Guide Note

Elektra is a 2005 action film based on the comic book by Frank Miller and a spin-off of the 2003 movie Daredevil.

In the film, Elektra (Jennifer Garner) is a trained fighter who survives a near-death experience and now works as a trained assassin, never letting herself get close to anyone or anything. When she unknowingly befriends two of her intended targets, a man named Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) and his daughter Abby, (Kirsten Prout), she decides to protect them and gets caught up in a war between good and evil.

Fast Facts

1. Director: Rob Bowman
2. Producers: Avi Arad, Gary Foster, Arnon Milchan
3. Starring: Jennifer Garner, Kirsten Prout, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp, Will Yun Lee
4. Release Date: January 14, 2005
5. Running time: 96 minutes
6. Tagline: "She's the last thing that stands between good and evil."

Trivia

1. Elektra was originally a fictional character created by Frank Miller for Marvel Comics.
2. Elektra wields two bladed sai (swords) as her trademark weapon.
3. Ben Affleck filmed a cameo reprising his Daredevil role as Matt Murdock but it was cut from the film. His scene is available on the DVD.

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