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GavinGibbons

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I liked it! I think it was because it had some good action scenes. It wasn't to over the top. and the effects were good. If you like Garner in Alias then watch this movie.

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Posted jul 24, 2008 10:38 am pt

scraffy009

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I really liked the action in this movie but the story was ok. Music was great and Garner just kicked ass. Movies a good time killer

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Posted mar 30, 2008 3:31 pm pt

Reaganfan

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I really like this movie alot. It had a great cast, I think Elektra is one of the best Jennifer Garner film ever. I also like the action and the music. I hope some day they plan to make another Elektra movie, if the storyline is good. I give this...
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I really like this movie alot. It had a great cast, I think Elektra is one of the best Jennifer Garner film ever. I also like the action and the music. I hope some day they plan to make another Elektra movie, if the storyline is good. I give this movie 4 1/2 stars.

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Posted sep 24, 2007 2:26 am pt

kylehannah

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Elektra starts off very well with a punisher feel like you're about to enjoy a good assassin flick but then it goes into this supernatural/fantasy storyline and manages to simply be alright due to the random green dust vanishing villains, lack of...
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Elektra starts off very well with a punisher feel like you're about to enjoy a good assassin flick but then it goes into this supernatural/fantasy storyline and manages to simply be alright due to the random green dust vanishing villains, lack of back story, and choppy action sequences.

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Posted jul 25, 2007 8:58 am pt

mattc7691

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Suprisingly great movie, I thought it was better than the Daredevil movie, alot of great action and a great actress like Jennifer Garner reprising her role as Elektra, makes this a must see for comic fans and anyone who like action flicks.

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Posted apr 30, 2007 12:37 pm pt

shotime1979

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This is a passable action film, but fans of the graphic novel probably hate it, I've never read it, so I don't know how it relates. But, this is your average action flick, it also reuses parts of other action films, and it suffers in the process....
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This is a passable action film, but fans of the graphic novel probably hate it, I've never read it, so I don't know how it relates. But, this is your average action flick, it also reuses parts of other action films, and it suffers in the process. 7/10.

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Posted apr 8, 2007 6:49 pm pt

viveckvivu

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It was not that bad, and it was not that good. I thought it was an ok type of movie. But the action was great in this movie. I have not read the comics, and I am not a fan of Elektra movies too. But I enjoyed seeing it. I give it 3/5

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Posted mar 11, 2007 7:28 pm pt

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I enjoyed watching this movie...it was more exciting than I thought it would be.
It was great to have a female heroine and watch her kick butt.

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Posted mar 3, 2007 7:53 pm pt

alexlips

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This is one of those movies which you see in cinemas, think its pretty average and forget about for ages. I only saw this because it was listed as a similar movie to another show at Filmspot so I came over and noticed there was a banner. I thought...
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This is one of those movies which you see in cinemas, think its pretty average and forget about for ages. I only saw this because it was listed as a similar movie to another show at Filmspot so I came over and noticed there was a banner. I thought that they were only made for popular movies? This was really unoriginal as I have seen so many similar and better movies.

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Posted feb 8, 2007 7:50 pm pt

NoOneIsAlone

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Don't really know what to feel about this movie. It is like a sort of spin off from the movie "Daredevil" that was not able to fit in with the publics' tastes, and that is why this movie failed so much. It was almost nominated for a...
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Don't really know what to feel about this movie. It is like a sort of spin off from the movie "Daredevil" that was not able to fit in with the publics' tastes, and that is why this movie failed so much. It was almost nominated for a Razzie Award, but still, it is not completely awful. It has some interesting scenes.

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Posted jan 31, 2007 5:05 am pt

• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
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  Electric as Elektra, Jennifer Garner does a high-powered, blade-thrusting star turn as Marvel Comics' ninja-inspired superheroine, bringing such unbridled energy and sexuality to her performance, one barely notices the movie itself.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  60
  Elektra isn't half-bad--only maybe two-fifths.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  50
  The role needs a steely, inhuman reserve, and Garner's innate likeability works against her.

  by Keith Phipps | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  50
  The pedestrian Elektra offers no surprises, and whether or not you'll appreciate its modest charms depends entirely on whether you too have been anticipating Garner's new outfit.

  by Benjamin Strong | Read Full Review »
• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  50
  The fights are mostly cool, save the final one with too many quick cuts, and the morphing graffiti and tattoos are nifty. If only the rest of it weren't so stupid.

  by Luke Y. Thompson | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  50
  For the better part of this movie, Elektra appears to be a sensible, stylish young superhero.

  by Leah McLaren | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  50
  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.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  50
  Elektra proves no more than fitfully satisfying, a character-driven superhero yarn whose flurry of last-minute rewriting shows in a disjointed plot.

  by Brian Lowry | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  50
  Watching this is like sitting by a pinsetter at a bowling alley. That's too bad, because the picture had potential.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  "Kill Bill" without irony, and without Quentin Tarantino's flair for cool dialogue and chop-socky action (and without Uma Thurman, for that matter), Elektra is a pretty-looking, pretty dull adaptation of the Marvel Comic about a dishy, deadly assassin.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
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  Her (Garner) grace and mystical abilities make for a lonely burden, and we are supposed to feel her pain. Instead, we feel our own for having to sit through this silly movie.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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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.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  50
  An adequate but none-too-thrilling star vehicle for Jennifer Garner in flame-colored bustier and low-riding pants.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  A poorly written collection of comic-book movie cliches that offers nothing new to the genre, generates very little in the way of action thrills and plays like a self-important, humorless rip-off of "Kill Bill."

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  No fun at all.

  by Carina Chocano | Read Full Review »