0 david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review March 1, 2018 by · Published March 1, 2018 Red Sparrow: The Thief and the Receiver, by David Bax It’s 2018 and the spy/espionage thriller long ago became a fully recognizable genre of its own. So, how do you make one today without it being derivative? With the thorny and stylish Red Sparrow, director Francis Lawrence admits that, in most...