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Starring:Yi, Hua
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Elektra - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Jennifer Garner , Goran Visnjic , Kirsten Prout , Will Yun Lee , and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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ASIN: B000A9QK96
Release Date: 2005-10-18 |
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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. --David Horiuchi
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ELECTRA?? COME ON YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!?.......2007-06-17
First off the fact that this movie got made before an Iron-Man, Thor,Captain American and The Avengers, and the list goes on movies is ridiculous!I thought Daredevil was good, it could have been better,but I was fairly happy with the end result. I bought the director's cut ,but have not gotten around to watching it yet.I have heard it is much better than the original. OK now back to Electra. This movie is boring, stupid, poorly acted and.....do I need to continue? They should have worked on Daredevil 2 instead of this piece of garbage! Unless your a completest Marvel movie nut,avoid this one at all cost!
Save Your Money.......2007-05-31
If you liked the theatrical cut of Elektra, you might be wondering: is it worth the money to buy the director's cut? I would say no. Differences in the two cuts are minimal. If you've seen one, you've pretty much seen the other.
Director Rob Bowman writes that he spent approximately 14 weeks "personally handcrafting the movie [director's cut] for home theatre" in that he "re-color-timed every shot, changed some of the music, added in new footage, added visual effects" and remixed the sound specifically for a home theatre system. Maybe when you're as close to the work as Bowman all that makes a great difference, but as the end recipient of all that effort, honestly, I can barely tell the difference.
So if the director's cut itself isn't worth the price of admission, what of the special features on the second disk? They're fairly lame. I was especially disappointed by the history of Elektra in comics. On several Marvel movie DVDs lately an "extra" has been an in-depth history of a particular comic book/character, from its beginning to the present, and interviews with many of the creative folk who've worked it over the years. In particular the retrospectives on the Punisher and Avengers were both excellent.
That is not the case with the Elektra retrospective. The interviews with important creators (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka) are all there, but the material is presented in an extremely disjointed fashion, and there are many obscure references to other creators, other storylines, other industry personnel spread throughout that are never followed up on or explained. This will all be horribly confusing to anyone but a long-term, hardcore comics fan. I've been collecting comics for decades and have read most of the stories featuring Elektra so I was able to follow what was said; actually there was little here that was new to me. But as I watched this thing I was struck, again and again, by the thought that, had I been simply the average, non-comics-geek moviegoer, there were so many moments when I would have had no idea what they were talking about.
As to the Elektra movie per se, I liked it. And that surprised me because I despised everything about the Daredevil film including Jennifer Garner's Elektra. The Elektra movie is much better. I have to give Garner credit, after the critical drubbing and mediocre box office response accorded Daredevil, for having the guts to revisit the character. Having now watched her play Elektra in a decent movie, I realize that in Daredevil, along with everyone else in the film, Jennifer Garner was simply the victim of a bad script and director.
I give the theatrical cut of Elektra four stars. Not a great movie, but a pretty darn good little super-hero flick. I give the director's cut one star, not because it's any worse than the theatrical cut, but because it's not significantly different, thus can't justify its own existence.
Exceeded expectations.......2007-04-16
I put off seeing this movie for over two years because it had been so widely panned by both critics and moviegoers. But, I rented it as part of a two-for-one deal at my local videostore and was glad I did.
Is Elektra a great movie? No. But it's good. Make no mistake, Batman Begins was a better film all the way around, but Elektra had similar elements, particularly in the back stories (both heroes lost parents when they were young, both were trained in ninjitsu and other martial arts.) Elektra was a bit darker, for lack of a better term, than other Marvel comics-turned films such as The Hulk, X-Men or The Fantastic Four.
In essence, Elektra is a martial arts film. It has many asian elements and themes. While many comic book superheroes acquire their powers by mutation, radiation or some other technological disaster or circumstance, Elektra's powers are mystical and learned, giving the story an eastern, not western, flavor.
The action sequences are well done. The scenes are nicely shot. Very little of what takes place is so unbelievable as to be silly or ridiculous. Jennifer Garner brings much of Alias to this role but it works.
I'm not sure I would buy this movie but it's worth a rental, especially if you like action/adventure films.
