The latest addition to the John Wick universe came in the form of a spinoff that's supposed to take place between the third and fourth movies of the original franchise. Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas, brings an entirely new character, Eve, to the universe. Trained as a killer by the Ruska Roma (just like John Wick was) she finds herself on a mission to track down the cult that killed her father when she was a child. After a tipoff from Winston about a cult member named Daniel Pine who's staying at the Continental hotel in Prague, Eve heads there only to find Pine is on the run, trying to keep his daughter from being kidnapped by the cult, just like they tried to do to Eve when she was little.

Lots of fighting ensues (I mean, is it even a John Wick movie without 100 fight scenes?) and the cult manages to take his daughter, Ella. Eve is even more determined to track them down, so how does it all end? Let's get into it.

Eve tracks down the cult in Hallstatt

Thanks to the helpful gun shop owner in Prague, Eve secures the rumored location of the cult. The shop owner lends Eve his car and she makes her way to the picturesque, snowy town of Hallstatt, Austria. She heads into a cozy-looking coffee shop that just so happens to sell the ballerina music box she was given as a child — weird coincidence? Probably not. While waiting for her coffee, a man comes into the shop and quickly starts shooting at Eve. They fight back and forth and she disgustingly gouges his eye and breaks his arm before shooting him.

She's then attacked by the chef, who seems trained as a fighter, and it's pretty clear something fishy is going on in this town. After managing to lock the chef in the freezer, some townspeople arm themselves and head in after Eve, seemingly confirming that the whole town is part of this cult. Eve handily starts killing them all (that's our girl!) though she does take a knife to the shoulder (ouch!).

Eve loses her sister...again

The Chancellor (AKA the cult leader) orders "full protocols" to be engaged, meaning everyone in the town is now coming after Eve. She's running through the streets, taking people out left and right, but she eventually gets cornered. The woman from the lobby of the Continental hotel (the one who was after Pine and Ella) appears, sees Eve's Ruska Roma tattoo, and hits her over the head, capturing her.

We soon learn that Pine was the Chancellor's son. He was part of the Hallstatt cult but tried to escape and take his daughter with him. This also means that the Chancellor put a hit out on his own son. The Chancellor then makes another big reveal: the lobby lady is actually Eve's sister, Lena.

As that revelation is unfolding, Eve manages to get a gun and escape. Lena goes after her and when she finally catches up, she tells Eve the truth. They were both born in the village but their father only took Eve with him when he escaped because Lena was too old — she'd already taken a life at that point. Eve, on the other hand, could be raised with no memory of that place.

Outside, the Chancellor is growing frustrated and tells his soldiers to just kill them both. They throw grenades into the building where Eve and Lena are and they're both injured, but Eve crawls her way over to Lena. Lena is badly hurt and in her final moments, says she had been told Eve was dead and that she missed her. And then...she dies.


John Wick makes yet another appearance

The Chancellor calls the Director and tells her that her tribe has royally effed up their truce. The Director promises that she didn't send Eve there, but she'll send someone to stop her. And who does she send? John Wick, duh! Once John arrives, the Chancellor makes another announcement to the town, telling them to stay inside and "leave the wolf to its prey."

John quickly finds Eve but tells her whether he kills her or not is her choice. Eve tries to fight him, but she's clearly outmatched. John, knowing what the Chancellor did to Eve's father, gives her exactly 28 minutes to squash the issue (AKA kill the Chancellor).

The Chancellor calls all the citizens back out to fight Eve, and she starts using just about everything you can think of as a weapon, from guns to figure skates. Then in maybe the most epic scene of the movie, she gets a flame thrower and starts lighting up anyone who gets in her way.

Realizing John has gone a bit rogue, the Chancellor's men go after him and only one of them seems to have any sense, telling another "This is suicide. That's John Wick!" And, well, he's right!

The Chancellor gets what's coming to him

The Chancellor, with Ella in tow, is trying to make his escape, but Eve starts shooting at the car and takes out the driver. The Chancellor gets out and starts droning on and on about how Eve isn't going to change anything and this cult has been this way for over 1,000 years blah blah blah. And then she finally shoots him. She rescues Ella from the car and takes her away. John calls the Director to tell her it's done, but it's not Eve who's dead, it's the Chancellor. She says "Fine," and hangs up.

As it turns out, Pine isn't dead and Ella gets to reunite with her dad at the hospital. Winston warns Eve that she may have cut off the head of the snake, but the body is still there, and the rest of the cult will be coming after her. Later, she's watching the ballet and she gets a notification on her phone: there's a contract out for her with a $5 million bounty. She quickly heads out the door, but to where, we don't know.