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‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina' Review: From Leotards to Lethal Weapons

The fighting in the John Wick movies is so intricately choreographed that it may fairly be described as balletic, so why not go one step further and call the spinoff 'From the World of John Wick: Ballerina'? The title dancer is a pro killer trained by the same gang as Wick, so if this frenzied action film were a ballet it would have to be called something like 'Gore Lake.' Ballet turns out to be little more than a gimmick, however. A training montage features a few glimpses of the movie's heroine, Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), en pointe, intercut with interludes of karate and pistol schooling as she learns to take her lumps, innovate with whatever makeshift weapons happen to be available, and figure out how to dismantle men twice her size.