Even at just a slim 96 minutes, the film drags in places, with a predictable plot.

| Jan 31, 2022

The real issue I have with this movie is how uneventful so much of it feels.

| Original Score: C- | May 1, 2020

The special effects are well realized and enough attention is paid to the character of Elektra to make her a formidable rival to any number of Wolverines.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2019

This movie passes the Bechdel Test and the Knope Friendship Test. It's also way better than it gets credit for.

| Aug 29, 2018

Garner, who showed a promising comic touch last year in 13 Going On 30, does her movie career no favors here.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 14, 2015

The problem is Elektra is not among the most compelling of characters. She doesn't have enough humanity and the story not enough depth to sustain us between fight scenes.

| Jul 14, 2015

If the film isn't as bad as some others in the comics-to-cinema genre (Halle Berry's Catwoman has rather lowered the bar), that's not to say it's good.

| Jul 14, 2015

Worth a look.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2015

Daredevil's lady friend Elektra gets a solo outing in this insipid action adventure.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2015

Even the action scenes flirt with tedium.

| Jul 14, 2015

Studio dross of the lowest grade.

| Jul 14, 2015

Having died in Daredevil, Elektra has returned without a vengeance to bore us all to death.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 14, 2015

Every line, every plot twist, every digitally processed so-called fight scene will be easily foretold.

| Jul 14, 2015

Elektra is an inaction movie, as vague, impersonal, and uninvolving as superhero flicks get, and they can get pretty impersonal.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 14, 2015

There isn't a whisper of spontaneity.

| Jul 14, 2015

A curiously ponderous affair, with an excess of pop psychology character background and cod-Eastern mysticism and not enough fun or action.

| Jul 14, 2015

The movie's dominant visual tone is bronzed grunge, and its emotional tone is depressive.

| Jul 14, 2015

Violent comic book movie with lingerie costumes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 24, 2010

Some comic properties should just be left on the page.

| Jul 7, 2010

An utterly embarrassing misfire with poor performances, contrived elements, and a weak premise.

| Apr 29, 2009