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 agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
"Seduce. Deceive. Repeat."
Top Billed Cast
Jennifer Lawrence
Dominika Egorova
Joel Edgerton
Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
Matthias Schoenaerts
Vanya Egorov
Charlotte Rampling
Matron
Jeremy Irons
Vladimir Korchnoi
Ciarán Hinds
Alexei Zyuganov
Joely Richardson
Nina Egorova
Mary-Louise Parker
Stephanie Boucher
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
R Ricardo VargasVerified TMDB Critic
2018-03-18
I love Jennifer Lawrence, she's just amazing. It's not her best apparition but she's the main character of the plot, so you can appreciate her like in no other of her movies.
Twisted and complex, the main plot is defined by itself during the development of the movie.
By synopsis, Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) it's a professional ballet ballerina that tragically forced to change her career path by an "accident".
Moved by her family needs, she's accept some "business" propositions that subsequent convert her into an Sparrow, a secret government physiologic weapon of seduction.
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C cabjiVerified TMDB Critic
2018-05-14
It's one of those movies where you know what's going to happen in the end but you aren't sure how it's going to happen. Then at the end you know you have to watch it again so that you can understand how it happened....
G GimlyVerified TMDB Critic
2019-01-20
I thought I was going to get _Black Widow_ only boring, but what I ended up getting was actually _Atomic Blonde_ only boring.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2023-01-02
Charlotte Rampling is rather menacingly calculating in this otherwise rather dreary espionage thriller. She is the matron of a school where acclaimed ballet dancer turned agent "Dominika" (Jennifer Lawrence) is being sent to learn how to use sex (and sexuality) as weapons of war. After a pretty squeamish (best not say sticky) start, she gets into her stride and is soon on the trail of her CIA target "Nash" (Joel Edgerton). Of course it isn't going to be straightforward as loyalties are tested, she hasn't really a clue whom she can trust and - yes, it does all sound a bit familiar doesn't it? I...
