Elektra (2005)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (motion picture characters) and
Frank Miller (comic book characters) ...

Release Date:

14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

She's the last thing that stands between good and evil.

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.

Plot Keywords:

Assassin | Resurrection | Heroine | Supernatural | Action Heroine

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Elektra (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence.

Runtime:

97 min | 100 min (director's cut)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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)

Filming Locations:

Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

While filming the sai/sword fight, Jennifer Garner accidentally got her knuckles sliced by Will Yun Lee. She got her knuckles patched up, and when she and Lee resumed, he subsequently sliced her again in the exact same spot.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: During one flashback, Elektra goes back to her ride in the ambulance when she dies. The paramedics use a defibrillator on her. A defibrillator is only supposed to be used on bare skin. They have it being used over a leather vest. However, this was most likely done to help connect the flashback to her final scene in Daredevil by showing the costume she wore that night, and to keep the rating PG-13.

Quotes:

DeMarco: You can't stop her. Nobody can stop her.
Bauer: Her?
DeMarco: I was afraid if I told you, you wouldn't take the job. I never should've hired you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#33.14)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

THOUSAND MILE WISH

A film that is underrated and great.

Elektra is probably one of the most underrated films this year. Jennifer Garner is sexy, exciting and great as Elektra and Terrance Stamp is great as Stick. While the film seemed rushed, it was entertaining and fun to watch. Several scenes even had me wondering "what's going to happen?" And aren't we supposed to get into films? The action and fight scenes are just spectacular, and Jennifer shows her amazing fighting techniques throughout. The film does suffer from being too short, though. It should've gone longer into back-story But overall, I have to give it up to Rob Bowman for making a film that is fun, exciting and just plain entertaining. I totally recommend this action-packed thrill ride of a film.