Quiet possibly the worst movie ever.......2007-04-06
Not even Jennifer Garner in tight clothes could make this movie worth a second watch or first watch come to think of it. AVOID AT ALL COST.
Elektra - directors cut.......2007-03-16
Really enjoyed this movie. Crisp visuals with vibrant colours, great sound, interesting plot and character development (not always the case in comic based cinema). Plus Jennifer is a babe!
The extras (sadly absent from the Australian release) were interesting though not all of them will receive repeat viewings!
Well packaged too, also contains a mini comic book for fans of the Elektra "graphic novels". A worthy addition to "Superhero"/"comic book" dvd collections.
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- Great Memories!!
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The Ninja are back! Brandishing swords and fists, leaping and kicking, wielding blow darts and explosives, they know a thousand ways to kill. Martial arts legend Sho Kosugi delivers a heart-pounding display of strength, speed and lethal Ninja know-how in this action-packed thriller that 'takes us back to the good old days of the kung fu extravaganza (Screen International). When a band of Ninja assassins slaughters the family of Cho Osaki (Kosugi), he flees to America in the hopeof building a new life. A former Ninja himself, Osaki tries to escape his deadly past but soon discovers he has become the pawn of a ruthless drug traffickeran American Ninja intent on killing anyone who crosses his path...including Osaki!
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Revenge of the Ninja kicks major ninja butt!!!.......2007-06-27
I remember watching this movie when it came out when I was like 12 years old or something. After watching we would go out and play ninja fighting the enemy ninja trees!! The ninja pine tree was a personal favorite. Watching this movie brings back all those memories, its so good, with a little cheese built in. The fight scenes are great. Kane is cool.I highly recommend this one.
Watch this movie or die trying........2007-05-25
Um, Revenge of the Ninja isn't as good as it used to be. When I was younger, I loved it - but this was around the same time I was wearing Bugle Boy parachute pants. What I didn't realize when I was younger though, was that there was so much unintentional comedy in this movie. First - the Italian mob boss. His introduction to the viewers occurs when he's in a room with a buncha G's, lying on the table with his shirt off and getting a massage ---- by another gangster! Then he sits up and his man-bewbs are front and center. Gross.
The fight scenes are what this movie is about though, and believe it or not, they're not very realistic. That doesn't mean they aren't funny though. In fact, I saw something in this movie I can't even believe: in one scene the Italian mob boss dispatches his Native American Indian bodyguard to go and scalp the ninja. Read that last sentence again. A mafia boss has an Indian bodyguard (Indian headband, ponytails, hatchets, all of it) working for him, and wants him to scalp a ninja. Uh, my money's on the ninja.
In another scene, the ninja and his cop buddy go to ask some paroled felons some questions - except the felons are hanging out in a playground and they look like a poor man's version of the Village People. There's a Mexican biker, a blue collar worker with a mustache, a big fat guy with a Mohawk, and black dude on roller skates (I'm serious.) A fight ensues, and ends with the black dude on roller skates shooting his pistol at the ninja (in a playground), at which point the ninja produces a throwing star from his belt buckle and throws it at the black dude on roller skates' wrist. His wrist is then stuck to the wooden beam of a swing-set. Oh, and then they walk away - and the crowd parts for them. No sirens though. Shots fired at a cop and a ninja in a playground, and then they just walk away, through a crowd that just watched a ninja brawl at a playground. Awesome.
Don't even get me started on the little kid fighting with the girl though. The little kid is like four years old, but this chick actually gets in a karate fight with him... He's four years old! Just pick him up and drop him. I'm not trying to brag, but I think if I had to, I could beat-up any four year old put in front of me. Oh, I just remembered this though! -- the fight scene in the beginning -- with the little kid and the neighborhood bullies on their Huffy's -- is reason enough to get this movie. It's priceless. The final fight scene is tedious and gets bizarre, but the way the dude squirts blood like 50 feet when he get stabbed in the belly is awesome. Truly the cherry on top of a sundae. A ninja sundae. Watch this movie or die trying.
