Ballerina (#693)

Today my son and I saw the movie BALLERINA. If you've ever viewed a Keanu Reeves/John Wick film, you've already seen the film we saw. Except that the violence that Wick bestows on others this time is handled by a woman. In a predictable "vengeance is mine"plot, a young girl, Eve, witnesses the murder of her father and vows to get the man, the leader of a murderous organization, who was responsible for her father's death. She joins or is recruited by a rival organization which trains young girls to be ballerinas and highly skilled assassins, schooled in all manner of weapons and martial arts. She leaves her school on her own and without permission to track down her father's killer. The group she seeks is aware of her mission and makes several attempts to stop her. She violently and efficiently dispatches all attempts and finally reaches her destination—an alpine village where every resident is a member of the group she's after. She is confronted by, of all people, the one and only John Wick, played by the one and only Keanu Reeves, who has been hired to stop her.  Much, much more violence and killing takes place, during which she unleashes a new weapon—a modified and lethal flame thrower, which she uses quite skillfully. You never get bored, but you're also not intellectually challenged by this two hour and five minute action filled thriller. Critics gave it a 75% thumbs up; audiences, who are obviously blood-thirsty, voted 93% in favor of the film. My son and I thought it was okay.