A review of the new film “Ballerina”
If you liked the John Wick action movies – and I loved all the four (so far) films in the franchises – then you’ll definitely want to see this satisfying spin-off, set in a time period between the third and fourth adventures and containing a cameo role from Keanu Reeves as the unbeatable assassin.
This time we have a female lead, Cuban/Spanish actress Ana de Armas (remember her from “No Time To Die”?) as Eve Macarro, a member of a school of assassins fronted by a Russian ballet company – hence the title. Also, we have a new director: Len Wiseman. New locations include the Czech capital Prague and the Austrian village Hallstatt.
But the non-stop action – mainly martial arts combat – is again front and centre and this time the armoury includes grenades and flamethrowers. Expect lots of violence and a massive body count.