Review of Elektra (2005) by Luke B — 28 Feb 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 Wayne 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.
This review of Elektra (2005) was written by Luke B on 28 Feb 2009.
Elektra has generally received mixed reviews.
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