Like Wick before her, Eve is driven by a personal vendetta: the brutal murder of her father when she was still a child by highly trained and heavily armed assassins. Winston (Ian McShane) brings her to the Ruska Roma, where Eve excels at her training as a "Kikimora," serving as an assassin or a bodyguard, as the situation requires.

The ingredients for a great entry in the “John Wick” franchise are pretty simple, and to quote the titular character played by Keanu Reeves: “Guns; lots of guns.” Throw in a couple of chase scenes, hand-to-hand fights with knives,