Average Rating: 3.7/10
Reviews Counted: 151
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 136
This comic book movie is an inert muddle that takes itself much too seriously.
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 29
This comic book movie is an inert muddle that takes itself much too seriously.
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Daredevil's main squeeze gets resurrected in her own flick with this spin-off martial arts actioner from director Rob Bowman (Reign of Fire, The X-Files: Fight the Future). Jennifer Garner returns to the role of Elektra Natchios, a hired assassin whose origins are finally revealed after her old ninja clan the Hand brings her back from the dead to serve their evil purposes. Reunited with her old sensei, Stick (Terence Stamp), Elektra leaves the past behind her and is eventually given an
Jan 14, 2005 Wide
Apr 5, 2005
$24.3M
20th Century Fox
All Critics (151) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (141) | DVD (39)
This doesn't exactly set the world on fire, but I was charmed by its old-fashioned storytelling, which is refreshingly free of archness, self-consciousness, or Kill Bill-style wisecracks.
Everything comes back to Garner, though -- and even when the movie takes itself too seriously, thankfully she never does.
Offers no surprises, and whether or not you'll appreciate its modest charms depends entirely on whether you too have been anticipating Garner's new outfit.
They should have just called this movie Contractually Obligated Sequel staring Jennifer Garner because I can see no other reason why someone as talented and as smart as she is would want to do this film.
Breathlessly boring spinoff of Daredevil.
The sad thing about Elektra is that it reveals that for all the millions of dollars now spent on them, comic-book movies are being made with no more distinction than the cheapest old Saturday-afternoon serials.
Violent comic book movie with lingerie costumes.
Some comic properties should just be left on the page.
An utterly embarrassing misfire with poor performances, contrived elements, and a weak premise.
Garner's charms extend beyond the mere physical. Simply by showing up, she makes Elektra far more entertaining than it has a right to be.
For all its slow-mo kick-flying and computer-generated mysticism, the story is tissue-thin and simple to the point of being simpleminded.
What's missing in this Elektra is a certain sense of play and imagination.
It felt like I was back in my childhood watching serial chapters at a Saturday matinee.
As for Garner, she remains a lovely screen presence, but it's impossible to buy her as an emotionless killing machine.
Elektra shoves Frank Miller's eponymous cold-blooded assassin into a PG-13-friendly adventure.
During a fight, a character declared "Enough! It ends now." And I thought It's about time! Now there's a sure sign of an action movie falling short of its potential.
A none too Marvel-lous spin-off from Daredevil.
Garner may justify her reputation as an action woman, but fails to prove that sais matter.
There's a skeleton of a cool fantasy story here, but the clatter and clunk of its fleshless bones is dispiriting.
Never mind giving 1000 chimps 1000 typewriters and having them produce a script in a week. Instead, give 1000 chimps $US100 million and see how long it takes them to come up with a blancmange blockbuster such as this.
Absent an established fan base or cadre of recognizable villains, filmmakers are forced to shoehorn in superfluous back story and excessive inner turmoil.
Good fight scenes and a much more plausible story line than I expected. I think this movie gets slammed far more than it should.
March 22, 2007Super Reviewer
By far, the absolute worst Marvel movie to date. "Elektra" is a spin off of "Daredevil" and completely goes off the tracks with a bad story, and horrible acting. Jennifer Garner stars as "Elektra" a hired assassin who has come back from the dead and reunited with her old sensei Stick(Terence Stamp). She's hired to
May 5, 2012Super Reviewer
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