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all in a row, and you can get pretty paranoid.You start to think everyone’s an assassin. The guy at the newsstand, the street musician, the subway rider, that nice neighbor in the elevator — ruthless contract killers, all.
So perhaps it shouldn’t be too surprising that inthe latest installment in the Wickian world, we reach the logical endpoint: a town where every single inhabitant’s a killer. Yes, it’s a picture-perfect, snowy winterscape in Austria, where everyone wears wool beanies and very nice sweaters. But they also wield a mean flamethrower, and schoolkids have mandatory shooting practice.The early scenes in this wacky place high in the mountains are the best part of “Ballerina” — they actually contain deft surprises and even a glimmer of humor, which is hardly something we expect in a John Wick film. (Have you ever see the guy smile?) Watching our energetic star, Ana de Armas, engage in a plate-smashing contest with a sweet waitress-turned-vicious-killer reminds us that action can be clever, even if most scenes in this series inevitably become numbing, as the body count rises stratospherically.
Before we go further, some clarification on where this film fits into the timeline. Let’s forget (for now) that there was a John Wick 4, because the events of “Ballerina” take place. So, erase from your mind whatever huge, life-altering thing may or may not have happened in the last film. OK?
Eagle-eyed viewers may, in fact, remember a brief scene in the third movie where a ballerina is trying to do a series of fouettés, those whiplash turns on one leg that are a big attraction in “Swan Lake.” The same scene returns in “Ballerina,” where we see de Armas’ character, Eve, doggedly trying to master them in training. Why she keeps falling — every time, after years and years of class — is a mystery. We don’t aim for full realism in action films, guys, but may we suggest that falling flat on the floor in your pointe shoes every time you do a turn feels like much more difficult stunt work than anything else in “Ballerina” — including obliterating a horde of townspeople. It also speaks to a troubling lack of coordination, a definite problem for an assassin.
Anyway! We actually first meet Eve as a child, living alone with her cherished father in some wind-swept coastal abode. Suddenly, a crew of black-clad assassins arrives by sea, targeting the father. He manages to protect Eve, but dies from his wounds.“No me dura mucho tiempo (la carga), pero sirve para que mi familia vea televisión o se entretenga en algo”, expresó Rodríguez.
Cuando AP visitó el hogar en medio de un apagón esta semana, la familia se aprestaba a ver una popular novela cubana, un espacio estelar que pocos hogares se pierden luego del noticiero y que coincide con el horario de la cena.La crisis es tal que la estatal Unión Eléctrica publica diariamente en las redes sociales un comunicado sobre la demanda y disponibilidad máxima de energía, cuya falta también causa problemas
y la cobertura de internet.Por lo general, la demanda es de unos 3.200 megavatios mientras que la disponibilidad alcanza los 1.600 megavatios. Cada día en la hora pico entre el 40% y el 50% del país se queda sin electricidad.