DELETED John Wick Scene EXPOSES HUGE Plot Hole

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Spoilers for Ballerina are below!

Summary

  • Ballerina occurs during John Wick: Chapter 3, showcasing Eve interacting with John at her training facility.
  • John Wick’s timeline faces a plot hole in Ballerina due to his excommunicated status and lack of motivation to help at that moment.
  • A deleted scene explains John’s return late in Ballerina and why he further helps the Rusk Roma to stop Eve.

In a freshly unveiled bonus scene from “Ballerina”, a previously unexplained plot gap related to John Wick’s involvement is addressed. The John Wick series has been expanding with fresh narratives and characters. Initially, there was the prequel series titled “The Continental”, detailing how Winston assumed control of New York’s Continental Hotel within the assassin underworld. The latest offering is “Ballerina”, focusing on new character Eve Macarro as she undergoes training to become an assassin, seeking revenge for her father’s demise.

The tale of the ballerina incorporates Keanu Reeves reprising his role as John Wick. While fans are thrilled to see him back in action as Wick, some viewers have raised concerns about the character’s appearance in the spinoff film seeming to create a plot inconsistency. However, it appears that an explanation for this discrepancy was written and even filmed, but unfortunately, it didn’t make it into the final cut of the movie.

Ballerina Takes Place During John Wick: Chapter 3

In “Ballerina,” it might appear that John Wick’s character meets his demise in Chapter 4. Yet, this film clarifies its timeline promptly. Ana de Armas’ character, Eve, encounters John Wick at her ballet and assassin training center for the Ruska Roma. Eve briefly interacts with Wick before continuing his storyline, but this encounter makes it clear that “Ballerina” unfolds during “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

Following her encounter with John Wick and seeking his guidance, Eve embarks on her own assassin career. However, an assignment leads her to uncover the cult responsible for her father’s death, a secretive group of killers. Eve hunts them down, eventually discovering they inhabit a hidden mountain community. As Eve wreaks havoc in this town, the cult turns to the Ruska Roma for help, breaching their truce. The cult summons John Wick to handle the perceived problem, creating an exciting scenario but introducing a plot inconsistency.

How John Wick’s Presence Toward Ballerina’s End Creates A Plot Hole

In the story of “John Wick: Chapter 3”, we find that John Wick seeks refuge with the Ruska Roma to facilitate his journey to Morocco. This is where the character portrayed by Halle Berry enters the plot, and their interaction sets off a chain of events leading to Wick being marked and disassociated from the Ruska Roma. It’s important to note that Wick had previously been ousted from this community due to the actions taken in “John Wick: Chapter 2”, where he broke the rules by killing someone on Continental grounds, resulting in his excommunication.

Later on, in the beginning of the film “Ballerina”, we see John interacting with the main character. This encounter occurs at a time when John is cashing in his last favor with the Ruska Roma. Given that he has been told never to return due to his excommunicated status, one might wonder: Why on earth would John Wick revisit the Ruska Roma for help, despite his previous banishment?

Towards the end of “Ballerina”, the character Ruska Roma dispatches John to confront Eve, but this event is only set during “John Wick 3” without a clear timing. The problem lies in the lack of motivation for John’s actions, considering that the Ruska Roma, seeking to maintain their reputation due to Eve breaching the truce with the cult, might have chosen other more suitable allies instead of an excommunicated assassin like John. Although viewers can speculate reasons, such as John earning another favor, it appears the filmmakers recognized the potential plot inconsistency and tried to address it.

A Ballerina Deleted Scene Helps Fill In The Presumed Plot Hole With The John Wick Timeline

In the movie “John Wick: Chapter 3,” it transpires that while en route from Morocco to New York, John is tasked with stopping Eve – a detail elucidated in a newly-revealed deleted scene.

In the omitted scene from ‘Ballerina’, we find ourselves gazing at Wick’s severed finger, signifying that the events transpire subsequent to him amputating it for the Elder. Subsequently, Wick converses with the Leader of the Ruska Roma, disclosing his need for transportation from Morocco, a service they provided under the understanding he was indebted to them. The Leader invokes this debt earlier than expected, as her arrangement with John was presumably made within the last few days. However, she requests him to make a brief stop to curb Eve’s violent spree in the cult town. John consents, leading up to the subsequent confrontation between him and Eve, followed by his departure, allowing Eve to continue her journey towards New York City, where ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ concludes its storyline.

The reason for the removal of this particular scene remains unclear, particularly since it’s brief and serves to clarify a crucial plot point that has sparked much discussion among fans. Although the scene may not be essential in the grand scheme of things, as the movie Ballerina can comfortably fit within the narrative of John Wick 3, it could have prevented a good deal of speculation and confusion among dedicated franchise viewers who were left puzzled before the new details emerged.

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2025-07-05 21:04