- Actors: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee, Kirsten Prout, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Directors: Rob Bowman
- Writers: Frank Miller, Mark Steven Johnson, Raven Metzner, Stu Zicherman, Zak Penn
- Producers: Arnon Milchan, Avi Arad
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English, Japanese
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Release Date: April 5 2005
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0007P0Y7C
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While 2003's Daredevil was a conventional superhero movie, the 2005 spinoff, Elektra, is more of a wuxia-styled martial arts/fantasy flick. Elektra (Jennifer Garner) has returned to her life as a hired assassin, but she balks at an assignment to kill a single father (Goran Visnjic, ER) and his teenage daughter (Kirsten Prout). That makes her the target of the Hand, an organization of murderous ninjas, scheming corporate types, and a band of stylish supervillains seeking to eliminate Elektra and tip the balance of power in the ongoing battle of good vs. evil.
As the star of Alias, Garner has proven that she can kick butt with the best of them, and some of the visual effects are impressive, but the action sequences tend to be anticlimactic, and there's not much to the story. Fans will notice numerous references to Frank Miller's comic books, but there's very little resemblance to Miller's cold-blooded killer (Elektra with an agent? Elektra referring to herself as a "soccer mom"?).
Is Elektra better than Daredevil? Not really, even with the distinct advantage of having all Garner and no Ben Affleck. That could be the spinoff's greatest disappointment: after Spider-Man 2 raised the bar for comic-book movies, Elektra lowered it back to Daredevil's level. Directed by Rob Bowman (the X-Files movie), and featuring Terence Stamp as the mysterious mentor Stick, Will Yun Lee (Die Another Day) as the chief villain, and NFL-player-turned-mixed-martial-arts-champion Bob Sapp as the immovable Stone. --David Horiuchi
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4.0 out of 5 stars
a well made action movie with an air of mystique,
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This review is from: Elektra (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)
for some strange reason this movie was not asuccess at the box office.i thought it should've been after i watched it,but that's just me.some critics slagged this film mercifully.myself i thought it was a well made film.Jen garner did a fine job as the title character and is very sexy to boot.the rest of the cast did well.Goran Visjic was fine as Mark Miller,although it was hard to get his E.R.character out of my head at times.Kirsten Prout plays the teenage character Abby Miller(Mark's daughter)and she does an admiral job here.and yes they do fit into the story.Terence Stamp is brilliantly cast as Electra's mentor.the cast of villains was also represented by some fine performances.but the thing i really like most is that Electra is given a back story and personality complete with a few quirks.the only minor problem i had with the film is that the special effects,while not poorly done,could have been a bit better.a positive thing about this film is that the fight scenes are well choreographed,with some amazing stunts.and i can't forget the mystique.the film had an aura of mystery surrounding it.overall,a well paced entertaining film. 4/5
1.0 out of 5 stars
Un-elektrafying,
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Elektra (Unrated Director's Cut) (DVD)
It can't be pretended that "Elektra" is anything but a cash-in on "Daredevil" and star Jennifer Garner's popularity as an action star. And the spinoff film as as soulless as that would suggest -- it has some pretty special effects, but is brought down by a half-hearted script that aspires to be a mix of Chinese wire-fu and "Kill Bill."Elektra (Jennifer Garner) died at the end of "Daredevil." But in the comic book world, death is less restricting than a sprained knee: Elektra is resurrected by the magical mystical powers of Terence Stamp (okay, his character is ungracefully called Stick). She is now a contract killer, and is sent to off a father and daughter in some remote place. It turns out that there is a Chosen One (hello, fantasy cliches!) who will be a pivot in the battle between good and evil. And the girl Abby (Kirsten Prout) is that Chosen One. Beset by childhood traumas, Elektra decides to protect the two of them from the Hand, a magical bunch of Japanese evildoers who have decided to kill Abby. When a movie is a cash-in spinoff of a cinematic disaster like "Daredevil," you can't expect it to be good. Especially if the lead heroine -- as in the howlingly bad "Catwoman" -- wears silly leather bondage gear and utters moronic quips. Can't there be a heroine who wears something that would stay on during kung-fu ation scenes? Rob Bowman better stick to sci-fi suspense, because he can't do action. It feels as if he wanted to make a cross between "Kill Bill" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon," with a bit of "Zatoichi" (the blind master) thrown in. The script teems with cliches -- the tortured tough gal! The sensitive love interest! The precocious, poorly-acted kiddie! The wise Yoda clone! Throw in a few high-kicks and you have "Elektra." It's impossible to really gauge Garner's acting, because the character is as deep as a hamster's footbath -- okay, her mum died when she was little. Very sad, but it doesn't give her character depth, and Elektra Natchios shows no real personality except a few strained quips. Her love interest barely registers, and the villains are just there to do special effects and inconsistent stunts. (One minute you can stab them, the next they're invincible. Huh?) "Elektra" is a heartless, dull mess of flips and quips -- and that's just the character. The movie is even worse, second only to "Catwoman" for comic book badness.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Elektra - Not even close as good as Daredevil,
By hateit! "ICK!" (Mount Pearl, Newfoundland Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Elektra (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)
I just watched this dvd and I have to say I wasn't too impressed by it. Although, I really enjoy Alias and think Jennifer Garner is a great actress in her own right, there wasn't much to this movie to really show her true talents as an actress. There wasn't a plot to this movie at all and there were so many flashbacks, it makes for confusion the whole way through. The action scenes were hardly entertaining and leave you wanting to see more. Daredevil was a far better movie and I think they should have brought some of that movie into this, even if it just meant her remembering ben affleck's character. All it showed was her childhood and nothing concerning that part of her life in daredevil. It didn't really make a lot of reference to her coming back from the dead either.....I think this movie should never come out with a sequel. Too bad for Jennifer Garner....maybe there will be a Daredevil sequel and Elektra could come back then.
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