meinowouter
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On paper, Ballerina Assassin sounds like it could have been fun: a mix of elegance and lethality, with a ballerina who trades pirouettes for pistol shots. Unfortunately, what ends up on screen is neither stylish nor suspenseful.
The film struggles with tone-it wants to be sleek and artsy but lands somewhere between cliché and unintentionally comical. Dialogue feels forced, choreography of both the dancing and the fighting lacks fluidity, and the plot holes are hard to ignore. One in particular had me shaking my head:
If you overhear someone giving an order to kill your friend, what's your first move? In real life, you'd grab your phone and call them immediately. In this film, however, logic is tossed out the window-characters make baffling choices just to push the story forward. It breaks any sense of immersion, leaving you rolling your eyes instead of gripping your seat.
There are a few decent visual flourishes and the lead actress does her best with the material, but overall Ballerina Assassin feels like a missed opportunity: too implausible, too poorly stitched together, and far less thrilling than its title promises.
Unless you're a die-hard fan of the "so-bad-it's-good" category, you might want to skip this dance.
The film struggles with tone-it wants to be sleek and artsy but lands somewhere between cliché and unintentionally comical. Dialogue feels forced, choreography of both the dancing and the fighting lacks fluidity, and the plot holes are hard to ignore. One in particular had me shaking my head:
If you overhear someone giving an order to kill your friend, what's your first move? In real life, you'd grab your phone and call them immediately. In this film, however, logic is tossed out the window-characters make baffling choices just to push the story forward. It breaks any sense of immersion, leaving you rolling your eyes instead of gripping your seat.
There are a few decent visual flourishes and the lead actress does her best with the material, but overall Ballerina Assassin feels like a missed opportunity: too implausible, too poorly stitched together, and far less thrilling than its title promises.
Unless you're a die-hard fan of the "so-bad-it's-good" category, you might want to skip this dance.
