Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne and Keanu Reeves also appear in Len Wiseman’s bloodbath of grief and revenge, in which an elite assassin doffs her tutu and goes rogue.

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.