Ana de Armas proves her action star chops by playing the title character in "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina." A cool, collected assassin with the capability of exploding into a whirlwind of destruction, Eve Macarro (de Armas) is taken from her family as a child to train in the arts of combat and dance. She works her way through an underground web of sinister forces, encountering John Wick (Keanu Reeves) at multiple points.
The film hums with the kinetic energy of the Wick flicks, and works hard -- maybe too hard -- to embed itself into the Wickiverse, even going so far as to integrate the lore involved with "The Continental" miniseries into the mix. While the battles are always engaging, sometimes they stretch the realm of imagination. But de Armas sells even the more ludicrous scenes with relish, and the film manages to carve a deserved spot among the previous films and series.
Extras include "The Making of Ballerina," "Building a Frozen Underworld" and "The Art of Action" featurettes. There are also deleted and extended scenes and the theatrical trailer.
Studio provided review screener.
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