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Elektra (2005) -- 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.

Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Mark Steven Johnson (motion picture characters) and
Frank Miller (comic book characters) ...
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Release Date:
14 January 2005 (USA) more
Tagline:
She's the last thing that stands between good and evil. more
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Elektra (Canada: French title)
Elektra (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Elektra (Greece) [el]
Elektra (Brazil) [pt]
Elektra (Finland) [fi]
Elektra (Germany) [de]
Elektra (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for action violence.
Runtime:
97 min | 100 min (director's cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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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)

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Trivia:
Stone was actually one of Stick's partners and helped to save Daredevil and Elektra in the comic books after Kirigi and the Hand attacked them (during Frank Miller's run). more
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. more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Elektra: I'm not a good person to get involved with.
Mark Miller: I'm not asking for anything.
Mark Miller: [kisses her]
Mark Miller: I'm sorry.
Elektra: [smirks] Yeah, I hated that.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Relentless: The Making of 'Elektra' (2005) (V) more
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FAQ

What are the differences between the theatrical version and the Unrated Director's Cut?
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202 out of 364 people found the following comment useful.
Huh?, 13 January 2005
3/10
Author: iron_monkey_ from Melbourne, Australia

This is absurd - aside from the fellow Australian who has reviewed this flick, I can't help but think that everyone else who has submitted a review so far was some way involved in the production of Elektra, considering how generous they were with their praise.

Admittedly I'm not really a fan of comic-book-to-movie conversions so I didn't go in with many expectations, yet still I found Elektra to be incredibly underwhelming. The thing that irked me the most was the fact that there was SO MUCH in this film which went by unexplained, that left you thinking "huh, what relevance does that have to the plot?" or "so how did that aspect of the character come about?" I can only hope that these are things which are perhaps explained somewhat in Daredevil, which I have no intention of seeing.

Furthermore, the behaviour of the characters in this film appear to do an about-face at random moments to suit the storyline, and don't even get me started about the utterly pointless romantic sub-plot. I'm also (still) scratching my head over the fate of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's character, which seems to have gone by unexplained.

If I can give kudos to this movie for anything it would have to be the fantastic locations in which it was shot, but otherwise I gained little enjoyment from Elektra. I know we're supposed to suspend our disbelief for fantasy/action films, but almost everything in this film was so improbable or confusing (even by action film standards) that it simply frustrated me.

Well, hell, at least Jennifer Garner looks damn good.

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