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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: TCFHE
EAN: 0024543182641
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1JapaneseOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishDubbedDolby Digital 5.1FrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
MPN: FOXD2228265D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 05, 2005
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: January 14, 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
RESTORED TO LIFE AFTER SUSTAINING MORTAL WOUNDS IN DAREDEVIL, AN ICY SOLITARY ELEKTRA NOW LIVES ONLY FOR DEATH AS THE WORLD'S MOST LETHAL ASSASSIN. USING HER BONECRUNCHING MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS & ABILITY TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE. ELEKTRA IS ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH DARKNESS.
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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.
DVD features
Ben Affleck's much-rumored cameo is one of the deleted scenes on the Elektra DVD. It's a one-minute throwaway, and while he's supposedly appearing as Matt Murdock (who romanced Elektra in Daredevil), the barrage of celebrity gossip makes it impossible to see him as anything other than Jennifer Garner's real-life boyfriend. There's also a making-of featurette, which is mostly promotional hype other than a few interesting effects shots; four editing featurettes; and Jennifer Garner's videotaped message to ComicCon. --David Horiuchi
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Rating:  -
Elektra: 4 out of 10: When people said Jennifer Garner, as Elektra, was the best thing in the movie Daredevil. I'm pretty sure they were mostly damning with faint praise. After all Jennifer, while certainly an attractive female, came across as a sorority pledge playing dress-up on S and M rush night.
In Elektra she looks even more ridiculous. There have been plenty of great female assassins over the years from the camp of a Bond villain, to the seductiveness of Linda Fiorentino, even ... Read More
Rating: -
Pretty good atmosphere, and I like Jennifer Garner, so I liked it - to a point. Unfortunately, the point I stopped liking it was the climax. Since I don't want to be a spoiler, I won't say more.
Rating:  -
Finally got to see this and I can say it was definitely NOT worth the wait.
This movie has the production values of a bad pilot and the story is about as dull an uninteresting as that same dull pilot. I first encountered the character in the Daredevil comics back in the day and this version of Elektra bears no resemblance to this character.
Shoveling in the relationshippy/mother-daughter angle into what is supposed to be an action movie about a ruthless assassin turns Elektra ... Read More
Rating:  -
I guess most people who seemed this movie would rate it low because there was not enough action. However, Electra was not a heroine that did not have any super-powers, but skill, speed, patient, and thought. All of which came through the movie the movie. True there was some CG action in the movie but just enough to make this movie good for what it is...all about the fights and J. Garner! If you're a big fan fan of Garner, then you will love this movie. Remember Alias?
Rating:  -
Otherwise the plot line and direction sucked. Still, much better than average film of this genre.
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