Overview

• The film is the fifth installment in the John Wick saga and stars Ana De Armas as Eve Macarro, a ballerina-turned-assassin on a quest to avenge her father’s death.
• Keanu Reeves reprises his role as John Wick in cameo scenes that anchor the spin-off in the broader franchise continuity.
• Critics praise De Armas’s emotionally charged performance and highlight standout action set pieces, including creative uses of grenades and flamethrowers.
• Len Wiseman directs his first John Wick feature, though some reviewers fault Romain Lacourbas’s cinematography for lacking the series’ signature visual flair.
• Early reviews assign Ballerina a 76% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating and note it as an undeniably enjoyable expansion of the John Wick universe.