Elektra (2005)
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Reviews Counted:145
Fresh:14
Rotten:131
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: This comic book movie is an inert muddle that takes itself much too seriously.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $24,326,793
Synopsis: From the pages of Marvel Comics, creator of "X-Men" and "Spider-Man," comes ELEKTRA, the first action event movie of the year. In the ultimate battle between good and evil stands a warrior who... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout, Will Yun Lee
Director: Rob Bowman
Reviews for Elektra
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Never mind giving 1000 chimps 1000 typewriters and having them produce a script in a week. Instead, give 1000 chimps $US100 million and see how long it takes them to come up with a blancmange blockbuster such as this. Full Review |
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Elektra, who has a troubled past like several of Marvel Comics' superheros, is a challenge for filmmakers. While I respect their efforts, I can’t recommend the result. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Garner's charms extend beyond the mere physical. Simply by showing up, she makes Elektra far more entertaining than it has a right to be. Full Review |
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2/5 |
For all its slow-mo kick-flying and computer-generated mysticism, the story is tissue-thin and simple to the point of being simpleminded. Full Review |
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3/5 |
What's missing in this Elektra is a certain sense of play and imagination. Full Review |
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It felt like I was back in my childhood watching serial chapters at a Saturday matinee. Full Review |
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This doesn't exactly set the world on fire, but I was charmed by its old-fashioned storytelling, which is refreshingly free of archness, self-consciousness, or Kill Bill-style wisecracks. Full Review |
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Everything comes back to Garner, though -- and even when the movie takes itself too seriously, thankfully she never does. Full Review |
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As for Garner, she remains a lovely screen presence, but it's impossible to buy her as an emotionless killing machine. Full Review |
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Elektra shoves Frank Miller's eponymous cold-blooded assassin into a PG-13-friendly adventure. Full Review |
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2/4 |
During a fight, a character declared "Enough! It ends now." And I thought It's about time! Now there's a sure sign of an action movie falling short of its potential. Full Review |
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A none too Marvel-lous spin-off from Daredevil. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Garner may justify her reputation as an action woman, but fails to prove that sais matter. Full Review |
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1/4 |
There's a skeleton of a cool fantasy story here, but the clatter and clunk of its fleshless bones is dispiriting. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Absent an established fan base or cadre of recognizable villains, filmmakers are forced to shoehorn in superfluous back story and excessive inner turmoil. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Much like the onslaught of sword-and-sandal epics, the comic-book-adaptation boom has resulted in a decreased effectiveness of the subjects. Full Review |
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The curse of the new Bennifer has birthed a deformed fury that not even sexy red ninja lingerie could save Full Review |
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C+ |
Garner looks great in the Elektra outfit, but that didn’t do much for the plotting and filmmaking, which is average to worse. Full Review |
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