“Vengeance has a new face.”
Set during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Ballerina follows Eve Macarro as she begins training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma. The story stays close to that initiation, showing a young woman entering a world shaped by discipline, violence and loyalty. As her path unfolds, the film links her personal drive to the larger criminal underworld around her.
Len Wiseman directs this 2025 film, which was made in Finland and the United States. Ana de Armas stars as Eve Macarro, the ballerina-turned-assassin at the center of the story. The cast also includes Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves, each tied to the world Eve is learning to survive in.
The film moves through a stylized underworld where training is as important as combat, and where identity is forged under pressure. Its tone mixes sleek action with darker crime elements, while the ballerina figure gives the violence a precise, disciplined edge. At 125 minutes, it plays as a tense spin-off built around vengeance, rivalry and the cost of becoming an assassin.
Len Wiseman directs this 2025 film, which was made in Finland and the United States. Ana de Armas stars as Eve Macarro, the ballerina-turned-assassin at the center of the story. The cast also includes Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves, each tied to the world Eve is learning to survive in.
The film moves through a stylized underworld where training is as important as combat, and where identity is forged under pressure. Its tone mixes sleek action with darker crime elements, while the ballerina figure gives the violence a precise, disciplined edge. At 125 minutes, it plays as a tense spin-off built around vengeance, rivalry and the cost of becoming an assassin.
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7.3 / 10