‘Pretty Lethal’ Blends Badass Ballet with Brain-Dead Action

Don’t mess with ballet dancers. They suffer for their art, endure grueling regimens and punish their bodies to create works of art. It’s a lesson “Pretty Lethal” takes to heart. The film follows five dancers forced to fight for their lives in a Budapest hotel. The central gimmick is a hoot, but the shopworn screenplay isn’t sure what to do with it.  And wasting the great Uma Thurman in a barely-there character is a cinematic sin. Five scrappy ballet dancers can’t wait for the gig of their young lives – a trip to Budapest to perform at a prestigious hall. Their bus breaks down en route, but they stumble into a stranger who is more than happy to help them get to the show on time. Or so he claims. The women end up in an expansive Budapest hotel, where they meet a litany of unsavory character