This was better than I had expected from reading critics' reviews – but that doesn't mean that it's a very good film. In many ways it's a routine spy tale of who is double crossing whom, with views of a few European cities thrown in. The back story of the lead character's career as a ballerina cut short, and her ill mother, is really just padding and not interesting except insofar as the family background motivates her later actions in a particular way. The audience is also misled about her throughout the film. Various big name actors eg Jeremy Irons, do what are essentially cameos with accents. The grizzled American CIA man is a rather feeble character, making only a rudimentary show of suspicion before falling for his beautiful counterpart. Jennifer Lawrence naturally looks good at all times even after being savagely beaten etc etc, but physically is an unlikely ballerina. She certainly looks Slavic, and has the required hauteur for the role. ( )

Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) es reclutada contra su voluntad para ser un “gorrión”, una seductora adiestrada del servicio de seguridad ruso. Dominika aprende a utilizar su cuerpo como arma, pero lucha por conservar su sentido de la identidad durante el deshumanizador proceso de entrenamiento. Hallando su fuerza en un sistema injusto, se revela como uno de los activos más sólidos del programa. Su primer objetivo es Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton), un funcionario de la CIA que dirige la infiltración más confidencial de la agencia en la inteligencia rusa. Los dos jóvenes agentes caen en una espiral de atracción y engaño que amenaza sus carreras, sus lealtades y la seguridad de sus respectivos países. (FILMAFFINITY)

Interesting twists and turns in this story of a ballerina, Dominika, who breaks her leg badly enough to be unable to continue as a ballerina who then is offered a job by her uncle, a job that will force her to work as basically a honey trap spy. The skills she has gained have made her a lethal weapon but it's not a life she really wants.

It's an interesting watch, there are times it felt a bit stretched out and there were some scenes in the deleted scenes extras that would have made the story make more sense to me.

Sometimes it was a bit tough to watch. ( )