For the screenplay, Zak Penn, Stuart Zicherman and Raven Metzner received "written by" credit. Mark Steven Johnson received credit for "motion picture characters" and Frank Miller for "comic book characters." Filming started around May 2004 in Vancouver.[2] It was the first superhero film released in 2005, followed by Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, and Sky High.
Plot
After being killed in Daredevil, Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner) is revived by a blind martial arts master called Stick (Terence Stamp). She is brought to his training compound to learn Kimagure, an ancient martial arts discipline that provides its practitioners with precognition as well as the ability to resurrect the dead. Elektra is soon expelled because of her inability to let go of her rage. She leaves and uses her training to become a contract killer. Years later, Elektra infiltrates a heavily guarded area, kills the guards, and manages to slay her target DeMarco (Jason Isaacs).
Publication Information
- Title : Elektra (Film)
- Directed by : Rob Bowman
- Produced by : Avi Arad Gary Foster Arnon Milchan
- Written by : Zak Penn, Stuart Zicherman, Raven Metzner
- Based on : Elektra by Frank Miller
- Starring : Jennifer Garner, Kirsten Prout, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Terence Stamp
- Music by : Christophe Beck
- Cinematography : Bill Roe
- Edited by : Kevin Stitt
- Production company : Marvel Enterprises, Regency Enterprises, New Regency Productions, Horseshoe Bay Productions
- Distributed by : 20th Century Fox
- Release dates : January 14, 2005
- Running time : 96 minutes, 99 minutes (Unrated cut)
- Country : United States, Canada
- Language : English, Japanese
- Budget : $43 million
- Box office : $56.7 million
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While meditating, Elektra meets and befriends Abby's father Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic). Abby later invites Elektra to dinner on Mark's behalf. Later that day, Elektra discovers that Abby, like Elektra herself, has obsessive-compulsive disorder. Elektra develops a romantic interest in Mark, but soon learns he and Abby are the targets she has been hired to kill. Elektra spares them and leaves, but later returns in time to protect them from assassins sent by The Hand, a crime syndicate of ninja mercenaries.
Meanwhile, Roshi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), master of The Hand, learns of the failed attempt and permits his son Kirigi (Will Yun Lee) to lead a new team of assassins to kill Elektra and return with Abby, referred to as "The Treasure". Elektra tries to leave Abby and Mark with Stick, but he scolds her into protecting them herself. She then drives Mark and Abby to McCabe's country house, but is followed by Kirigi, Typhoid (Natassia Malthe), Stone (Bob Sapp), Kinkou (Edison T. Ribeiro), and Tattoo (Chris Ackerman). Elektra flees with Mark and Abby through a secret underground exit to the orchard, while McCabe sacrifices himself to allow them to escape.
Kirigi and the assassins hunt down Elektra, Mark, and Abby in the forest nearby. Elektra manages to kill Stone, while Abby and Mark kill Kinkou with one of his own daggers. As Elektra is distracted by the revelation that Abby has martial arts skills, Typhoid gives Elektra the "Kiss of Death". Abby is captured by Kirigi. Suddenly, Stick and his Chaste ninjas arrive, forcing Kirigi, Typhoid, and Tattoo to retreat. Stick manages to save Elektra from death and takes them under his protection.
Stick confirms Abby is a martial arts prodigy which is the "Treasure" of martial arts whom the Hand seek to use. Elektra learns that she was a Treasure herself and her mother was a casualty of the fight between The Chaste and The Hand with her as reason. She also learns that Stick set up the murder contract on Mark and Abby in order to test Elektra's propensity for compassion. Elektra astrally projects herself to a meeting with Kirigi and challenges him to a fight; the winner claiming Abby for their own purpose.
Elektra returns to her childhood home to face Kirigi, and finally remembers he was her mother's killer. Elektra is defeated by Kirigi, but Abby arrives and engages him long enough for Elektra to recuperate. Elektra and Abby then escape and hide in a hedge maze but are separated when Abby is captured by snakes dispatched by Tattoo. Elektra finds Tattoo and kills him, saving Abby in the process. Elektra engages Kirigi a second time and manages to kill him.
Typhoid poisons Abby, the same way she did to Elektra earlier, killing her in the process. Elektra kills Typhoid and successfully resurrects Abby, overcoming her rage. When Mark comes to take Abby, he and Elektra kiss and go their separate ways. Just as Elektra leaves the grounds of her childhood home for the final time, she meets Stick and the two exchange words to each other. Elektra departs, knowing Abby and Mark will be safe.
Cast
- Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios
- Terence Stamp as Stick
- Goran Visnjic as Mark Miller
- Kirsten Prout as Abby Miller
- Will Yun Lee as Kirigi
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Roshi
- Colin Cunningham as McCabe
- Hiro Kanagawa as Meizumi
- Natassia Malthe as Typhoid
- Bob Sapp as Stone
- Chris Ackerman as Tattoo
- Edison T. Ribeiro as Kinkou
- Laura Ward as Young Elektra
- Jana Mitsoula as Mrs. Natchios
- Kurt Max Runte as Nikolas Natchios
- Jason Isaacs as DeMarco
Soundtrack
Elektra: The Album was released in 2005 by Wind-up Records for the film Elektra starring Jennifer Garner.
As with many Wind-up soundtracks, almost none of the songs featured on the album were actually used in the movie. "Sooner or Later" is played briefly in one scene and a remix not included on this album of "Hollow" is also played. The end credits feature "Wonder", "Photograph" and "Thousand Mile Wish (Elektra Mix)": but other than this, none of the songs on the album were used in the actual motion picture.
- Elektra : The Album
- Soundtrack album by : Various artists
- Released : January 11, 2005
- Genre : Hard rock
- Label : Wind-up
- Producer : Various producers
- Music from and Inspired by:
- 2004 - Spider-Man 2
- 2005 - Elektra : The Album
- 2005 - Fantastic Four: The Album
- Track listing:
- Never There (She Stabs) - Strata - 3:44
- Hey Kids - Jet - 2:58
- Everyone is Wrong - The Donnas - 3:28
- Sooner or Later - Switchfoot - 4:09
- Thousand Mile Wish (Elektra Mix) - Finger Eleven - 4:00
- Wonder" Megan McCauley 3:53
- Your Own Disaster - Taking Back Sunday - 5:42
- Breathe No More - Evanescence - 3:48
- Photograph - 12 Stones - 3:58
- Save Me - Alter Bridge - 3:27
- Beautiful - The Dreaming - 3:03
- Hollow - Submersed - 4:04
- Angels With Even Filthier Souls - Hawthorne Heights - 2:55
- 5 Years - The Twenty Twos - 3:52
- In The Light - Full Blown Rose - 4:13
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