US EditionMovie Review: Ana De Armas Is Better at Killing than Ballet in ‘Ballerina,’ a John Wick Spinoff
- The film 'From the World of John Wick: Ballerina' starring Ana de Armas premiered in theaters nationwide on June 5, 2025.
- The movie follows Eve, a ballerina-turned-assassin seeking revenge after her father is killed by gangsters, set during the third John Wick film's timeline.
- Eve trains at a ballet academy run by the Director, linked to the Ruska Roma crime group, and faces threats from the Chancellor's deadly band in a snowy Austrian town.
- 'Ballerina' holds a 76% Rotten Tomatoes score, with praise for de Armas as magnetic and convincing, though some critics found Eve emotionally distant and the film uneven.
- The film expands the John Wick universe with intense fight scenes, limited Keanu Reeves appearances, and explores themes of vengeance and choice within assassin society.
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The Sun (Lowell)
Movie review: Ana de Armas is better at killing than ballet in ‘Ballerina,’ a John Wick spinoff
By JOCELYN NOVECK, Associated Press Watch a bunch of John Wick movies all in a row, and you can get pretty paranoid. You start to think everyone’s an assassin. The guy at the newsstand, the street musician, the subway rider, that nice neighbor in the elevator — ruthless contract killers, all. So perhaps it shouldn’t be too surprising that in “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” the latest installment in the Wickian world, we reach the logic…
New York Post
hive.news‘Ballerina’ review: Ana de Armas’ John Wick spinoff has good fights, bad everything else
Too bad “Ballerina” drops the ball. Despite being led by an actress who once took on the role of Marilyn Monroe, it’s a much less attractive movie — downright ugly sometimes. The fights are as brutal and thrilling as they should be: knives to the face, hammers to the face, grenades to the face.
Ballerina Is a Worthy Addition to the John Wick Franchise
Don’t be misled by the title Ballerina: there’s very little traditional ballet in this John Wick spinoff, and frankly, it could use more. But this fifth installment in the Wick franchise does feature plenty of balletic violence, perhaps the next best thing to actual dancing. You begin to wonder how any fight choreographer could come up with so many variations on the classic roundhouse kick, so many ruthlessly clever chokeholds, such a kaleidosco…
In the first offshoot of the popular "John Wick" action film series, Ana de Armas slips into the footsteps of Keanu Reeves – and doesn't stand up to him in any way.
Is 'Ballerina' an en pointe entry in the John Wick universe? : Pop Culture Happy Hour
John Wick's back in a spinoff new film, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas. She plays a ballerina-turned-assassin making her way through the international criminal underworld, and crossing paths with some new and familiar faces — including the one and only Keanu Reeves.To access bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening for Pop Culture Happy Hour, subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour+ at plus.npr.org/happy. Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterbo…
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