Ballerina 2025 Film SPOILER FILLED Review

With there being alot of cinematic universes out each one trying to get your attention it now seems that we have another one out there. As while the John Wick franchise has mainly got just four films and a TV show spin off prequel series to it's name we now have a spin off movie to add to that list as well with the film only just coming out and so then me as I give you my SPOILLED FILLED review of the film that has a really pointless marketing title of From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina with the film in question being called simply just "Ballerina" enjoy.

The plot of this film is when her father is killed a young woman finally has her chance at revenge against those that killed her father. Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time tho it was hard to make out what the plot of this film was even meant to be alot of the tie due to the fact that no only does the film barely put any focus on it's main plot but also because of the fact that the films plot is just so weak to begin with that was hard to work out what the main plot of the film was even meant to be in the first and while yes granted the last two John Wick films didn't have that strong plots either but you at the very least knew what the plot of those films where as they did dedicate alot of time into fully fleshing them out where as here tho it seems to be the opposite that's true as the plot of this film doesn't get fleshed out at all and rather instead feels like an excuse to have an action scene and really nothing more then that and yet it's when this films does actually put it's focus on it's main plot that the film not only becomes good but also quite entertaining as well as that's when you get alot of the actually good scenes in the film and while the films action scenes are really fun to watch as well they mean nothing without a strong story to back them up which is where this films plot does also fall quite short of expectations with the plot of this film not really being really rather entertaining and as well as not really being really rather engaging either in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this film is Ana De Armas as Eve Macarro , Anjelica Huston as The Director and Gabriel Byrne as The Chancellor. Also starring in this film is Lance Reddick as Charon , Norman Reedus as Daniel Pine , Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Nogi , Choi Soo-young as Katla Park , Robert Maaser as Dex , David Castañeda as Javier Macarro , Ava McCarthy as Ella Pine , Abraham Popoola as Frank , Juliet Doherty as Tatiana , Catalina Sandino Moreno as Lena , Ian McShane as Winston Scott and Keanu Reeves as John Wick.

Now then in of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which was something that's quite shocking as when you think of alot of this films main actors you don't usually think of good performances as you more then usually think of performances that are nothing more then OK at best and yet here they are in this film turning in some actually pretty decent performances which granted is pretty expected from this franchise but given just how little known that this main actors also is it's still quite shocking to see and while Ian McShane isn't used all that much in the film he does make the most of what little screen time that he does have in the film with the same thing also being true for returning star Keanu Reeves as well as he is just simply a joy to watch in this film with the true standout performer in this film being none other then the drop dead gorgeous Ana De Armas who as per usual is joy to watch in this film with her really finding her footing as being more of an action star then she is a serious drama actor with the acting that in this film really being helped by the fact that this film script is just so good that all this films actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really will help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.

Much unlike the first John Wick film where John is a retired assassin here Eve is someone who is just starting out down that road. Which to be fair to this film is a good idea and while it would be impossible to go into two much detail about her backstory because of SPOILERS what can be said is that both characters loose someone close to them which does drive them to become the people that we know them to be now with that very thing unintentionally giving the two characters a close bond something which given the nature of this film and where this film takes place in the time line the film can't really fully follow up on as then it wouldn't make sense in the grander scheme of this franchise with what can be said being the fact that they do make the best of use of Eve's backstory as they possibly can do with them makers of this film going to great depths into making it believable that this character would choose this path even tho it wasn't something that someone important to her wanted her to go down which does in it's own way make this film more a tragedy then it does an action film as the one thing that this person wanted them to have was a normal life and that's really it and yet now because of the fact that that same persona was brutally killed off right in front of her eyes that means that any chance that she had of having a normal and healthy childhood and a normal and healthy life go right out of the window as she chose to go down to the path that leads to death and violence something that we know from John Wick: Chapter 4 won't end well for her as it's something that will only end and can only end up with her dying as well.

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For those of you that are wondering how they managed to get the John Wick character into this film it's because of the fact that this film is placed inbetween the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum and John Wick: Chapter 4 which is something that does make alot of sense as the character of John Wick does actually go to the place where Eve trains in the third movie with he film possibly even featuring a scene directly lifted from that movie as well which does technically make this movie a prequel but given that none of the characters from either the fourth film or the third film appear in major roles with the only major role for a returning star being Anjelica Huston as The Director this film doesn't really fall into alot of the same pitfalls that alot of prequel films would fall into as now we have a new lead character and a new story to follow instead of seeing how certain things from another story were set up but at the same time tho while it was nice to see John back in this movie it would have been so much more cooler if he wasn't all other the films advertising as then you could have promoted this film as being it's own unique thing only to then have the cool reveal of John Wick near the start of the films third act which would have been a really cool moment to see as we wouldn't be expecting but given the fact that he was in alot of the trailers and is even on the films poster it feels like that the studio thought that the audience was dumb and so they made all of these changes to the film including the films marketing title to make sure that we all knew that not only was this a John Wick spin off movie but that he would also be making an appearance in the film itself this is despite the fact that Keanu reeves barely has alot of screentime in the movie itself.

