Elektra (film): Difference between revisions

 

A 2005 [[Spin-Off]] of the [[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]] film starring Jennifer Garner as Elektra, a contracted assassin who is reluctant to carry out a hit on Mark and Abby Miller. In helping them escape, Elektra learns that Mark and Abby are not as [[Badass|normal]] [[More Than Meets the Eye|as they appear to be]]. As she faces off against The Hand, an organization that seeks to capture Abby because she is the sacred "Treasure," Elektra soon learns that Kirigi, a member of The Hand, was sent to kill her mother when Elektra was only a child.

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* [[Action Girl]]: Elektra and to a lesser extent Abby.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Stick brings Elektra back and then Elektra brings Abby back.

* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: The whole movie hangs on which side the "Treasure" will take and tip the balance in favor of one or the other.

* [[Contract on the Hitman]]: The Hand basically puts one on Elektra after her failed attempt.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Roshi. Giving orders from a boardroom. It comes across that the Hand is [[The Mafia]] or [[Yakuza]] and not just an evil organization

* [[Five-Bad Band]]: The Hand

** [[Big Bad]]: Roshi or his Son Kirigi

* [[The Handler]]: McCabe is the go-between Elektra and the people who want to hire her.

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Stick

* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: Elektra after she fails to make a kill because she cares for the marks

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Elektra

* [[Kiss of Death]]: Typhoid has a literal kiss of Death.

* [[Lady in Red]]: Elektra

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Stick is Elektra's master then briefly Elektra is Abby's master.

* [[Missing Mom]]: Elektra and Abby both have mothers who died when they were younger.

* [[Neck Snap]]: At least one villain is dispatched this way.

* [[Never Hurt an Innocent]]: May or May not be part of Elektra's personal code.

* [[No Body Left Behind]]: The Hand villains turn to dust in a flash of green light. Even the [[The Big Bad|major villains]] end this way.

* [[Old Master]]: Stick

* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: The Hand's Board in a very dark boardroom so as to give [[Sinister Silhouettes]].

* [[Power Tattoo]]: Tattoo has the power to summon animals from his tattoos which cover his body. Snakes, Spiders, Wolves, and Hawks are all at his command. He uses them to spy as well as to fight for him.

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: Kirigi has his own squad, comprised of Tattoo (summons animals to fight for him through his tattoos), Typhoid Mary (a [[Walking Wasteland]]), Stone (super strength and really tough skin), and Kinkou ([[Odd One Out|perfect]] [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|balance]]).

* [[Secret Underground Passage]]: There is a convenient tunnel under McCabe's farmhouse that Elektra, Abby and her father use to flee from the villains as they surround the house.

* [[Spin-Off]]: This movie is a Spinoff of [[Daredevil]]

* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]: Kimagure --[[Combat Clairvoyance]] combined with martial arts and the power to control life and death.

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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

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