From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Trained by the Ruska Roma, a lethal ballet troupe and the home of John Wick (Keanu Reeves), young Eve (Ana De Armas) finds herself torn between serving as a ward to various subjects as her Director (Angelica Huston) instructs, or, hunting down her father’s killers who stem from a cult of equally lethal killers. Choices will have to be made. Written by Shay Hatten and Derek Kolstad and Directed by Len Wiseman this dive back into the ultra violent cloak and dagger world of assassins thieves hits the ground running at a slightly more metered pace in terms of action frenzy, but takes an abrupt turn mid-plot to accelerate into hyper-violent space successfully achieving a rightful place in the John Wick universe. Albeit, thinly plotted and obnoxiously telegraphed plot points do draw eye rolls amongst several big “reveals.” But beyond that, De Armas has clearly put in the work, physically and training wise to pull off some of the more interesting pulp action smash sequences of the year. After all, we’re here for the chaos and carnage in a Wick based film, not the wit, prose, or thoughtful discourse. To that end, the sheer number of adversaries reduced to pink dust is high as this tiny dancer slings grenades and flamethrowers like peanuts at a baseball game. Running two hours and five minutes, audiences definitely get their dollar’s worth and a bit more, From the World of John Wick: Ballerina is rated R.