Ballerina stakes its claim as an ambitious extension of the John Wick universe, blending neonoir aesthetics with visceral action thriller elements. Directed by Len Wiseman, this film promises to marry the

Ultimately, this film pirouettes elegantly on the surface but stumbles where the narrative heart should beat strongest. It’s a cinematic recital that, while skillfully orchestrated, fails to hit the truly resonant notes expected from a story of vengeance and identity.

  • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    Wasn’t there a martial arts flick out of Asia somewhere by the same name, recently?

    That looked promising, but this? I couldn’t make it through the first fight scene (first scene, FWIW) without losing all faith in its ability to come back from its numerous wtf moments. 🙄

    • zero@fek.xyzOP
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Korean movie from 2023, I very much preffered the Korean movie.

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    14 hours ago

    I mean, it’s in line with everything else John Wick. Nothing too far from belief, action scenes are solid. My only ‘wtf’ was why the sister plot point was at all needed since they killed her literally 2 minutes after the ‘big reveal’

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      Your only gripe and yet you don’t mention the absolute bullshit of the first fight scene w/ paramilitary raiding the defended chateau? Pfft. There’s so much simply half-assed & masturbatory in that first 10 minutes of the flick, I’m confident the rest of the movie was jerkily dribbled out and getting cold by the time they sent it to production.

  • Angelusz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    15 hours ago

    I very much liked the movie, it was what I expected of it.

    This article does read like a GPT generated text because of the way it’s paragraphed, titled and worded. Doesn’t read very comfortably.

  • TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    22 hours ago

    Ballerina is a 90’s action movie, and in that respect it’s pretty awesome. The story doesn’t matter, because it’s so over the top and ridiculous.

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      21 hours ago

      It was a legitimate depiction of a firefighting technique, and I think we can all respect realistic action in films.

    • zero@fek.xyzOP
      3·
      21 hours ago

      I probably enjoyed that the most! But the part where fire vs water…

      • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        19 hours ago

        That was actually the most realistic part. Everything else was a bit less so. The fight is only possible with Hollywood unreal bravery, they grossly undermine the scariness of heat and smoke. I get that they were mostly murderous psychopaths, but fear of fire is very primal. Even in war flamethrowers were mostly to create area denial to flush troops out of entrenched positions. Fighting flame against flame is guaranteed mutual suicide.