Elektra (2005)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 150
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 135
This comic book movie is an inert muddle that takes itself much too seriously.
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 32
This comic book movie is an inert muddle that takes itself much too seriously.
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Average Rating: 2.6/5
User Ratings: 237,047
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Movie Info
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
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Cast
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Jennifer Garner
Elektra Natchios -
Goran Visnjic
Mark Miller -
Will Yun Lee
Kirigi -
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Roshi -
Terence Stamp
Stick -
Kirsten Prout
Abby -
Natassia Malthe
Typhoid -
Chris Ackerman
Tattoo -
Bob Sapp
Stone -
Hiro Kanagawa
Kinkou -
Jason Isaacs
DeMarco (Uncredited) -
Ian Tracey
Pool Shark -
Colin Cunningham
McCabe -
Kurt Max Runte
Nikolas Natchios -
Nathaniel Arcand
Hand Ninja #1 -
Paul Wu
Fight Instructor -
Ty Olsson
Second Paramedic -
Mark Houghton
Bauer -
Kendall Cross
First Paramedic -
Kevan Ohtsji
Roshi Servant -
Nancy Wetzel
Third Paramedic -
Marke Driesschen
Weatherman -
Aaron Au
Hand Ninja #2 -
Edson T. Ribeiro
Kinkou -
Laura Ward
Young Elektra -
Jana Mitsoula
Young Elektra's Mother -
Sean Akira
Glowering Ikuren -
Taku Kawai
Glowering Ikuren -
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All Critics (150) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (140) | 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.
Top CriticEverything comes back to Garner, though -- and even when the movie takes itself too seriously, thankfully she never does.
A none too Marvel-lous spin-off from Daredevil.
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.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Elektra
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- DeMarco (Uncredited): I guess it's all true. The red outfit, the knives. What happens now? You just kill me, straight out, just gulp?
- Elektra Natchios: Don't worry. Death's not that bad.
- DeMarco (Uncredited): How do you know?
- Elektra Natchios: I died once.
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