Rog's Movie Viewpoint

After a career-ending injury, Russian ballerina Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) is desperate to help her ailing mother (Joely Richardson). Coerced by her Uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts), a high-ranking government official, she is recruited to endure sadistic training at the Sparrow School to become a seductive spy. As the most dangerous Sparrow, Dominika is assigned her first mission: get close to American CIA agent Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton) and uncover the name of a mole in the Russian government. Jennifer Lawrence and a fine cast give this

Near the end of the Cold War, deadly MI6 operative Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is sent to a divided Berlin to retrieve a list of spies that all sides are after and to unveil a double agent. She also wants to find out who killed another British spy who had ties to her. Partnering with station chief David Percival (James McAvoy), Lorraine uses her unique set of skills to accomplish the mission. Wild action sequences mixed with high fashion keep this standard, but complicated spy plot from falling apart. The fun is in watching