Ballerina

There was a comment on social media about a certain genre of films that seems to be overdone. The tweep (do we still call them that) suggested that the story line of someone who was brought into a situations to sort things out was overdone especially stories woven around guys or gals that somehow had previous military training or that were part of some special ops team in the past. 

That said, i cannot get enough of these types of stories. And in reality these are some of the benefits of having people in a community that have at least served in the military. In times of distress, they can be relied upon to help those who are weak or aged. But the same can be said not necessarily of genres but of scenes. Car chase scenes are popular but no one does these like the Fast and Furious Crew. Shootouts are popular but it has taken the John Wick Trilogy to get us back to the screen for more. We have the team behind Karate Kid to thank for Danielson’s and Miyagi’s ability to turn ordinary activities into potenatial martial arts moves. Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s Son ofcourse in the third part of the same take it to another level. 

Ballerina is similar in that it involves a lady who must help a friend find justice. 

The friend who takes on this task, just happens…you guessed it to have had some previous training or at least history in that kind of thing (wet work as i found out it is called). 

Interestingly, i came across a scene from this piece from a timeline on META. Ordinary looking girl walks into 7/11 and finds a crime in progress. Proceeds to pay for her items, robbers try to take the wad of cash from her hand and the story ends badly for them. 

The rest of the film is really and journey exploring the past and present of these two young ladies from the time they meet in a cake shop to their blossoming relationship to the traggic end. It is also an exploration of the power dynamics between man and women. The most common Eastern Theme in this story is revenge.