Elektra | | Cast : | Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee | | Director : | Rob Bowman | | Studio : | Fox Home Entertainme | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 14, 2005 | | DVD Released Date : | April 05, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | All about the villains... | Content
 | It was only fair that fans get their wish in an Elektra movie. After stealing the spotlight from Ben Affleck in Daredevil people saw that Jenifer Garner definetly should have her own Elektra movie. I was very eager to see this movie and I myself admit it was quite good. Some old fashioned action scenes, and it reminded me alot of the old days. But what really brought this film to its peak were the villains. They were very well done and creative, technically I was becomming more obsessed with the villains then with Elektra herself. However the enjoyment of the villains ends too soon viewing Elektra an almighty being cannot be killed so with a simple throw of her dagger she can kill all the villains. Which is probably what tore the movie apart. The costume of Elektra could have been better and the plot could have used a little more "umph". Elektra is a Greek assasin and the dramatic changes she goes through are portrayed in the film. I would highly recommend this film to anyone. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 27, 2005 | | Summary | shouldve skipped this one. | Content
| well,in this movie the eversexy elektra ............yes,the same eversexy sl&t from daredevil,gets her own story told.and wouldnt you know it?they threw the comic book version right out the window and just did things thier way.the only thing the same between the movie and the comic is that there is a sexy chick who can do martial arts.no different sinsai every year since she was 5,no love relationship with daredevil and a bunch of other stuff.then theres the bad guys.theres a lot but they all get wasted too fast.one guy can absorb just about any shot[like a point blank shotgun blast].theres tattoo.this guy makes his tats come alive and keep tabs on elektra.ooooohhh!!!!!!thats exiting.if i had that power,id draw a sexy chick who was my sex slave.......................anyhow,he could have easily just tatted on a giant or a dragon,but chose crows and wolves.hes a old spider man villian i think anyhow.than theres typhoid mary who can kiss someone and kill them.while its vaguely lesbian oriented when she does it,elektra rots and dies.so much for my semi.THAT WAS NOT A SPOILER.elektras fine.and whats with the blind martial arts instructer?can we say daredevil,kung fu,kill bill and many many more?its about as good as the next film out there.i only watched it to see every marvel movie.is it just me or are these getting worse and worse.this one takes the entire marvel average down to an c.watch it,rent it but unless youre in love with [whats her name?]IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT HER NAME IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,then dont buy it. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 27, 2005 | | Summary | Why Can't they Make a Decent Female Superhero Movie! | Content
| I really like Jennifer Garner as an actress, and I enjoyed Daredevil to a point, so I thought this movie might be o.k. But as it ran with superhero speed from the movie theatre to rental status, I began to wonder. Unfortunately, I was right. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Yes, Jennifer Garner looked spectacular, but she sort of wandered through the film with a glazed look, probably wondering when the real script was going to show up. The "bad guys" where cliche, and some of them seemed straight out of X-Men and Spiderman. I am usually a Marvel fan, but honestly, I'm hoping that DC will bring us a really good Wonder Woman movie to redeem woman superheroes. Come on, guys, you can write better than that. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 24, 2005 | | Summary | Elektrafying! | Content
| I saw this movie with one of my friends. We'd both give it a nice, juicy 10 out of 10. It had terrific fight scenes, a cool plot, grand villains, and Elektra herself was so beautiful it's not even funny! There was quite a lot of humor in it, as well. One of the best. See it and you'll have done yourself the greatest favor this side of female movies! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 24, 2005 | | Summary | Hero in a tight red suit | Content
| For pure entertainment value, I thought this was a great movie. Good vs. Evil, female superhero with hot red costume, villains with magical powers, martial arts action, dreamy fight scenes a la "Hero" and a valuable treasure to be protected.
On the surface, this movie swept me away with its action sequences and special effects, but then I got to thinking, and that kind of spoiled it for me.
Elektra (Jennifer Garner) at the beginning of the movie was the coolest thing in red ever. She was like Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) from the first Matrix movie, unstoppable, inhuman, focused and deadly, plus she looked darned good in that outfit with her hair swinging around.
As the story goes, suffering from a bit of burnout, she accepts one more assignment, and then suddenly has a change of heart when she receives her hit list. From here on, the writers strip away her intrigue and mystique, and it was disappointing to see a superhero suffer from OCD and insomnia, depend on an agent instead of a trusty butler, and generally get less and less super and more and more vulnerable. She doesn't even don the red body hugger again until the end of the movie.
The bad guys then begin pursuing her new acquaintances, and she assumes a bodyguard role without even asking why one man and his daughter would be worth the effort. After a lot of ta-da, she ends up back at the training camp of her sensei, who although blind like all good mentors, is not an inscrutable Asian with a long moustache, but a cranky white dude named Stick (Terrence Stamp).
This brings us to the best part of the movie, with a group of villains with real superpowers, who of course choose to attack one by one so that the good guys can save the day. Kirigi (Will Yun Lee) is a real martial artist, and two-sworded leader of the bunch; Typhoid (Natassia Malthe) can kill with a touch, and she almost sucks the life out of Elektra with a lingering kiss; Stone (Bob Sapp) is like The Thing, skin like armor and built like a barn; Kinkou (Edson Ribeiro) comes and goes quickly, and Tattoo (Chris Ackerman) is by far the most magical, with body tattoos with lives of their own. These guys make the movie worth watching, and it's really sad to see them go.
Kirsten Prout handles herself very well as Abby Miller, the young girl that looks up to Elektra, and has a secret of her own, but Goran Visnjic doesn't have the satisfaction of a solid role to stand on.
Enjoy this one for the action, but don't pause to think about the plot.
On the side of good
Elektra wields a mean sai
To save the treasure
Amanda Richards, July 24, 2005
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