This film is a film that does have all of the potential to be a good film but because of the fat that it does have a weak plot line. It's going to be hard for people to follow along with what's happening as in one scene Eve is training with the company and the very next scene she's off and going on field missions with there being next to nothing to show us that there had been alot of time ed inbetween the two scenes with this trend carrying on all throughout the film with it seeming like that this films director Len Wiseman who is a smart choice to direct this movie given the fact that he directed the Underworld films and Live Free Or Die Hard amongst many others but here it feels like that he put alot more effort into the films action scenes then he did not only into the plot of the film but also into making sure that we the audience actually care about the films characters as even tho Eve is meant to be the good guy of the film you don't really feel all that much for her outside of the fact that she witnessed her dad dying right infront of her eyes and that's really which yes is a very tragic thing to witness no one is ever going to deny that but it doesn't make the character likable as there still needs to be work put into her character that makes her likeable heck John Wick himself didn't become likable because of the fact his dog died he became likable because of the fact he cared for people and was willing to do the right thing no matter the cost and yet this is something that just isn't true for Eve despite the fact that she is played by a really likable actor in Ana De Armas with the film even missing out on what should have been a really impactful plotline as the film only features one scene at the start of the movie where a young Eve expresses to her father that she misses her sister with it later being revealed that Lena is her sister but by that point tho we the audience have already forgotten about the fact that Eve even had a sister due to the fact that it was only mentioned the once at the start of the movie where as if this was mentioned a few more times all throughout the movie by various characters then it would have meant that us the audience would have been able to pick up on some clues as to what actually happened to her sister in the first place.

While the film does have quite a few down sides to it one of the few things that it gets right is having the main character going up against what is basically a cult of assassins that kill essentially for fun. With this being na idea that really hasn't been explored in any John Wick media before now and while the films main villain of The Chancellor isn't that memorable as he just wants all of the kids born from those that are in his cult to them no matter what and that's really it it doesn't really change the idea of having a cult full to the brim of deadly assassins all going after this one character as that in of itself not only allows itself for plenty of action scenes but is also just such a cool idea with the film really making the best use of that idea that it possibly could have done with the only thing that really lets the idea down being the fact that the leader of the cult isn't all that fully fleshed out as a character as we don't really get to find out why The Chancellor is the way that he is nor do we get to find out why the cult's older tradition is take the kinds from it's and have them what is essentially his army as that is something that could have made for an interesting few scenes and it is something that both Lena and Eve talk to each other about as well but because of the fact that this film really can't go longer then five minuets without having an action scene it has to get short by having Lena be blown up which not only makes her character pointless as she added nothing to the plot of the film in the first place but it also makes the whole missing sister scene from the start of the movie even more pointless due to the fact that it wasn't something that that's well developed in the first place where as the whole cult idea was a perfectly well formed idea in its own right.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty six minuets and four seconds. Which to be fair to this film is pretty much the exact running time that these films have anyways with this films just about having the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time however this film really doesn't use its running time all that wisely as it doesn't develop any of it's characters to the point where outside of Eve you want to see more of them in future John Wick movies or TV shows with alot of them coming across as being like lesser rip off characters from the James Bond films with The Director being M and Nogi being Q with the only somewhat interesting character in this fil being none other then Eve herself as we get to see just how far that she's willing to go to get her revenge on the people that broke her family apart first by killing her mother and then by killer her father and later her sister which is an interesting thing to see but on the flip side of that is the fact that the film doesn't show us the negative side effects that seeking revenge can and more then not does have on a character like Eve as she'll never be happy as she'll always have that whole in her heart due to what's she lost which yes might be the point of the character but is still something that should have been talked in her scenes with either Winston or John with the film not even taking the time to fully develop it's plot either as it does feel like alot of the time that the characters are just doing random things in order to pad out the films running time when the film really didn't need padding out all the makers of this film had to do was focus in on it's main plot and the film will fill itself out naturally but I really will it that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this films action being the most entertaining aspect of the film which is something that does make alot of sense as not only did the makers of this film put alot more effort into this film action then they did quite literally any other aspect of the film but also because of the fact that these films are none more for there action then they are there plots with this film having alot of crazy and insane over the top action scenes in it all of which do make sense from a character point of view as while the character of John Wick is obviously much more older and more experienced at his job then what Eve is therefor his moves would be alot more precise and alot more deliberate because of the fact that he would know best where best to hurt people where as with Eve because she's alot more younger her movies are going to be alot more flashy and alot more sloppy because of the fact that she hasn't had the years of experience that John has had which is something that does create an interesting mix of styles when the two of them do very briefly clash in the films third act with the best action scene in the whole entire movie being when Eve straight up has a flamethrower on flamethrower fight with one of The Chancellor's henchmen during the films truly epic third act fight which sees her wipe out an entire village worth of people with the flamethrower on flamethrower duel not only being the best action scene in this whole entire movie but being a good example of just how good that this films action action could be even if they do through an action scene in every five minuets which in this case doesn't matter as it nearly always leads us to seeing something that's just so cool to see in this film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

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Overall hopefully with this film proving that people not only want a female led action film but that if there in the right hands can also be pretty entertaining which will also convince the producers behind The Expendables to finally make The Expendabelles as well as this is a film that whilst it does have it's faults is also a pretty entertaining film to watch in it's own right as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that really foes mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official John Wick fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images really from this very film being the really great Google Images this is really because of the fact that really all of the images that I really indeed got and really used from the really great Google Images are all really high quality really with all of the images that really are all and of course really currently up and on the really great and the really solid Google Images really are all being really fairly high in quality and as well as them all really being fairly high in definition.