Bob Sapp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

In the ultimate battle between good and evil stands a warrior who makes the choice that tips the balance. A strong, mysterious and a deadly sexy action heroine - a lethal synthesis of grace and power....( read more  read more... ) Not long after recovering from seemingly mortal wounds, Elektra has severed all ties with the world, living only for her next assignment. But in an unexpected turn of events, she is forced to make a decision that can take her life in a new direction - or destroy her. Key players in Elektra's journey are Stick, a blind martial arts master responsible for Elektra's "resurrection," and Mark Miller and Abby Miller, a father and daughter on the run from The Hand, a powerful syndicate whose members practice the dark martial art of ninjitsu.

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PG-13, 104 min.

Directed by: Rob Bowman

Release Date: December 31, 2005

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  • August 15, 2009
    Je m'attendais pas à grand chose, et j'ai pas eu grand chose !!! Au reste souvent dans le doute, on semble comprendre, mais ... jamais sur de comprendre réellement au complet.

    On semble lancer dans l'histoire d'Elektra, la tueuse à gage, sans toute fois connaitre ce qui l'ento...( read more)ur. Il semble manquer un moment au début de ce film. Souvent le même "flash back" qu'on ne sait pas trop comment interpréter.

    On n'embarque pas dans l'action. Beaucoup trop de sentiments. C'est un film de fillettes !!! :P
  • June 21, 2009
    I thought it was pretty good. There were a couple parts in there that were totally unbelievable, but for the most part it was exciting.
  • March 9, 2009
    Reprising her character from the (rather dull) Daredevil movie, Jennifer Garner is resurrected from the dead as a deadly assassin to save a girl whose talents are being squabbled over by the forces of good and evil. Quite why this is, I'm not sure as her talents appeared to be no...( read more)thing more than being quite good at kung fu, although nowhere near as good as anyone else in the film. I have to say, it shares a lot in common with the previous film. There are some nice visual effects, particularly those involving Tattoo's living body art and the action is adequately handled, but there really is not enough of it. The only attempts to flesh out Elektra's character are a constant stream of clumsy flashbacks of the same single event and Garner doesn't really have the charisma to carry a film on her own; more often than not she resembles the captain of the cheerleading squad rather than an enigmatic and cold blooded assassin. All the peripheral cast are equally uninteresting, Terence Stamp once again turning up for the paycheck and sporting a shock of white hair atop the kind of orange tan that a game show host would be proud of. This combined with a soulless and by the numbers script that lacks any real character and the result is never terrible; just instantly forgettable.
  • February 28, 2009
    A spin-off that only just ties in with it's predecessor. Elektra is now an assassin for hire, which doesn't make a terrible amount of sense. After all her father was killed in Daredevil by a hired assassin so one would assume she'd be led the other way in life. It's like Bruce Wa...( read more)yne becoming a mugger. The first half is an assassin film. Fairly well made and enjoyable. Suddenly magic powers come into play. Though many of these are interesting, tatoo's coming to life for example, no explanation is made to put this in a similar world to Daredevil. Assassins and magic just don't mix that well in present day settings. Everyone's a bit boring as well and there's nobody having as much fun as Farrell did. Everybody's so serious it sort of brings a downer on everything. Nothing great but nothing truly terrible.
  • December 28, 2008
    This movie is OK. The standard good vs evil played out in martial arts battles. The good (Jennifer Garner) struggles with her life choices. I guess you have to figure out how to balance the good warriors vs the bad ones, but I don't like the idea of anyone having the ability t...( read more)o bring back people from the dead. How does one ever end a battle if you dispatch someone and they just pop back into the picture again?

    (I have never seen Daredevil or read the comic book, so my review might be missing that aspect).
  • November 5, 2009
    A nadie le gusto.. pero a mi si. Esta entretenida... muy buena segunda parte de Daredevil.
  • November 2, 2009
    this was eye candy.....awful
  • October 31, 2009
    This isn't perfect, but it's not bad. It's very enjoyable. Jennifer Garner is very hot as Elektra. She was perfectly cast. The special effects were awesome and kicked absolute ass! The acting from some of the cast members wasn't good at all. I liked some of characters. Elektra wa...( read more)s a total badass! Some of the villains were pretty cool, though their names were kinda lame. The powerful action sequences probably were the best parts. They were awesome. We don't comic book movies with a lot of kung fu and ninjas today. I loved the climatic fight scene at the end. This is has very little down sides and A LOT of up sides. It's a whole lot of fun with sexy Elektra.
  • October 31, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 30, 2009
    Silly. I'm still waiting for the spinoff starring Natassia Malthe. Maybe she can fight Wolverine and Batman, and Ironman. Whee.

Critic Reviews


February 7, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV

There's a skeleton of a cool fantasy story here, but the clatter and clunk of its fleshless bones is dispiriting. full review

January 20, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Breathlessly boring spinoff of Daredevil. full review

January 14, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Another inert, soul-dead action drama that turns actors into zombies. full review

January 14, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Plays like a collision between leftover bits and pieces of Marvel superhero stories. full review

January 13, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Garner, adept as she is at physical stunts and action moves, is far more appealing when she's playing charming and adorable, as she did so winningly in 13 Going on 30. full review

January 13, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Kill Bill without irony, and without Quentin Tarantino's flair for cool dialogue and chop-socky action (and without Uma Thurman, for that matter). full review

January 13, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

What might have been at best a silly Xena-style martial-arts adventure meanders listlessly through swaths of relationship drama. full review

January 12, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Substituting titillating triumph for tragedy, this adaptation of Marvel Comics' knife-wielding knockout comes across as hopelessly blunted. full review

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Comments


  • elegantzje
    March 13, 2008
    jenny is such a luvly actress i did recommend her 4 a nice lead role in any action movies like ds 1
  • Koalatinker
    October 24, 2007
    luv'd the movie..even tho i was on her side the whole time, i was also on will yun lees omfg he's so sexy!
  • EdwardAndMe
    May 30, 2007
    love the movie. i have the doll
  • berenpurple
    April 20, 2007
    jennifer is a great actress but will yun lee was amazing and he is so cute and hadsome go will jajajajja
  • raven541
    February 9, 2007
    this is Jennifer Garner's bet movie yet!
    I think you are awesome Jen!
  • majb900
    October 17, 2006
    It is a very good movie, really I enjoyed it... And Jennifer Garner is HOT.
  • Deathcycle
    September 6, 2006
    Jennifer Garner is HOT!!! but i found the movie a little slow. Its not the best Marvel movie which has been released...Sorry Jennifer lol
  • malenie123
    July 24, 2006
    this movie has a lot of action dont u think write 2 her!!!
    :p

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