a5c7b9f00b Elektra, once a student of Kimagure, a force for good, whose masters can see the future and even bring people back from the dead, is now a paid assassin. The enemy, the force for evil, at this time is known as The Hand, whose members use the dark arts. In this tale Elektra is given an assignment to kill a man and his daughter. However when the time comes to complete the mission she is unable to. The daughter is also being sought by The Hand, for she is known as a treasure that can tip the scales in favor of either good or evil. The Hand, who have the policy of "If we can't have her then no one can", send their own people to kill her. Elektra then allies herself with the Millers and helps to protect them from The Hand. The journey to the climax, the ultimate battle between good and evil for the treasure, has some interesting revelations, heading for a finale with an interesting twist. Elektra is a lethal synthesis of grace and power with the mystical power known as Kimagure: a limited ability to see the future. She has purposefully severed all ties with the world and lives only for her next assignment. Elektra's latest job forces her to make a decision that can take her life in a whole new direction or destroy her. ELEKTRA (2004) ** Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout, Will Yun Yee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Terence Stamp, Natassia Malthe. Disappointing adaptation of the cult Marvel Comics martial arts ass-kicking babe (Garner as always is beguiling and fetching in her bondage gear on full display here) facing a deadly supernatural nemesis cult known as The Hand out to control a prodigy of ethereal skill (Prout). The overall feel of the film has an inconsistency of storyline – many characters either just pop in or pop out with no real background on them and the running time suggests major cuts – but does feature a hot property for MTV's "Best Kiss" between Typhoid (hottie Malthe) and Elektra. (Dir: Rob Bowman) Hollywood at its best: offering nothing more but shallowness.<br/><br/><ul><li>Few cheap CGI effects: nothing to see here, really. Only a handful of flying objects. </li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>A martial arts movie: not a single actor is good in martial arts (or isn't allowed to show it by the director). Shaky camera movement to disguise they can't fight. It's an old cheap trick.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Acting: only the lady in red acts decently but we know she can do ten times better.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Character build-up: none whatsoever. I believe there was an attempt though.</li></ul><br/><br/><ul><li>Plot/Storyline: I think I got it the first time, no need to keep repeating flashbacks.</li></ul> One of the least effective comic book-to-movie stories to have come along in the past few years. Without a viable screenplay, there's nowhere for the character to go, and no way to avoid making her look silly. In order to be able to get more people into the cinemas, the movie was cut down for a PG-13 rating. When the DVD hit the store, the original Director's Cut was released.
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