Film Preview: Red Sparrow (2018)

Page Revisions:

(September 17, 2017) Original
(January 14, 2018) New Trailer (#2) / New Poster (#1)
(February 25, 2018) New Posters (#2-#3)

Release Date:

March 2, 2018

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “A sexy Russian spy falls for a CIA officer and considers becoming a double agent.”

Poster Rating: C / C- / D

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Review: (#1) Ah yes. If there’s a color in the title, your poster must comply. Sometimes it actually works, but more often than not, you get something like this: serviceable, but not very appealing.

(#2) The second poster has more detail than the first, but it looks heavily edited such that it doesn’t seem realistic. (#3) The third poster has a vacant background, a less than exciting central image, and an overall feeling of blandness.

Trailer Rating: C+ / B-

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Review: (#1) That it looks like a non-heroic version of the Black Widow character from Avengers: Age of Ultron doesn’t make it seem any less interesting, just less original and less necessary.

(#2) Getting more details about the Sparrow program and better understanding what the film’s plot actually is might help audiences build some measure of interest in the subject matter and not just its star.