The movie begins with a young Eve Macarro witnessing the brutal murder of her father by a mysterious cult of assassins. This traumatic event leaves her orphaned and sets her on a path of vengeance. Shortly after, Winston, the manager of the New York Continental Hotel, finds Eve and introduces her to the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, a group known for training assassins, including John Wick.

Eve is taken under the wing of the Ruska Roma's leader, the Director, who trains her to become a ballerina-assassin, blending grace with deadly combat skills. Eve embraces this new identity, determined to avenge her father's death by hunting down the cult responsible. She undergoes rigorous training and begins working as an assassin, showing moments of restraint but primarily focusing on lethal efficiency.

Eve attempts to acquire weapons from an arms dealer named Frank, but during the transaction, the cult attacks Frank's shop. Eve kills the assailants, and Frank helps her identify the cult's base located in Hallstatt, Austria.

Upon arriving in Hallstatt, Eve is immediately attacked by the town's inhabitants, who are revealed to be cult members. She is captured and brought before the Chancellor, the cult's leader. The Chancellor reveals that the cult serves as a refuge for former assassins and discloses that Pine is his son and Ella his granddaughter. During this confrontation, Eve breaks free but is cornered by Lena, who reveals herself as Eve's older sister. Lena explains that their father, Javier, abandoned her during his escape because he feared the cult had already indoctrinated her. The Chancellor orders their execution; Lena is killed, but Eve manages to escape.

The Chancellor contacts the Director to declare war on the Ruska Roma. The Director responds by explaining that Eve has gone rogue and hires John Wick to eliminate her. John arrives in Hallstatt, confronts Eve, and quickly defeats her in combat. However, he sympathizes with her quest for revenge and gives her until midnight to kill the Chancellor.

Eve resumes her assault on the cult, with John assisting from a distance. Together, they kill Dex and several other cultists. The Chancellor attempts to flee with Ella, but Eve intercepts them. The Chancellor tries to reason with Eve, but she executes him and rescues Ella.

John informs the Director of the Chancellor's death, which she accepts. Ella is reunited with a recovering Pine at the Prague Continental. Eve, having left the Ruska Roma, seeks refuge at the New York Continental, where Winston warns her that the surviving cult members will seek revenge.

While attending a ballet performance by her friend Tatiana, Eve learns there is a $5 million bounty on her head. Realizing the danger, she leaves the theater, preparing for the battles ahead.

Eve Macarro is the daughter of assassins Javier of the Ruska Roma and his Cultist wife. As a child, she was taken away from the Cult by her father, which led to her mother's death. After Javier dies protecting her during a raid by the Cult, Eve is brought to the Ruska Roma by Winston Scott, where she trains as both a ballerina and an assassin under the Director and Nogi, preparing to act as a 'Kikimora' assassin.

Eve is trained by the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, specifically under the Director and Nogi, to become a ballerina-assassin. This training combines grace and deadly skills, molding her into a killer capable of avenging her father's death. The Ruska Roma are known for producing elite assassins, including the infamous John Wick, who appears briefly and advises Eve to abandon her violent path.

The Cult is responsible for the death of Eve's father and is a longstanding enemy of the Ruska Roma. After Eve kills a Cultist assassin who attacks her, she seeks revenge against the Cult. However, the Director warns her about a truce between the Cult and the Ruska Roma. The Cult's Chancellor orders a full-scale attack on Eve, leading to intense confrontations and revelations about Eve's family, including the fact that her sister Lena is aligned with the Cult.

Lena, initially an antagonist, is revealed to be Eve's sister. She was left behind in the Cult's village because she was older and had already taken a life, whereas Eve was taken away by their father. Lena was told Eve was dead and has been working for the Cult. In a climactic moment, Lena confronts Eve, reveals the truth about their past, and dies after being injured in a grenade attack ordered by the Chancellor.

John Wick appears briefly when visiting the Director to ask for safe passage. He advises Eve to abandon her violent path, warning her against the life of an assassin. Despite this, Eve chooses to continue her training and mission for revenge, indicating that while John Wick's advice is significant, she remains committed to her path as a ballerina-assassin.

The movie Ballerina (2025) is not family friendly and is rated R due to strong, bloody violence throughout and moderate language. It is primarily intended for adult audiences and is not recommended for children or sensitive viewers.

Potentially objectionable or upsetting aspects include:

• Frequent, intense violence and gore: Numerous scenes of brutal hand-to-hand combat, shootings, stabbings, use of blades and improvised weapons, explosions, flamethrowers, and graphic injuries such as broken bones and cauterizing wounds.
• Sustained fight sequences with high body counts and graphic depictions of death, including people being thrown from heights, pinned with crossbow bolts, and blown up by grenades.
• Moderate profanity including sexual expletives and scatological curses.
• Some mild alcohol and smoking shown in background or social contexts.
• Brief non-sexual partial nudity and a revealing ballerina outfit, but no sexual content.
• Frightening and intense scenes that may be disturbing for sensitive viewers, including a young girl witnessing violence against her father.

There are no sexual scenes, but the film’s extreme violence, bloodshed, and mature themes make it unsuitable for children or those sensitive to graphic content.