Great Memories!!.......2007-05-22
This is clearly the best film of the genre, and nobody was better than Sho Kosugi!! The story is typical but solid, and the acting is not oscar worthy, but it works with the film. Great to see it on DVD, too. I hadn't seen it in almost 20 years until recently, and it gave me chills watching it again!
The spirit of the Ninja lives!.......2007-05-09
This movie is a ninja classic and an excellent revenge movie. Sho Kosugi is obviously a very accomplished martial artist and the fight scenes are well choreographed.
The hand to hand combat, however, does not look like ninjitsu. I believe Kosugi san is demonstrating his skill in karate but it is unfortunate he could not have demonstrated more actual, ninjitsu techniques. He is much better at demonstrating ninjitsu with the various weapons.
However, the best feature of this film is that it portrays the budo spirit very well and Sho is believable as a ninja. As much of knowledge of actual ninjas has been lost, we are left guessing at what they actually were like as fighters and people but something in Sho's portrayal rings true.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in martial arts.
Ninja 80's style.......2007-03-30
all these ninja movies and still this is one of the best ones and come on is sho.
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Elektra (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Jennifer Garner , Goran Visnjic , Kirsten Prout , Will Yun Lee , and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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ASIN: B0007P0Y7C
Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
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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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FROM THE FORCES THAT BROUGHT YOU X-MEN AND DAREDEVIL?Superstar Jennifer Garner proves that looks can kill as the sexiest action hero ever to burst from the pages of Marvel Comics. Restored to life after sustaining mortal wounds in Daredevil, an icy, solitary Elektra (Garner) now lives only for death as the world?s most lethal assassin. Using her bone-crunching martial arts skills and Kimagure?the ability to see into the future?Elektra is on a collision course with darkness? until her latest assignment forces her to make a choice that will lead either to her redemption or destruction in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
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ELECTRA?? COME ON YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!?.......2007-06-17
First off the fact that this movie got made before an Iron-Man, Thor,Captain American and The Avengers, and the list goes on movies is ridiculous!I thought Daredevil was good, it could have been better,but I was fairly happy with the end result. I bought the director's cut ,but have not gotten around to watching it yet.I have heard it is much better than the original. OK now back to Electra. This movie is boring, stupid, poorly acted and.....do I need to continue? They should have worked on Daredevil 2 instead of this piece of garbage! Unless your a completest Marvel movie nut,avoid this one at all cost!
Save Your Money.......2007-05-31
If you liked the theatrical cut of Elektra, you might be wondering: is it worth the money to buy the director's cut? I would say no. Differences in the two cuts are minimal. If you've seen one, you've pretty much seen the other.
Director Rob Bowman writes that he spent approximately 14 weeks "personally handcrafting the movie [director's cut] for home theatre" in that he "re-color-timed every shot, changed some of the music, added in new footage, added visual effects" and remixed the sound specifically for a home theatre system. Maybe when you're as close to the work as Bowman all that makes a great difference, but as the end recipient of all that effort, honestly, I can barely tell the difference.
So if the director's cut itself isn't worth the price of admission, what of the special features on the second disk? They're fairly lame. I was especially disappointed by the history of Elektra in comics. On several Marvel movie DVDs lately an "extra" has been an in-depth history of a particular comic book/character, from its beginning to the present, and interviews with many of the creative folk who've worked it over the years. In particular the retrospectives on the Punisher and Avengers were both excellent.
That is not the case with the Elektra retrospective. The interviews with important creators (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka) are all there, but the material is presented in an extremely disjointed fashion, and there are many obscure references to other creators, other storylines, other industry personnel spread throughout that are never followed up on or explained. This will all be horribly confusing to anyone but a long-term, hardcore comics fan. I've been collecting comics for decades and have read most of the stories featuring Elektra so I was able to follow what was said; actually there was little here that was new to me. But as I watched this thing I was struck, again and again, by the thought that, had I been simply the average, non-comics-geek moviegoer, there were so many moments when I would have had no idea what they were talking about.
As to the Elektra movie per se, I liked it. And that surprised me because I despised everything about the Daredevil film including Jennifer Garner's Elektra. The Elektra movie is much better. I have to give Garner credit, after the critical drubbing and mediocre box office response accorded Daredevil, for having the guts to revisit the character. Having now watched her play Elektra in a decent movie, I realize that in Daredevil, along with everyone else in the film, Jennifer Garner was simply the victim of a bad script and director.
