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Red Sparrow

4K Ultra HD

Blu Ray

  • Score
    79
    from 3 reviewers
    • Red Sparrow
    2018
    140 min
    R
    True 4K
    HDR10
    Dolby Atmos

    Director: Francis Lawrence

    Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling

    Plot: 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.

    Disc Release Date: 22 May 2018

    • Video
      88
    • Audio
      86
    • Extra
      55
    • Movie
      65

    all scores

    avforums review by Casimir Harlow
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    • Video
      100

      • An excellent, hard to fault presentation that's both demo and reference quality.

    • Audio
      100

      • A great audio track.

    • Extra
      70

      • A pretty healthy set of supplemental features.

    • Movie
      70

      • Nobody was expecting Atomic Blonde, but this is hardly Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy either.

    • Total
      80

      • Ultimately it lives and dies on an all-star cast, some unexpected brutality, and a few twists and turns that you might not see coming.

    Blu-ray.com review by Jeffrey Kauffman
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    • Video
      100

      • Red Sparrow is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with a 2160p transfer in 2.40:1. Red Sparrow is a really interesting film to analyze in its 4K presentation, since it...

    • Audio
      100

      • I'm upping my 4.5 score of the 1080p Blu-ray's DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track to a 5.0 for this 4K UHD disc's Dolby Atmos track in order to indicate it does in fact provide at least a bit more impact, especially...

    • Extra
      20

      • Fox has ported over only the Commentary by Director Francis Lawrence to the 4K UHD disc. The 1080p Blu-ray disc included with this release of course features all of the supplements detailed in our Red...

    • Movie
      60

      • Jennifer Lawrence reunites with her (unrelated) The Hunger Games: Complete 4-Film Collection director Francis Lawrence for the supposedly "empowering" spy thriller Red Sparrow. Lawrence is joined by an...

    • Total
      70

      • I personally wasn't buying one dang blasted minute of Red Sparrow, from its almost ludicrous basic plot conceit down to the time honored tradition of actors adopting "foreign accents" while continuing...

    AVSForum review by Ralph Potts
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    • Video
      92

      • There were instances where bright elements looked appreciably vibrant (such as the Russian police’s pursuit of the CIA operative through the dark streets of Moscow), but none really stood out. This Ultra...

    • Audio
      82

    • Extra

      • Disc 1: Red Sparrow Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc 2: Red Sparrow Blu-ray • A New Cold War: Origination and Adaptation • Agents Provocateurs: The Ensemble Cast • Tradecraft: Visual Authenticity • Heart of the Tempest:...

    • Movie

      • Red Sparrow aims high but comes up a bit short of the mark. It’s an espionage thriller tosses quite a bit at the wall. Unfortunately, not everything sticks. Based on the novel by Jason Matthews, the plot...

    • Total
      87

      • It comes to Blu-ray from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in this Ultra HD Combo Pack that features excellent overall image quality, terrific lossless surround sound, including a Dolby Atmos immersive...

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