Summit Entertainment, Thunder Road Films and 87Eleven Entertainment’s From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina (dubbed from the Hollywood film of the same name; A) is a revenge drama.
An assassin trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma organisation sets out to avenge her father’s death.
Shay Hatten has written a story which has a number of twists and turns and hence gets unwieldy at places. His screenplay is fast-paced but gets confusing at several points because of the many turns and twists and the many characters in the drama. Therefore, while some portions keep the audience involved and engaged, there are others which don’t evoke the same response of engagement from the viewers.
Ana de Armas does well as ballerina Eve Macarro. Anjelica Huston is effective as the Director, leader of the Ruska Roma. Gabriel Byrne lives the role of the Chancellor. Lance Reddick is impactful as Charon. Norman Reedus has his moments as the Chancellor’s son, Daniel Pine. Catalina Sandino Moreno is alright as Eve’s long-lost older sister, Lena. Ian McShane is okay as Winston Scott. Keanu Reeves makes a fine impression as John Wick but his role is very limited — and that’s a minus point. Sharon Duncan-Brewster (as Eve’s mentor, Nogi), Choi Soo-young (as Katla Park), Robert Maaser (as Dex), Jung doo-Hong (as Il Seong), Waris Ahluwalia (as The Eye), David Castañeda (as Javier Macarro, father of Eve and Lena), Abraham Popoola (as arms dealer Frank), Ava McCarthy (as the Chancellor’s grand-daughter, Ella Pine), Juliet Doherty (as Tatiana) and Victoria Comte (as young Eve) provide adequate support.
Len Wiseman’s direction is reasonably nice. Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard’s background music is impactful. Romain Lacourbas’ cinematography is excellent. Philip Ivey’s production designing is lovely. Jason Ballantine’s editing is sharp. Dubbing is of a lovely standard.
On the whole, From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina is an average action thriller but it will have its limitations in Hindi because of its woman-centric revenge plot.
Released on 13-6-’25 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru PVR Inox Pictures. Publicity & opening: dull. …….Also released all over. Opening was very weak.