A Russian intelligence officer (Jennifer Lawrence) is drafted against her will to become a "Sparrow," a trained seductress. Her first assignment is a young, undercover CIA officer (Joel Edgerton) monitoring Russian intelligence in Moscow. They collide in a charged atmosphere of espionage, but their mutual attraction will threaten their careers and the life of America’s most valuable Russian mole.
A Russian intelligence officer (Jennifer Lawrence) is drafted against her will to become a "Sparrow," a trained seductress. Her first assignment is a young, undercover CIA officer (Joel Edgerton) monitoring Russian intelligence in Moscow. They collide in a charged atmosphere of espionage, but their mutual attraction will threaten their careers and the life of America’s most valuable Russian mole.