I give the theatrical cut of Elektra four stars. Not a great movie, but a pretty darn good little super-hero flick. I give the director's cut one star, not because it's any worse than the theatrical cut, but because it's not significantly different, thus can't justify its own existence.
Exceeded expectations.......2007-04-16
I put off seeing this movie for over two years because it had been so widely panned by both critics and moviegoers. But, I rented it as part of a two-for-one deal at my local videostore and was glad I did.
Is Elektra a great movie? No. But it's good. Make no mistake, Batman Begins was a better film all the way around, but Elektra had similar elements, particularly in the back stories (both heroes lost parents when they were young, both were trained in ninjitsu and other martial arts.) Elektra was a bit darker, for lack of a better term, than other Marvel comics-turned films such as The Hulk, X-Men or The Fantastic Four.
In essence, Elektra is a martial arts film. It has many asian elements and themes. While many comic book superheroes acquire their powers by mutation, radiation or some other technological disaster or circumstance, Elektra's powers are mystical and learned, giving the story an eastern, not western, flavor.
The action sequences are well done. The scenes are nicely shot. Very little of what takes place is so unbelievable as to be silly or ridiculous. Jennifer Garner brings much of Alias to this role but it works.
I'm not sure I would buy this movie but it's worth a rental, especially if you like action/adventure films.
Quiet possibly the worst movie ever.......2007-04-06
Not even Jennifer Garner in tight clothes could make this movie worth a second watch or first watch come to think of it. AVOID AT ALL COST.
Elektra - directors cut.......2007-03-16
Really enjoyed this movie. Crisp visuals with vibrant colours, great sound, interesting plot and character development (not always the case in comic based cinema). Plus Jennifer is a babe!
The extras (sadly absent from the Australian release) were interesting though not all of them will receive repeat viewings!
Well packaged too, also contains a mini comic book for fans of the Elektra "graphic novels". A worthy addition to "Superhero"/"comic book" dvd collections.
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- Save Your Money
- Exceeded expectations
- Quiet possibly the worst movie ever
- Elektra - directors cut
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Starring: Jennifer Garner , Goran Visnjic , Kirsten Prout , Will Yun Lee , and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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ASIN: B0007P0Y7W
Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
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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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Description
FROM THE FORCES THAT BROUGHT YOU X-MEN AND DAREDEVIL?Superstar Jennifer Garner proves that looks can kill as the sexiest action hero ever to burst from the pages of Marvel Comics. Restored to life after sustaining mortal wounds in Daredevil, an icy, solitary Elektra (Garner) now lives only for death as the world?s most lethal assassin. Using her bone-crunching martial arts skills and Kimagure?the ability to see into the future?Elektra is on a collision course with darkness? until her latest assignment forces her to make a choice that will lead either to her redemption or destruction in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
Customer Reviews:
ELECTRA?? COME ON YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!?.......2007-06-17
First off the fact that this movie got made before an Iron-Man, Thor,Captain American and The Avengers, and the list goes on movies is ridiculous!I thought Daredevil was good, it could have been better,but I was fairly happy with the end result. I bought the director's cut ,but have not gotten around to watching it yet.I have heard it is much better than the original. OK now back to Electra. This movie is boring, stupid, poorly acted and.....do I need to continue? They should have worked on Daredevil 2 instead of this piece of garbage! Unless your a completest Marvel movie nut,avoid this one at all cost!
Save Your Money.......2007-05-31
If you liked the theatrical cut of Elektra, you might be wondering: is it worth the money to buy the director's cut? I would say no. Differences in the two cuts are minimal. If you've seen one, you've pretty much seen the other.
Director Rob Bowman writes that he spent approximately 14 weeks "personally handcrafting the movie [director's cut] for home theatre" in that he "re-color-timed every shot, changed some of the music, added in new footage, added visual effects" and remixed the sound specifically for a home theatre system. Maybe when you're as close to the work as Bowman all that makes a great difference, but as the end recipient of all that effort, honestly, I can barely tell the difference.
