Ballerina2025-06-04
Vancouver, BC
With John Wick: Chapter 4 redefining the action genre on such an operatic scale, it was hard to gauge exactly where this spin-off would land. I was hoping for a result that would absorb the series' well-defined ethos, and for the most part, it does.
But it does so by playing it safe, leaving the grand-scale action and mythic sweep to the main series. The action is there, and it's competent, but the film doesn't quite tap into the expert genre orchestration the core series handles so effortlessly.
It's definitely more of a side quest than a true extension of the legend.
Watched at Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver. Early access screening.
But it does so by playing it safe, leaving the grand-scale action and mythic sweep to the main series. The action is there, and it's competent, but the film doesn't quite tap into the expert genre orchestration the core series handles so effortlessly.
It's definitely more of a side quest than a true extension of the legend.
Watched at Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver. Early access screening.