2023 · action · thriller · revenge
Ballerina
Directed by Lee Chung-hyun1h 33m2023
Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.
Our read: Ballerina (2023) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · thriller · revenge entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
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