So if the director's cut itself isn't worth the price of admission, what of the special features on the second disk? They're fairly lame. I was especially disappointed by the history of Elektra in comics. On several Marvel movie DVDs lately an "extra" has been an in-depth history of a particular comic book/character, from its beginning to the present, and interviews with many of the creative folk who've worked it over the years. In particular the retrospectives on the Punisher and Avengers were both excellent.
That is not the case with the Elektra retrospective. The interviews with important creators (Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Michael Bendis, Greg Rucka) are all there, but the material is presented in an extremely disjointed fashion, and there are many obscure references to other creators, other storylines, other industry personnel spread throughout that are never followed up on or explained. This will all be horribly confusing to anyone but a long-term, hardcore comics fan. I've been collecting comics for decades and have read most of the stories featuring Elektra so I was able to follow what was said; actually there was little here that was new to me. But as I watched this thing I was struck, again and again, by the thought that, had I been simply the average, non-comics-geek moviegoer, there were so many moments when I would have had no idea what they were talking about.
As to the Elektra movie per se, I liked it. And that surprised me because I despised everything about the Daredevil film including Jennifer Garner's Elektra. The Elektra movie is much better. I have to give Garner credit, after the critical drubbing and mediocre box office response accorded Daredevil, for having the guts to revisit the character. Having now watched her play Elektra in a decent movie, I realize that in Daredevil, along with everyone else in the film, Jennifer Garner was simply the victim of a bad script and director.
I give the theatrical cut of Elektra four stars. Not a great movie, but a pretty darn good little super-hero flick. I give the director's cut one star, not because it's any worse than the theatrical cut, but because it's not significantly different, thus can't justify its own existence.
Exceeded expectations.......2007-04-16
I put off seeing this movie for over two years because it had been so widely panned by both critics and moviegoers. But, I rented it as part of a two-for-one deal at my local videostore and was glad I did.
Is Elektra a great movie? No. But it's good. Make no mistake, Batman Begins was a better film all the way around, but Elektra had similar elements, particularly in the back stories (both heroes lost parents when they were young, both were trained in ninjitsu and other martial arts.) Elektra was a bit darker, for lack of a better term, than other Marvel comics-turned films such as The Hulk, X-Men or The Fantastic Four.
In essence, Elektra is a martial arts film. It has many asian elements and themes. While many comic book superheroes acquire their powers by mutation, radiation or some other technological disaster or circumstance, Elektra's powers are mystical and learned, giving the story an eastern, not western, flavor.
The action sequences are well done. The scenes are nicely shot. Very little of what takes place is so unbelievable as to be silly or ridiculous. Jennifer Garner brings much of Alias to this role but it works.
I'm not sure I would buy this movie but it's worth a rental, especially if you like action/adventure films.
Quiet possibly the worst movie ever.......2007-04-06
Not even Jennifer Garner in tight clothes could make this movie worth a second watch or first watch come to think of it. AVOID AT ALL COST.
Elektra - directors cut.......2007-03-16
Really enjoyed this movie. Crisp visuals with vibrant colours, great sound, interesting plot and character development (not always the case in comic based cinema). Plus Jennifer is a babe!
The extras (sadly absent from the Australian release) were interesting though not all of them will receive repeat viewings!
Well packaged too, also contains a mini comic book for fans of the Elektra "graphic novels". A worthy addition to "Superhero"/"comic book" dvd collections.
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Elektra (UMD Mini For PSP)
Starring: Jason Isaacs , Terence Stamp , Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Ian Tracey , and Hiro Kanagawa
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Description
FROM THE FORCES THAT BROUGHT YOU X-MEN AND DAREDEVIL?Superstar Jennifer Garner proves that looks can kill as the sexiest action hero ever to burst from the pages of Marvel Comics. Restored to life after sustaining mortal wounds in Daredevil, an icy, solitary Elektra (Garner) now lives only for death as the world?s most lethal assassin. Using her bone-crunching martial arts skills and Kimagure?the ability to see into the future?Elektra is on a collision course with darkness? until her latest assignment forces her to make a choice that will lead either to her redemption or destruction in the ultimate battle between good and evil!
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