There are so many killings per minute in a John Wick movie, you can easily believe most everyone's an assassin.

My experience watching director Len Wiseman ’s Ballerina is a textbook example of this internal conflict. I am a big fan of the John Wick franchise that has birthed this spinoff, with an emphasized appreciation for both the stylized action and the surprisingly engaging worldbuilding – and that fanhood means that I have been acutely aware that this is a movie that went through principal photography nearly three years ago and has spent significant time since then undergoing major reshoots.