Red Sparrow [4K UHD]

As a preface, this is not the only JenLaw movie to get unnecessarily slammed by sham reviews. Since The Fappening, people have been on a mission to smear her image. (The personal comments about the president haven't helped.) But throw all that out, look at this film objectively, and you will be pleasantly rewarded with a spy thriller that's cunning, sexy and disturbing all at once. Lawrence plays a Soviet op who is conned into a femme fatale lifestyle of cutthroat operatives when her ballerina career is ruined from an injury. She crosses paths with Edgerton, an agent in the middle of a career SNAFU, as he attempts to redeem his status with the CIA after getting made during his cover. Romance and espionage ensues. The movie is one part Lawrence learning to survive covertly and two parts not trying to turn on her government to aid her mother, friend, and colleagues. The crux of why people are turning this down is the violence and graphic nudity. The violence is no worse than Fight Club and about as disturbing as Black Swan. Those are your benchmarks. As for the sexuality... yes you get to see a penis, some breasts and butt, but at this point you should know Jen is human. Body parts do not make the actor. The acting makes the actor. Lawrence does a pretty convincing job pulling off a Russian dialect, but it's being sociopathic while undercover where she shines. It's a tale of espionage. She starts off scared and green, but over the course of 2 hours she is brutally beautiful in her façade. Edgerton is handsome and sweet. He is excellent as a supporting actor and he only makes Jennifer that much more focal in the story. One of the other standouts here is Rampling, the stoic mission driven school commandant who effortlessly instills guile in her students through psychosexual manipulation. She is equal parts mechanical and overtly invasive in finding sexual quirks. There's another standout performance in Red Sparrow, but I promised I wouldn't spoil the movie in my review. I'm sorry I'm late with this review, but if you plan on Redboxing the movie or catching it before the theatrical run ends, do so! It is not a first date movie, but is definitely sensual, very engrossing and yet another star for both Lawrences' track records. I hope these two continue to work together for years to come.

This is actually a really well written movie. From the very beginning, you have great difficulty trying to figure out what the characters are truly after. You should understand that this is not an action film. It's a psychological thriller. When you believe that you have everything figured out, you get to the movies third act and realize you misjudged. Jennifer Lawrence is a very talented actress. To say anything else is to do her a disservice. Every scene in this movie is well acted. Neither she nor any of her cast mates will let you down in this department. I've seen some people mention a certain sex scene she has in the movie casting it in a negative light. Yes, there is a rather clunky sex scene in the movie. But, this was absolutely done on purpose. The character that she is hooking up with does not want to have sex with her at this point. He's trying not to compromise his judgment. This movie involves a romance between two spies. In other words, these are two terribly guarded people. Both characters have a great deal of difficulty trusting the other. This was most true in their first sex scene. Notice how passionate the next time they get it on is. This was the one time in the movie where they really felt like they could trust each other. In that moment their trust was at it's highest. The only thing that I can see any reasonable person having a problem with in this movie is the violence. When the movie turns violent it is very graphic. That said, this too was done on purpose. There are many scenes in the movie that are supposed to make you feel uneasy. The director is making a statement about the nature of spy work. It's a dirty job and sometimes it gets messy... extremely messy. Lies, manipulation, amorality, torture, and sleeping with someone just to get close to them all show up in this movie. For a puritan, ( a lot of the people reviewing this movie seem to be) this may be too much. But, for any realist about what spy work is probably like, it seems these things would constitute just another day at the office. If you like spy movies and don't mind graphic violence, you'll really enjoy this movie. Honestly, I think that it's a great movie that really got overshadowed by the release of Black Panther. Had it not released when it did I think that it would have done much better at the box office.

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Excellent film en qualité bluray! A voir ,ces moineaux ( nom donné aux espionnes qui devaient séduire les Occidentaux sous l URSS) formation impitoyable!

Il film è ottimo: l'avevo visto al cinema ed essendomi piaciuto successivamente l'ho acquisto per circa 10 euro in versione Blu-ray, venduto e spedito da Amazon. Quando posso mi fa piacere sostenere nel mio piccolo le produzioni cinematografiche, italiane o straniere che siano, insieme al mondo dell'editoria e a quello teatrale. La cultura rappresenta sempre un bel investimento e acquistare un biglietto o un prodotto originale può solo che supportare le nuove produzioni. Segnalo tuttavia delle mancanze importanti sulla descrizione del prodotto. Il Blu-ray non è soltanto in lingua inglese DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 e in italiano DTS 5.1, ma volendo possiamo selezionare dal menu anche altre lingue: in DTS 5.1 è disponibile l'audio in francese, tedesco, spagnolo, russo, indiano e arabo. L'audio è poi disponibile nel formato Dolby Digital 5.1 in cinese, giapponese e ucraino. Infine, è possibile vedere il film in lingua originale con commento del regista Francis Lawrence ed è possibile selezionare anche i sottotitoli tradotti del commento in tutte queste lingue, italiano compreso. I sottotitoli del film sono disponibili in: inglese, italiano, francese, tedesco, spagnolo, russo, cinese, arabo, giapponese, ucraino (quindi tutte le lingue disponibili anche per l'audio), e inoltre sono disponibili anche in danese, olandese, norvegese, svedese, finlandese, estone, lettone e lituano. Ci sono anche i contenuti extra tra cui troviamo: + diverse scene tagliate; + il commento del regista; + una nuova guerra fredda: origine e adattamento; + agente provocatore: il cast corale; + spionaggio: autenticità visiva; + cuore della tempesta: sul set; + un puzzle di esigenze: il post-produzione; + benvenute alla scuola Sparrow: balletto e acrobazie. IN CONCLUSIONE Oltre al film, il Blu-ray è ricco di contenuti che non sono segnalati né nella descrizione del prodotto né nella custodia del Blu-ray. Posso dire che il film non è un capolavoro, ma è bello e merita sicuramente. Il disco Blu-ray è arrivato nuovo e integro nella custodia. La qualità visiva delle immagini è ottima. Spero di essere stato UTILE.

fabulous acting. worth watching

First I was a bit disappointed when I noticed this is not an action movie like Atomic Blonde but this is so much better it's a very colorless and very true look and what spies go through and a great look at what surely goes on all over the world. I live in Vienna (which is ffeatured in this film and the got everything right.. A rare thing. Usually the go to the east, it's cheaper) but anyway. Vienna was always a big deal for spies. But this is a verv harsh film. Don't watch it if you can't stand violence or missing empathy. It is a very truthful look and very entertaining. Jennifer Lawrence is fantastic. Even though I don't like her that much as a person anymore but fantastic actress and fatastic movie. This is a Blu Ray to buy and own for sure.