From the World of John Wick: Ballerina 2025 [alternative name Ballerina] by AverageMansReviews
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Warning:
there is flashing effects/colourful
effects/shooting/stabbing/impaling/child-abuse/burning/vehicle
crashing/breaking/dismemberment/cutting/animal cruelty/medical references to
Russia and suicide
Between: briefly; John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum 2019 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2019/05/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum-by.html and John Wick: Chapter 4 2023 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2023/03/john-wick-chapter-4-2023-by.html : we have this jigsaw piece: Eve
Macarro/Ballerina [Younger Eve Macarro: Victoria Comte/Older: Ana de Armas:]
she is a young person that after both of her parents are killed gets taken in
and trained to be an Ruska Roma assassin
and now seeking revenge against those that took her parents away from her; this
is her story.
Generally speaking: the script, framework and pacing of this 124 minutes
film is good; it covers everything that it should cover, this film is mobile as
it is always moving, but it does need some time to get going as for a fair
chunk of this film, it does feel like we are moving forward with the handbrake
still on, but when it has been taken off then we see the true potential of this
instalment of this franchise.
Comedy,
action and art; we do have some comical moments for an example younger Macarro
gets taught a very valuable lesson and that is to if need be in a fight cheat
to win and let's just say she would make an excellent field goal kicker in the NFL:
kicking the ball between the up right: for the action and art, yes as we have
come to expect from this franchise, we have these full speed ahead with full
force action sequences, which can and do range from being in this special
little location for safety and evacuation, to training, to this club sequence
of events to going one-on-one with someone special, to this to this demolishing
of this entire location and simultaneously we still have the artistic visions
to enhance these impactful action sequences, like an example much later on
there is this cold, snowy and icy surroundings; so Macarro/Ballerina in this
one limited space and on the ice she slides herself across the floor to take
care of this individual; it is those little detail throughout this project that
you will see now and again.
Character
developments and performances; on both counts for a vast majority they are all
good, but the foursome of de Armas, the Director [Anjelica Huston:] she is the
Director/leader of the New York branch of the
Ruska Roma/Ballerinas, Nogi
[Sharon Duncan-Brewster:] she is the head trainer of Ruska Roma/Ballerinas and
Macarro's mentor and mission handler and Winston Scott [Ian McShane:] he is the
one responsible for giving young Macarro the option that will change and define
her life, it is also the owner of the New York Continental Hotel and finally a
special mention goes out to Charon [Lance Reddick:] he is the concierge of
the New York Continental Hotel,
unfortunately Reddick is sadly no longer with us as he died in 2003, RIP Lance
Reddick.
But
if there are any future projects/instalments four performers have to be
involved in some capacity as they all define their characters and for de Armas:
she looks and feels very comfortable, but also fluently natural knowing and
putting across on the big screen what is expected of her in the lead role
position, she makes it look incredibly easy.
This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; when this film decides to
take it's handbrake off and after everything is said and done, it finds itself
in this section of my marking system, I would like to think/hoping so not fact
they will give her another project, even though currently this title is going I
would say solid work at the box office taking over $50 million, but I will take
the highest figure here the budget was $90 million, so it still has to do some
work; there is some colourful bits and pieces in the ending credits and I am so
far disappointed at the fact that this film doesn't have at least some positive
nominees to its name for its action/artistry at minimum.
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