Red Sparrow (2018)

When life takes away the thing you've worked hardest for, you find out just how far you're willing to go to survive. Francis Lawrence's "Red Sparrow," adapted from former CIA officer Jason Matthews' novel, stars Jennifer Lawrence as Dominika Egorova, a devoted daughter and Bolshoi prima ballerina whose fierce dedication has pushed her body and mind to the limit. When a devastating injury ends her dancing career, Dominika and her ailing mother face a bleak and uncertain future. Her powerful uncle, Ivan (Matthias Schoenaerts), a high-ranking Russian intelligence officer, manipulates her into joining Sparrow School, a secret program that trains young operatives to use seduction and psychological manipulation as weapons. After surviving the school's brutal, degrading training under a cold-hearted matron (Charlotte Rampling), Dominika emerges as the program's most dangerous Sparrow. Her first major assignment is to gain the trust of Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton), a CIA agent handling a mole deep within Russian intelligence. But as their cat-and-mouse game deepens, Dominika must decide whom she can trust - and what she's willing to sacrifice to protect herself and everyone she cares about. You'll be guessing until the final scene.