Whoa boy. Where to begin?
Elektra, based on the Frank Miller comic book character
and ill-fated Daredevil sidekick, suffers from pretty much every problem in the
manual. Important scenes – particularly fight scenes – feel incomplete
and rushed, while precious time is wasted on obtuse flashback sequences and out-of-place
jibber-jabber. Elektra (Jennifer Garner) has enemies, but we’re not entirely
sure why. She meets a girl with a special gift (Kirsten Prout), and she goes on
to steal half the film’s focus for no real reason. Elektra also falls for
the girl’s father (Goran Visnjic), even though this, too, really comes out
of and goes nowhere. Underdeveloped villains appear, half-fights ensue and who
the heck knows what it all means. There’s at least three movies packed into
Elektra, and all of them are malnourished.
Extras: Four-part "Inside the Editing Room" feature, "making-of"
feature, Comic-Con presentation with Garner.
DVD Grade: D-
Elektra is currently available.