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{{quote|''"Her name was Elektra. [[Action Girl|She was a warrior.]] She was also dead. Well, nobody's perfect. Only a warrior can come [[Back From the Dead|back from death]] and even then the second life is never quite like the first."''|'''Stick''', Trailer narration}}

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.

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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* [[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.

* [[Breakout Character]]: Elektra was originally a love interest in Daredevil in both the comic and the movie--She later had several spin-off comics and this spin-off movie.

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

* [[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

* [[Deleted Scene]]: A lot of the deleted scenes on the Director's Cut reveal Elektra's backstory from her childhood.

* [[EBay ~~(Website)|E Bay~~]]: Abby states she bought her bracelet on eBay which turns out out to be a [[Chekhov's Gun]] which she uses later as her main weapon.

* [[EBay]]: Abby states she bought her bracelet on eBay which turns out out to be a [[Chekhov's Gun]] which she uses later as her main weapon.

* [[Fan Service]]: Elektra wears skintight red leather for most of the movie.

** The Elektra and Typhoid kiss.

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* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Stick

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Most of the Hand's Ninjas would fall under this.

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

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

* [[Hot Chick ~~With~~ a Sword]]: Elektra

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

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]:

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]:

* [[Inadequate Inheritor]]: Kirigi can be seen as this as the inheritor of control of the Hand from his father, Roshi.

* [[In Love ~~With~~ the Mark]]: Elektra finds herself caring about her marks that she was sent to kill.

* [[In Love with the Mark]]: Elektra finds herself caring about her marks that she was sent to kill.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Kirigi's weapon but it might be a case of [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana]].

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