Ballerina
The first half of Ballerina, which is a real drag, takes us through this origin story while insisting that the essence of the franchise is lots of talk about the baroque rules that delineate its underworld. Then the second half makes the case that actually, all that stuff is just set dressing, and the Wicks live and die on the very particular mix of verve and humor that has made their action sequences so distinctive. It's so much better than the first half that it might as well be a whole different movie.
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