsettling possible way. 🤣
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t know why but this reminded me of the movie Red Sparrow
neutral · AI labelView post →Channel 4 is showing RED SPARROW (gosh what is on everybody's mind?), a movie I did not review but would recommend because of the fascinating cast. It goes very hard core, like unusually so, and this means it's hard to take, but if you've the stomach for it it's very good
positive · AI labelView post →Red Sparrow A truly abysmal movie by any standard.
negative · AI labelView post →Seen the movie Red Sparrow? That’s Melania. Also, see the movie Pretty Woman? That’s a version of her, too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway: Weird movie, weird hitman: Red Sparrow (2018) Normal movie, normal hitman: John Wick 2 (2017) Weird movie, normal hitman: Nobody (2021) Normal movie, weird hitman: The Killer (2023)
neutral · AI labelView post →I always have on hand a buncha books I haven't read. I don't filter much on genre, but I filter HARD on quality of writing. I'm reading "The Terror" right now--about Franklin's Northwest Passage. And, Bill Bryson's "Made in America"--it's fascinating, but "Red Sparrow" is SO much more than the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm reading, "Red Sparrow". The movie was terrifying. The book fills in a lot of missing details. Still just terrifying. Melabia trump is one.
negative · AI labelView post →I think russia perfected the art of planting spies long ago using attractive young women. Has anyone seen the movie Red Sparrow? This could be a blonde bimbo attack targeting our narcissistic leader!
neutral · AI labelView post →The 2018 movie "Red Sparrow" was the first thought that popped into my mind!
neutral · AI labelView post →So a female assassin disposed of a Ukraine Officer who had defected to Russia. Kind of sounds like “Red Sparrow”. I’ve been thinking about that movie alot lately.
neutral · AI labelView post →For sure. I can't believe Alan prefers the Boris and Natasha Russian accents. I literally walked out out of the JLaw movie Red Sparrow because of those, one of only three times I have walked out of a movie. Chernobyl got it exactly right and established the template everyone else ought to use.
negative · AI labelView post →I thought the first act of Red Sparrow was pretty solid - like Full Metal Jacket crossed with Salo – but the rest of the film was a bland spy thriller (sprinkled with cruelty) with a tepid romance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Red, sadly, has been on a flop era when it comes to movie titles: Red One, Red Notice, Red Sparrow, Red Sonja (the new one, that went straight to VOD)
neutral · AI labelView post →She reminds me so much of the main character in the movie “Red Sparrow” with Jennifer Lawrence. She will do anything and everything for the regime.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve always thought Mel was knee deep in the E files crap. That’s why DT is so obsessed w covering it up. If you haven’t seen the movie “Red Sparrow” I recommend you check it out. It provides insight on how young women are recruited into espionage operations.
neutral · AI labelView post →Look up Red Sparrow. Watch the movie, yes fictional based of facts. Russia uses red sparrows to entice..”useful idiots” nickname for trump…Russians & money began infiltrating US since…their goal was to infiltrate from with within google…1956.
neutral · AI labelView post →We all know that Malaria Trump is a Red Sparrow. Jennifer Lawrence made a better film. Tbh, I'd rather pour hot bleach into my eyes than watch this!
negative · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Bourne Identity on Sky Showcase, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation on Film4, Red Sparrow on Great Action or Seven Dials Mystery on Sky Arts. At 11pm, Eternal Beauty on BBC2. At 11.40, A Most Wanted Man on Film4. At 12am, Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada on Great Action #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →belated stray thought re DRAGON TATTOO (Da Finchman), it's kind of funny that much of Jennifer Lawrence's look in RED SPARROW was just "gimme Lisbeth Salander going around incognito doing cheeky bank stuff towards the end of the film"
neutral · AI labelView post →Isn't Melania the Movie just Red Sparrow: Part 2?
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Red Sparrow on Great Action, Unhinged on Sky Max or The Transporter on Film4. At 9.30pm, Old School on BBC3. At 10pm, Predator 2 on ITV4. At 10.45pm, Licence To Kill on ITV1. At 10.50pm, Bob Trevino Likes It on Film4. At 12.35am, Broker on 4Seven. At 1am, Love, Simon on C4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the movie Red Sparrow to understand.
neutral · AI labelView post →Excellent film, really enjoyable. A nice palate cleanser after Rampage and Red Sparrow. #omg18
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Bridge of Spies on Film4 or Wind River on 5Star. At 10pm, Red Sparrow on More4. At 10.45, Blues Brothers on BBC4. At 11, Ordinary Love on BBC2. At 11.15, Living Daylights on ITV1. At 11.35, Across The Bridge on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 11.50, Mean Streets on Film4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →Epstein was MOSAD and introduced her to Drump. After getting a taste from what I hear. They had sex for the first time on the plane to fantasy island. Must of been a wild show for everyone else on the plane watching. Red Sparrow was a movie but based on fact.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jennifer Lawrence new big movie release: Red Sparrow 2 in the Bushes
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, The Game on Legend Xtra or The Terminal on Great TV. At 9.05, The First Of The Few on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 10.50, Lethal Weapon 3 on ITV4. At 11, Hope & Glory on BBC2 or Ulzana’s Raid on Legend. At 11.20, Red Sparrow on Film4. At 2.45am, American Refugee on C4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →SUCH a good movie! I love that one and Red Sparrow so much. Gimme all the female assassins and spy movies!!
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 9pm, Jerry Maguire on Great Movies or Alien Nation on Legend. At 9.30pm, Saltburn on BBC3. At 10.45pm, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service on ITV1. At 11pm, The Game on Legend. At 11.05pm, Cowboys & Aliens on C4. At 11.25pm, Red Sparrow on Film4. At 12am, Gringo on BBC1 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →RED SPARROW, aka the MCU Black Widow movie we should've gotten.
neutral · AI labelView post →But it was from ussr birth, wasn't it? Kind of makes me think of the Red Sparrow movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Red Sparrow book and film were good. Can't speak for the Slovenian slapper.
positive · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Bridge of Spies Man From U.N.C.L.E. Red Sparrow North by Northwest Austin Powers Movies The Saint Mission Impossible Movies Jason Bourne Movie Sneakers James Bond Movies Top Secret! Three Days of the Condor Jack Ryan Movies Probably some more
neutral · AI labelView post →Revenge is interesting, will have to rewatch it again (though it dipped in my estimation on a 2nd watch). Definitely has elements that fit, as I recall. Red Sparrow is more a straight up spy movie with some fights, as I recall, but again, worth another look (I got the 4K for 50p in a charity shop)
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