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Release Date:
14 January 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
She's the last thing that stands between good and evil. more
Plot:
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(68 articles)
Stars in Rewind: Ken Ober & 'Remote Control'
(From Cinematical. 17 November 2009, 3:45 PM, PST)
Jessica Biel Has a Crush on Jennifer Garner
(From Celebrity Mania. 12 November 2009, 1:49 AM, PST)
(From Cinematical. 17 November 2009, 3:45 PM, PST)
Jessica Biel Has a Crush on Jennifer Garner
(From Celebrity Mania. 12 November 2009, 1:49 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jennifer Garner | ... | Elektra | |
| Goran Visnjic | ... | Mark Miller | |
| Kirsten Prout | ... | Abby Miller | |
| Will Yun Lee | ... | Kirigi | |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | Roshi | |
| Terence Stamp | ... | Stick | |
| Natassia Malthe | ... | Typhoid | |
| Bob Sapp | ... | Stone | |
| Chris Ackerman | ... | Tattoo | |
| Edson T. Ribeiro | ... | Kinkou | |
| Colin Cunningham | ... | McCabe | |
| Hiro Kanagawa | ... | Meizumi | |
| Mark Houghton | ... | Bauer | |
| Laura Ward | ... | Young Elektra | |
| Kurt Max Runte | ... | Nikolas Natchios |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Elektra (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for action violence.
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Runtime:
97 min | 100 min (director's cut)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12A (original rating) |
Netherlands:16 (video rating) |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #41331) |
USA:Unrated (director's cut) |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) |
Malaysia:18SG |
South Korea:15 |
Denmark:11 |
UK:12 (video rating) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Japan:U |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:14 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Ireland:12A |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:PG |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich)
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Elektra is talking to Mark after she finds out he and his daughter are not who they say they are, she says, "Who are you? Don't lie to me." When she says "Don't lie to me," her lips are not moving.
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Elektra:
I like your bracelet, by the way. Do you know what those are? Here. They're warrior beads. They're from Indonesia. Centuries ago, you had to be the best fighter in your village to earn them.
Abby Miller: Wow. I bought 'em off eBay.
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Abby Miller: Wow. I bought 'em off eBay.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41 (#30.10)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
SOONER OR LATER
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This is absurd - aside from the fellow Australian who has reviewed this flick, I can't help but think that everyone else who has submitted a review so far was some way involved in the production of Elektra, considering how generous they were with their praise.
Admittedly I'm not really a fan of comic-book-to-movie conversions so I didn't go in with many expectations, yet still I found Elektra to be incredibly underwhelming. The thing that irked me the most was the fact that there was SO MUCH in this film which went by unexplained, that left you thinking "huh, what relevance does that have to the plot?" or "so how did that aspect of the character come about?" I can only hope that these are things which are perhaps explained somewhat in Daredevil, which I have no intention of seeing.
Furthermore, the behaviour of the characters in this film appear to do an about-face at random moments to suit the storyline, and don't even get me started about the utterly pointless romantic sub-plot. I'm also (still) scratching my head over the fate of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's character, which seems to have gone by unexplained.
If I can give kudos to this movie for anything it would have to be the fantastic locations in which it was shot, but otherwise I gained little enjoyment from Elektra. I know we're supposed to suspend our disbelief for fantasy/action films, but almost everything in this film was so improbable or confusing (even by action film standards) that it simply frustrated me.
Well, hell, at least Jennifer Garner looks damn good.