Red Sparrow

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.




Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
—Twentieth Century Fox




A young Russian intelligence officer is assigned to seduce a first-tour CIA agent who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young officers collide in a charged atmosphere of trade-craft, deception, and inevitably forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but the lives of others as well.



Dominika Egorova, a famous Russian prima ballerina for the renowned Bolshoi Ballet, sees her brilliant career end abruptly--and as a result--she is faced with a difficult decision when her shady uncle, Vanya Egorov, sends her to serve the State. Now, as a secret agent or, a Sparrow, Dominika after intensive training to learn how to use her body as a weapon to sexually manipulate prestigious targets, is recruited to make contact with CIA Agent, Nate Nash, to reveal the identity of his unknown Russian informant. But, can the seductive operative make it out alive in a world filled with secrets and extreme danger?
—Nick Riganas




In modern-day Russia, Dominika Egorova is a famed Russian ballerina who supports her ill mother. Following a career-ending injury, Dominika is approached by her uncle, Ivan, the Deputy Director of SVR. She is tasked with seducing Dimitry Ustinov, a Russian gangster, in exchange for her mother's continued medical care. As Ustinov rapes her, he is killed by Sergei Matorin, an SVR operative authorized by Ivan. Ivan offers Dominika a choice to begin working for the SVR, or be executed so there are no witnesses to Ustinov's death..




Ballerina Dominika Egorova's career endures a setback when she breaks her leg during a performance. After recovering, she tries to get back her role through doing a favour for her uncle, a senior officer in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service ('SVR'). This makes her a witness to a murder, putting her life in danger. In order to stay alive she joins the SVR and receives training as a 'Sparrow', a female espionage agent. Her first assignment: seduce a CIA agent in Budapest and find out the name of his mole in Moscow.
—grantss



Dominika Egorova is many things. A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs. A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit. A master of seductive and manipulative combat. When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.
—Twentieth Century Fox




SYNOPSIS

Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is a lead ballerina in the Bolshoi Company for Russia. The company takes care of her and her ailing mother, Nina (Joely Richardson). After the lead male ballet dancer falls on and breaks Dominika's leg during a performance, her career is over.

Dominika's uncle, Ivan Egorova (Matthias Schoenaerts), suggests that she work for him in the Russian Intelligence as an assassin as the Bolshoi won't pay for her mother's medical bills much longer. Dominkia agrees, for her mother. Her target is Dimitri Ustinov (Kristof Konrad) who rapes her but during the act a stranger (later revealed to be Simyonov (Sergej Onopko) strangles Dimitri to death.

Dominika is then placed into Sparrow school as the alternative is death as a witness to the murder. Dominika is put through various lessons and situations under the Matron's (Charlotte Rampling) tutelage.

Dominika is removed earlier than expected to carry out a mission under her uncle and General Vladimir Korchnoi (Jeremy Irons). The target is an American CIA operative, Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton). She is to find out the name of his Russian contact. She is placed in a rooming flat with Marta (Thekla Reuten) who also went to Sparrow school.

Nate has convinced Dominika to become a double agent and work with the CIA.

Dominika reveals to Marta that she was there when Dimitri Ustinov was killed. Marta takes that information over to Maxim Volontov (Douglas Hodge), their superior, which gets Marta skinned and gutted in the bathroom for Dominika to find.

Dominika, under a lie detector test, tells Marty (Bill Camp) and Trish (Sakina Jaffrey), Nate's superiors, about Marta's mission with an American chief-of-staff, Stephanie Boucher (Mary-Louise Parker) code name Swan who is providing Russia with information.

With Marta out of the way, Dominika and Maxim make the exchange with Stephanie. Unfortunately, Stephanie is drunk and gets spooked in front of a bus which kills her. Dominika is taken back to Russia for questioning and torture. Maxim is shot in the head while Dominika is allowed back in the field to find the mole.

Dominika and Nate reunite. Dominika awakes to find Nate gagged, partly tied to a chair and Simyonov strangling him. Dominika joins in the torture tying Nate fully to the chair. Suddenly she turns on Simyonov and stabs him. A fight ensues ending with Simyonov dead while Dominika and Nate are badly injured.

Dominika awakes in a hospital. The General approaches her and reveals that he is the mole. His reason is that an angry Russians official wouldn't allow an American to operate on his sick and dying wife. He allows Dominika to do what she wishes with this information as he is resigned to his fate.

Dominika identifies the mole's name to Zakharov (Ciarán Hinds) via phone. An exchange is made between Dominika and a masked man who is believed to be the Russian contact. When the mask is unveiled, it is the uncle who has undergone torture. Then a flashback to various events that Dominika did to set up her uncle for this moment. The uncle is shot in the head before he reaches the Americans.

In the final scene, Dominika is decorated with the General and Matron in the audience. Dominika is shown at home with her mother. She gets a call, and it is ballet music like Nate played for her as a calling card.