Elektra

Miss: Elektra – Starring Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout, Will Yun Lee, Terrance Stamp

Elektra (Garner) is an assassin for hire. She is cold and dead inside. She doesnâ€™t care about anyone or anything – until she meets Abby Miller, a 13-year-old girl and a martial arts protÃ©gÃ©. Abby just happens to be â€œThe Treasure,â€? a girl who can tip the scales in the war between good and evil that has been raging forever. It falls on Elektra to protect this girl and save her from becoming a puppet of The Hand, an evil demon controlled organization bent on taking over the world.
My one word review for this movie: Abysmal! If you had intentions of seeing this movie, my advice is save your money. Donâ€™t even waste it on the rental.
There were no twists, no turns, no anything in the story to make this movie even somewhat interesting. Every move the characters made and every line they said was totally predictable. The characters were all one-dimensional and, even though I was supposed to care about them, I didnâ€™t. Jennifer Garner was the only one that really stands out but thatâ€™s only because sheâ€™s Jennifer Garner. But even so she didnâ€™t pull off the cold, calculating â€œIâ€™m dead inside to all things nice and goodâ€? assassin. And the other characters were completely forgettable as soon as they were off the screen.
The producers and/or directors should have spent less on the special effects and more on some writers who could actually come up with good dialogue and a good story.

Best scene: Typhoid Mary kissing Elektra on the lips.

Rated PG-13 for violence
Action
Running time: 96 min.

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