Elektra
Year: 2005
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: Jennifer Garner
Runtime: 97 mins
BBFC: 12
Published: 18/07/23
Director: Rob Bowman
Starring: Jennifer Garner
Runtime: 97 mins
BBFC: 12
Published: 18/07/23
Following Daredevil’s modest success at the box office, Fox ploughed on ahead with plans for a Daredevil franchise, clearly hoping to replicate the success they’d experienced with the X-Men films and capitalise on the growing popularity of superhero films. But because Daredevil wasn’t as successful as Fox had hoped, a sequel needed to be produced quickly and cheaply. A decision that would not only cost them their brand, but also arguably damage the career of their leading actress.
Brought back from the dead by martial arts master Stick (Terrence Stamp), Elektra (Jennifer Garner) has been trained in the art of Kimagure.
Now an assassin for hire, Elektra’s moral compass is disrupted when her neighbours, Mark (Goran Visnjic) and his teenage daughter Abby (Kirsten Prout) become her next targets. Pursued by an evil organisation known as The Hand, Elektra must keep Abby safe and train her in Kimagure to fulfil her destiny.
Brought back from the dead by martial arts master Stick (Terrence Stamp), Elektra (Jennifer Garner) has been trained in the art of Kimagure.
Now an assassin for hire, Elektra’s moral compass is disrupted when her neighbours, Mark (Goran Visnjic) and his teenage daughter Abby (Kirsten Prout) become her next targets. Pursued by an evil organisation known as The Hand, Elektra must keep Abby safe and train her in Kimagure to fulfil her destiny.
Where Daredevil was an unremarkable action movie, Elektra is an incredibly dull martial arts movie. I went almost halfway through the film not even knowing what the plot of the film was, and by the time the credits rolled I had forgotten the name of every single character bar Elektra.
None of them have any personality or growth, and my heart goes out to Garner who despite trying to put in a good performance is held back by an awful script and no arc.
Due to the film having a very limited budget of around $50 million, it doesn’t even look particularly good to make up for the bad story and dull performances. In fact, this probably has the least amount of action I’ve ever seen in a superhero film. That wouldn’t be a bad thing if the story were better, but what few action scenes are present are also kind of bland. There’s an over-reliance on shonky CGI to add insult to injury. Plus, the whole film has that awful washed-out visual style that was popular in the mid-00’s and I just hate it.
There is so little about Elektra that I would recommend. I’ll give props to Garner for desperately trying to right this sinking ship, and it’s understandable why she avoided working on major blockbusters again following this and Daredevil. It’s not the worst Marvel film of the 00’s, but it’s definitely down there.
None of them have any personality or growth, and my heart goes out to Garner who despite trying to put in a good performance is held back by an awful script and no arc.
Due to the film having a very limited budget of around $50 million, it doesn’t even look particularly good to make up for the bad story and dull performances. In fact, this probably has the least amount of action I’ve ever seen in a superhero film. That wouldn’t be a bad thing if the story were better, but what few action scenes are present are also kind of bland. There’s an over-reliance on shonky CGI to add insult to injury. Plus, the whole film has that awful washed-out visual style that was popular in the mid-00’s and I just hate it.
There is so little about Elektra that I would recommend. I’ll give props to Garner for desperately trying to right this sinking ship, and it’s understandable why she avoided working on major blockbusters again following this and Daredevil. It’s not the worst Marvel film of the 00’s, but it’s definitely down there.