Pretty Lethal
2026 · 89 min · Action / Thriller / Horror · TMDB 6.8
The short version:A ballet troupe trapped in a remote Hungarian inn must fight for survival against criminals using their dance training and improvised weapons. The film prioritizes stylised action and dark humour over sustained dread, delivering choreographed violence, gore, and explosions rather than genuine psychological scares.
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Synopsis
A troupe of ballerinas find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition.
What is in it
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Violence & gore
- Graphic goreModerate0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- Violence includes bloody action scenes, a body being dismembered, and hand-to-hand combat with edged weapons; graphic but stylised.
- Home invasionModerate0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- Young women are trapped in an inn by the owner and her criminals, locked in the basement with their passports and phones destroyed.
- Realistic, grounded violenceModerate0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- Grounded combat and shootings between characters in a confined setting, treated with dramatic weight.
- TortureBrief0 reports
Children & pregnancy
- Child harmed or killedBrief0 reports
Sexual content & violence
- Sexual assaultBrief0 reports
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementBrief0 reports
Phobias & sensory
- Fire & burningModerate0 reports
Details (may spoil)
- The inn is rigged with C-4 explosives and detonated, killing several people; the building explodes as the girls escape.