Ballerina (2025)

Ballerina expands the John Wick universe with a protagonist, Eve Macarro, trained from childhood in the Ruska Roma criminal clan. The plot revolves around her relentless quest for revenge for the murder of her father, navigating the strict rules of the High Table and the Continental Hotel. This central conflict poses a classic moral dilemma: the thirst for personal justice versus the destructive cycle of violence. Eve is not a redeeming heroine, but a skilled executor who accumulates a high human cost on her path, reminding us that revenge, although cinematically addictive, erodes the humanity of the avenger.

Form dominates over substance: action sequences choreographed with surgical precision, but loaded with realistic brutality. Intense shootings, stabbings, and lethal falls are shown mercilessly, elevating the violence to a visceral level that demands a strong stomach. There is no deep exploration of redemption; the nihilistic tone of the Wick universe prioritizes survival in a world without mercy. Minimal sexuality, limited to fleeting innuendo, and foul language contextual to the criminal underworld.

For parents, this is a work of pure adult entertainment, without messages that alter one's vision of the person or the family. It invites reflection on the responsibility of choices in hostile environments, but its visual intensity makes it unsuitable for young people. It celebrates physical prowess and distorted filial loyalty, but warns of the emptiness of revenge without limits.