Light spoilers ahead for "Ballerina" With a full title like "From the World of John Wick: Ballerina," one question immediately springs to mind: Is John Wick himself going to show up? It's a fair question.

Lionsgate was always going to need to take the John Wick franchise in a new direction if it wanted to keep the film series going after the inevitable exit of its central star. A spinoff series came and went with a telling lack of fanfare that spoke,

Ana de Armas takes center stage in a John Wick prequel about a dancing orphan's quest for vengeance. The plot flails, but the creative carnage gets an ovation.