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don’t see Elektra’s darkness that the movie hints--for
example, made explicit in the comic book with her being a member of
the Hand--so it is difficult to see her redemption. Like Daredevil,
I liked the movie more than it deserved, probably due to a fanboy
filling in what the movie fails to deliver. |
(2004) Film Review |
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| CREDITS |
| Directed
by Rob Bowman
Story by Zak
Penn and Stu Zicherman
Screenplay
by Raven Metzner
Characters by Frank Miller and Raven Metzner
Cast
(in credits order)
Jennifer Garner .... Elektra Natchios
Terence Stamp .... Stick
Will Yun Lee .... Kirigi
Goran Visnjic .... Mark Miller
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa .... Roshi
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Chris Ackerman
Nathaniel Arcand .... Ninja #1
Colin Cunningham .... McCabe
Jason Isaacs .... DeMarco
Hiro Kanagawa .... Kinkou
Natassia Malthe .... Typhoid Mary
Jana Mitsoula .... Young Elektra's Mother
Kirsten Prout .... Abby Miller
Bob Sapp .... Stone
Produced
by
Avi Arad .... producer
Kevin Feige .... executive producer
Gary Foster .... producer
Mark Steven Johnson .... producer
Josh McLaglen .... co-producer
Brent O'Connor .... executive producer
Original Music by Christophe Beck
Cinematography by Bill Roe
Film Editing by Kevin Stitt
Not Rated
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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Elektra
Tpb (Marvel Knights)
by Brian Michael Bendis, Chuck Austen
Once she was the sheltered daughter of a Greek diplomat, but after
watching her father struck down in a hail of gunfire, the young woman
named Elektra sought out training by a deadly band of ninjas. Armed
with superior fighting skills and her razor-sharp sais, the femme
fatale for years offered her killing touch to the highest bidder.
Now, after being confronted with the choice to change or die, Elektra
chooses to amend her murderous ways but can she really reach out for
help and find a life beyond killing and death? Highspeed action mixed
with ethical explorations makes this a book packed with explosive
excitement and incredible depth.
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Assassin-for-hire
Elektra Natchios (Garner) is revived by the Order of the Hand, a group
of assassins who helped train her. Assigned by the Hand's current
leader, Kirigi (Yun Lee), to kill a man, Mark Miller (Visnjic), and
his 13-year-old daughter, Abby (Prout), Elektra soon befriends them
and decides to stand up to her ninja peers.
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 Review
by MAURICE BROADDUS
 So,
there once was a male super hero franchise that featured a strong
female equal yet polar opposite. Eventually, some Hollywood suit
decided that said "good girl gone bad villain" would
make for a good spin off unto herself and fan boys of said male
super hero would surely flock to said movie. It was simple Hollywood
math: Hot chick + comic book + rabid male fanboys = hit movie
(with an eye toward a franchise). It didn’t work for Catwoman
(spun from Batman). [It probably won’t
work in the future, so someone tell the Hollywood exec who’s
thinking about this to spare us the Jinx
movie (spun from the James Bond film, Die Another
Day)]. It didn’t work for Elektra
(spun from Daredevil).
Review
continued here.
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