Elektra: Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Director: Rob Bowman, Avi Arad Rob Bowman

Overview

Daredevil's main squeeze gets resurrected in her own flick with this spin-off martial arts actioner from director Rob Bowman (Reign of Fire, The X-Files: Fight the Future). Jennifer Garner returns to the role of Elektra Natchios, a hired assassin whose origins are finally revealed after her old ninja clan the Hand brings her back from the dead to serve their evil purposes. Reunited with her old sensei, Stick (Terence Stamp), Elektra leaves the past behind her and is eventually given an assignment to kill Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) and his daughter, Abby (Kristin Prout). When her conscience gets the best of her and she decides to protect them instead, it's up to the Hand's top assassins to track her down and finish the job. Fans of Marvel Comics might recognize Natassia Malthe as Typhoid Mary, another nemesis of Daredevil that joins in the hunt, along with other masters of the dark mystic arts, Tattoo (Chris Ackerman), Stone (Bob Sapp), and the Hand's fearsome leader, Kirigi (Will Yun Lee).

Product Details

Release Date:	04/03/2018
UPC:	0024543520009
Original Release:	2005
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Language:	English
Sales rank:	19,726

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jennifer Garner	Elektra
Goran Visnjic	Mark Miller
Kirsten Prout	Abby Miller
Will Yun Lee	Kirigi,Actor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	Roshi
Terence Stamp	Stick
Natassia Malthe	Typhoid
Bob Sapp	Stone
Chris Ackerman	Tattoo
Edson T. Ribeiro	Kinkou
Colin Cunningham	McCabe
Hiro Kanagawa	Meizumi
Mark Houghton	Bauer
Laura Ward	Young Elektra
Kirsten Zien	Abby Miller
Kevan Ohtsji	Roshi Servant
Jana Mitsoula	Young Elektra's Mother
Sean Akira	Glowering Ikuren
Taku Kawai	Glowering Ikuren
Ty Olsson	Second Paramedic
Nancy Wetzel	Third Paramedic
Nathaniel Arcand	Hand Ninja #1
Marke Driesschen	Weatherman
Billy Bryan	Dancing Sheets
Jason Isaacs	DeMarco
Kurt Runte	Nikolas Natchios
Aaron Au	Hand Ninja #2
Ian Tracey	Pool Shark
Kendall Cross	First Paramedic
Paul Wu	Fight Instructor
Mike Nowak	Conductor
Christophe Beck	Composer

Technical Credits

Zak Penn

Stuart Zicherman

Raven Metzner

Mark Steven Johnson

Rob Bowman	Director
Zak Penn	Screenwriter
Stuart Zicherman	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Raven Metzner	Screenwriter
Gary Foster	Producer
Mark Steven Johnson	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Brent O'Connor	Executive Producer,Producer
Avi Arad	Producer,Director
Arnon Milchan	Producer
Erik Aadahl	Sound Effects
Anna Behlmer	Sound Effects,Sound Mixer
Craig Berkey	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Derek Casari	Sound Effects
Kevin Feige	Producer
Josh McLaglen	Producer
Bela Brozsek	Special Effects
Juan Carlos Vargas	Special Effects
Ken Reynolds	Special Effects
Simon Burnett	Stunts
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle	Stunts
Christopher Gordon	Stunts
Jon Kralt	Stunts
Adrian Hein	Stunts
Kirk Jaques	Stunts
Trevor Jones	Stunts
Dean Lockwood	Stunts
B. C.S. O'Connor	Stunts
Thomas Potter	Stunts
Jeffrey C. Robinson	Stunts
Dianne Crittenden	Casting
Sharon King	Casting
Stan Lee	Executive Producer
Bonnie Kanner	Executive Producer
Rick Allen	Key Grip
Lauro Chartrand	Stunts
Duane Dickinson	Stunts
Scott Nicholson	Stunts
Caroline Field	Stunts
Darryl Quon	Stunts
Mitchell Lee Yuen	Stunts
Shauna Duggins	Stunts
Chris Atkinson	Stunts
Alistair King	Stunts
Lloyd Bateman	Stunts
Mike Desabrais	Stunts
David Fulton	Stunts
Noah Therrien	Stunts
Don Lew	Stunts
Lee Berger	Executive Producer
Tony Whiteside	Key Grip
J.J. Makaro	Stunts
Melissa Stubbs	Stunts
Larry "Warlock" Lam	Stunts
Brad Loree	Stunts
Doug Chapman	Stunts
Grant Smith	Stunts
Marny Eng	Stunts
Brian Lydiatt	Stunts
Rick Pearce	Stunts
Kirk Caouette	Stunts
Kimberly Chiang	Stunts
Kylie Furneaux	Stunts
Gaston Morrison	Stunts
Dave Dunaway	Stunts
Scott Flavelle	Stunts
Jovan Nenadic	Stunts
Ron Otis	Stunts
Todd Scott	Stunts
Mike Mitchell	Stunts
Coreen Mayrs	Casting
Heike Brandstatter	Casting
Tony Morelli	Stunts
David Mylrea	Stunts
Dean Choe	Stunts
Owen Walstrom	Stunts
Brian Ho	Stunts
Dustin Brooks	Stunts
Shawn Beaton	Stunts
Corbin Fox	Stunts
Ty Trand	Stunts
Mike Dobbin	Stunts
Eclilson De Jesus	Stunts
Dave Hospes	Stunts
Shawn Stewart	Stunts
Paul Lazenby	Stunts
Claude Bouchard	Stunts
Trevor Addie	Stunts
Dean Hart	Stunts
Monte Thompson	Stunts
David Lane	Stunts
Rafael Sola	Stunts
Perry Beckham	Stunts
A. Brett Chan	Stunts
Andy Nelson	Sound Mixer
Michael Williamson	Sound Mixer
Patrick Ramsey	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

Jennifer Garner reprises her role from 2003's Daredevil in this nicely mounted, action-packed Marvel Comics adaptation. Apparently killed off in that film, Elektra has been resurrected by her old mentor, Stick (Terence Stamp), who is unable to keep her from working as an assassin for hire. Only when she balks at her latest assignment -- killing Mark Miller (ER's Goran Visnjic) and his young daughter, Abby (Kirsten Prout) -- does the emotionally stunted Elektra finally come to grips with her damaged psyche. By then it may be too late: Her assignment falls to minions of "The Hand," an Asian sect dominated by supernatural forces under the control of the evil Roshi (Cary Tagawa). Garner's years of experience on the TV show Alias no doubt facilitate her work in this film, as she cuts a seductive figure in her skin-tight costumes and looks credible in the numerous martial-arts sequences. Elektra abounds in fancy stunt work and special effects, and it seldom deviates from the comic-book ethos, but the star infuses the main character with enough humanity to make her sympathetic. Director Rob Bowman does a good job with the film's visuals, and he works hard to maintain some believability -- a tough order when one is adapting story material that derives from a two-dimensional source. On balance he's done a pretty good job, although in the end Elektra's appeal rests squarely on Garner’s talented shoulders. Bowman's "director's cut" of the film includes a full-length commentary by the director; a two-part production documentary; an alternate beginning to the film; deleted scenes with commentary; still photo galleries; and film dailies.