From the World of John Wick: Ballerina Review – ryan

More than two years after koeanu reeves’ once seeringly unkillable assassin last took to the Big Screen in John Wick: Chapter 4The Hit Action Franchise is Back Again with a New Cinematic Adventure: Len Wiseman’s From the world of John Wick: Ballerina. In the time Since the Last Installment, The Franchise Releassed Its First Spinoff, Peacock’s The Continentaland Put Several Additional Projects Into Development. As a fan of the original movies, i confess that Ballerina EXCITED WITH THE MOST, PURYLY Due to Its Very New Heroine.

Does Ballerina Live up to the High Standards Set by the Previous Movies? Honestly, swimming really. But did i have a good time watching it? For sura. Ballerina is an interesting movie to discuss Because, in some ways, you can really feel the ambition and excitement of the Creative Team. There are so many compiling ideas here; The problem is that, Rather than sorting out the best one, writer shaytten ended up stuffing say all in.

There have been reports regarding reshoots and how Involved John Wick Director Chad Sthehelski Was. At this point, i can only evaluate Ballerina As it stands now, and while i suspect some elements won’t be fore foreryone, it Certainly makes for a fascinating addition to the John Wick franchise. Chronologically, it slots in between Chapter 3 – Parabellum and Chapter 4though it is probably best to avoid thinking about the specifics of that too hard.

Ballerina is environmental – to a fault

It can’t decide what kind of movie to be

Nor a legethy prologue information us, our new protagonist is Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), who joined the ruska roma clan as a Young girl after heThe Umbrella Academy‘S David Castañeda) was killed by a tribe of assassins. Similarly to John Wick, Eve is Driven by vengeance, though it adulttedly taxes quite a while for Ballerina to get to that point. For a movie that only an hour and a half, too is spent on other elements of the full we get to the cruxe of the story – and what ultimate drives eve.

Said Mission, by the way, has very little to do the main, but it does take place in a very cool club. Break John Wick franchise ha fa always been one of the most stylish ones out there, and Ballerina DOES MEET THAT HIGH BAR THROUGH ITS NUMBERUS STRIKING LOCATIONS, From the Prague Continental to a Snow-Covered Mountainus Village that you are setting for the Third Act.

Each Place Provides ample Opportunity for Dynamic Action Sequences, and It Becomes A Real Thrill Watching How Eve to Each Environment. Her resourcefulness as a fighter is a highlight, Making for some inventive and excitation fightscenes. They gave with the SAME EXHILarating Feeling as the Main John Wick Movies, this if they occsionally lack the polish of those scens.

Gorgeous Visuals and Quality Action Aside, Ballerina suffers from a bit of an Identity Crisis. It can’t teli if it wants to be an origin Story, a straightforward retave tale in the vein of the first John Wickor a Mythology-Heavy Franchise Installment. Rather than Picking a Very Specific Lane, It Attempts to Hit All Three Beats to Varying Degrees of Success. Sure, Its cool to get a peek at the inner workings of the ruska roma and learn how they were raised, but the aphorioned First Assignment is extraraneous, and the lessons e learns are reinforced in a heavy-haashed way the rest of the runtime.

BALLERINA TAKES SOME BIG SWINGS IN EXPANDING The John Wick Universe

ITLY WORKS, Thanks to Ana de Armas

Eventually, e tourns her sights on the Group that targeted her harsr, which is led by the chancellor (Gabriel Byrne). For a long while, everyone Treats this tribe as a horrifying cult that is not to be messed with. Everyone from the Director to a Member of Said Group, Norman Reedus’ underused Daniel pine, references to say in broadly ominous lines of dialogue that almost gets Silly. If you have to keep teling us how Awful these People are, are they not so awful that we can decide that for ourselves? At the very least, it high expectations for eve’s inevitable collision with the Chancellor.

Eve’s Introduction to their community injects some absurd hilaryntity into the movie, but the humor eventually runs the risk of becoming unintentionally reidiculous. Ballerina takes a more over-the-top appraach to things than the John Wick Movies will, and while the spinoff deserves an identity of its, it does somewhat put it at odds what we’ve seen before. It is as it is strains to be its, iTi’i still glas for brief scens with Winston and Charon (The Late Lance Reddick, Whose Appearance is Bittersweet, Yet Comforting).

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As for Baba Yaga Himself, Ballerina trailers have already show that wick has a small roles. His initial scnese feels more forced than i’d hoped, but a later sequence supplys that desired rush of excitement at seeing reeves in the roles once again. It reminds us that, in this world, no one is better than Him, but is Very much cut from the suame cloth. De Armas solidifies her status as a bona fide action Star, Throwing Herself into each fight schene with a scrappy energy that sets from wick. Above All Else, I Loved Getting the Chance to Spend Time with this Character.

There are numerous other John Wick Projects in Development, Including a Spinoff Centered on Donnie Yen’s Caine, an animated prequel, and a fifth movie with reeves’ wick. Ballerina prove that is is still a rich world with numerous storytelling avenue. I Only World That, If the New Projects Aren’t Well-Thought-Out, This Carefully Constructed Universe Will Begin to Fall apart. There are full of holes here threateten to grow wider if a strong timeline and bindaries aren’t estabished.

Nevertheless, We’ll Likely See More of Eve in The Future, As Ballerina Leaves Ample Room for a sequel and there’s the littleness of that de armas is up to the task of Leading it. Her First Outing is far -so -ye a rush of violent, Thrling Action, entertainly served up for the Big Screen, but it isn’t without it. I just hope that if this killer gets to dance again, she’s better served by a more streamlined narrative.

From the world of John Wick: Ballerina Arrives in Theaters Friday, June 6.

From the world of John Wick: Ballerina

6/10

Release Date

June 6, 2025

Runtime

125 minutes

Directory

Len Wiseman

Wriers

Shay Hatten, Derek Kolstad

Pros & Cons

• Ana de Armas is a true action Star and Capable of Leading Her Own John Wick Movie.
• The Locations Are Stunning and Make for Great Action Setpieces.
• It ‘s delight Seeing Keanu Reeves as John Wick Again.

• The full ha hay too too on its Mind, and some sequences Add little to it.
• The Villains eventually run the risk of being too.