Ok, I’ll admit it, I don’t get it. I don’t understand the fascination with Jennifer Garner, I don’t like Alias, don’t think she looks all that great, and frankly her acting is a little suspect. The first question one has to ask when talking about Elektra is – Why? Why was this film made? Who was crying out for an Elektra film? What the hell were they thinking?
Rob Bowman’s Elektra is a failure on almost every conceivable level. And this truly is Rob Bowman’s Elektra, not Frank Miller’s Elektra. Since it’s been quite awhile since I read the Elektra Assassin graphic novel, I won’t attempt to make any more statements regarding the comic book version. Let’s start with the script, which begs the question, “”what script?””The opening sequence is supposed to be exciting, but it turns into a crashing bore, as the would be victim spends five minutes telling us how skillful Elektra is, how we should all be very, very, afraid, how she stalked him and let him live, blah, blah, blah. Shut up already. After this lengthy monologue we finally see Elektra (Jennifer Garner) in her playboy finery strut around like a Victoria’s Secret Runway Model, stalking her prey. Nothing says action film, like a bad guy monologuing. We’re left with the impression that yes, Elektra is a badass assassin; yeah baby, we’re in for 90 minutes of Ninja goodness. Instead we see Elektra break down and cry. Elektra crying, CRYING! Come on, I felt like I was watching Alias again. After that the film goes downhill, Elektra’s business manager McCabe (Colin Cunningham) thinks she’s stressed out and needs a vacation. After badgering her to take a vacation, she finally relents and agrees. But for some unknown reason after badgering her to take a vacation, in the next breath he tells her that he has a new client who wants to pay her 2 bills for another assignment. She agrees, the catch is she has to go stay at some mansion on the beach and wait for her contact. While there she meets a mysterious man Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) and his daughter Abby ((Kirsten Prout). Of course she becomes attached to the pair, only to find out that gasp