Review by Paul Salfen
This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters this weekend is From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, the continuation of the John Wick saga that sees Ana De Armas take the reigns and stack up the body count and get in some crazy fights – and even team up with Wick himself. Directed by Len Wiseman, who helmed the Underworld franchise, It’s everything that you’d expect it to be: flashy, incredibly violent, loud, and pretty much the same look and feel but with a female lead. Fortunately it works on the action level and especially cooks when Keanu Reeves is in it but it’s light on the story, we don’t get to learn or care too much about the main character, and the accents are something else. That said, fans will eat it up and it will give them something to chew on until John Wick 5 happens, but was it entirely necessary? Not really. Is Ana great? Yes, but will it warrant a sequel? That remains to be seen. For now, you know what you’re getting here: a placeholder action flick that’s no John Wick but will do just fine for a little big screen summer popcorn movie fare. That’s it for this week. Join me next week and every week for another Movie Minute right here on 97.5 KLAK, AMFM Magazine, and RECRD.
