Factual error: The helicopter used during the exchange is a Mi2, which has not been in service with the Russians since the 1970s.
Red Sparrow (2018)
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Ciaran Hinds, Mary-Louise Parker
Factual error: When Dominica is tasked with swapping Intelligence using a laptop in the hotel, she is using floppy discs which is highly unlikely in the realm of international espionage. Not only do they not hold enough info at only 1.44MB each, but laptops have not had floppy drives for quite some years and this movie is supposed to take place in 2017.
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Suggested correction: As late as 2020, police and military authorities used floppy discs to store sensitive information. They may have been obsolete and clumsy, but they cannot be duplicated unless you have the original disc and a floppy disc drive – making them doubly secure – and floppy disc drives cannot be read remotely or "hacked".
Other mistake: Dominica breaks her left leg and then holds her crutch (and the golf club) in her left hand. This is a frequent Hollywood mistake. If you are using a walking stick or a crutch, you hold it on the strong side, then the natural swing keeps it in sync with the injured leg and improves balance.
Dominika Egorova: You sent me to whore school.
Matron: The Cold War did not end, it merely shattered into a thousand pieces.
General Korchnoi: She made a fool out of you, Ivan.
Question: Wouldn't her freshly bleached hair go green from the chlorine?
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