Promotional poster for Elektra

Elektra is a 2005 movie directed by Rob Bowman. It is a spin-off sequel to the 2003 movie Daredevil, starring the Marvel comics character Elektra Natchios (played by Garner). Promotional poster for Elektra, deemed This work is copyrighted. ... Promotional poster for Elektra, deemed This work is copyrighted. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Rob S. Bowman (Born: May 15, 1960 in Wichita County, Texas, USA) is an American prolific filmmaker most notable for his work on sci-fi series such as The X-Files and Star Trek. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Alternate use, hydrogen fuel car: General Motors Sequel A sequel is a work of fiction (e. ... See also: 2002 in film, other events of 2003, 2004 in film and the list of years in film Events February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 Cesar Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. ... Promotional poster for Daredevil Daredevil is a 2003 movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who also wrote the screenplay. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... Elektra Natchios, usually simply called Elektra, is a fictional character in Marvel Comics Marvel Universe. ...

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." The first issue of The Dark Knight Returns, perhaps Millers best known work Frank Miller (born 27 January 1957 in Olney, Maryland) is an American writer and artist best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. ...

Plot

Continuing from Daredevil, Elektra is revived after dying from the mortal wounds she suffered from Bullseye, by the Order of the Hand, a group of assassins who helped train her. She is assigned by the Hand's leader, Kirigi (Yun Lee), to hunt down Mark Miller (Visnjic), and his 13-year-old daughter, Abby, whom the Hand require for their order. Elektra discovers that Miller is an ally of her former mentor, Stick (Stamp), who helped to train Daredevil after he was blinded. The two of them take on the Order of the Hand, and equipped with her trademark Sais, Elektra takes on Kirigi. Bullseye (full real name unknown; an alias he has used is Poindexter; his first name is known from Daredevil v2 #49 (September 2003) to be Lester and in Bullseye: Greatest Hits he is called Leonard during flashback sequences, though it is unclear how much of those flashback sequences are true... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... In Greek mythology, Mentor (sometimes Mentes) was the son of Alcumus and, in his old age, a friend of Odysseus. ... Daredevil (Matt Murdock) is a Marvel Comics superhero. ... Two sai For other meanings of the word sai, see Sai (disambiguation). ...

Just as the prequel (Daredevil) was for Matt Murdock, this film is about Elektra coping with her childhood experiences and putting them behind her. The film is much more stylized than Daredevil, which was quite gritty. Promotional poster for Daredevil Daredevil is a 2003 movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who also wrote the screenplay. ... Cover to Daredevil v2 #41. ...

Tagline: Looks can kill.

Cast

• Jennifer Garner – Elektra Natchios
• Terence Stamp – Stick
• Will Yun Lee – Kirigi
• Goran Visnjic – Mark Miller
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa – Roshi
• Colin Cunningham – McCabe
• Jason Isaacs – DeMarco
• Hiro Kanagawa – Kinkou
• Natassia Malthe – Typhoid Mary
• Jana Mitsoula – Young Elektra's Mother
• Kirsten Prout – Abby Miller
• Bob Sapp – Stone
• Chris Ackerson– Tatoo
• Edison T. Ribeiro– Kinkou

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See also

• 2005 in film

This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ...

External links

• Official site (http://www.elektramovie.com)
• Elektra (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357277/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Elektra Gallery (http://www.gallery.swank-escape.net)