History Film / Elektra

* BatmanGambit: Inverted. [[spoiler: Stick hires Elektra to kill the Millers, but was planning on her not killing her target like she normally would.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite all the struggle she goes through, Elektra manages to protect the Millers from the Hand, making a deal that ensures they will not be targeted any longer, defeats and kills the BigBad Kirigi and his band of followers, along with avenging her mother and Abby's in the process. She also reconciles with Stick, having learned her lesson, parting ways with him on good terms, and mellows out from the rage she had been carrying around inside her at the loss of her family and her own death and resurrection, at peace with all that transpired. In the end she vows to find the Millers again in the future, before [[ButNowIMustGo departing for further adventures]]. The ending is surprisingly upbeat, and clearly just what Elektra needed after her DownerEnding in ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''.

* SpinOff: This movie is a spinoff of ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''.

In an [[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/jennifer-garner-returning-as-marvels-elektra-for-deadpool-3/ unexpected announcement]] in 2023, Jennifer Garner is set to reprise her role as Elektra in the upcoming third Deadpool movie.

* ContractOnTheHitman: The Hand basically puts one on Elektra after her failed attempt. Subverted [[AmbiguousSituation if it was Stick all along]] who put her up to assassinating the Millers as a test, as is implied by him.

** Abby states she bought her bracelet on Website/{{eBay}} which turns out out to be a ChekhovsGun which she uses later as her main weapon.

* PowerTattoo: 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.

* GuardStationsTerminallyUnattended: Elektra invades the lair of Creator/{{Jason Isaacs}}. Isaacs, knowing he can't escape, awaits his doom while enjoying a last glass of wine.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} She's the last thing that stands between good and evil.]]]]

-->-- '''Stick''', Trailer narration

''Elektra'' is a 2005 {{spinoff}} of the ''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}'' film starring Creator/JenniferGarner as Elektra. After being killed in ''Daredevil'', Elektra Natchios is revived by a blind martial arts master called Stick (Creator/TerenceStamp). She is brought to his training compound, but is soon expelled because of her inability to let go of her rage and fear from seeing her mother's killer as a child. She leaves and uses her training to become a contract killer, but becomes reluctant to carry out a hit on Mark (Creator/GoranVisnjic) and Abby Miller (Creator/KirstenProut). In helping them escape, Elektra learns that Mark and Abby are not as normal [[MoreThanMeetsTheEye 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 (Creator/WillYunLee), a member and top assassin of The Hand leading a group of powerful followers, was sent to kill her mother when Elektra was only a child.

* SuperOCD:
** Elektra shows this. She must have all her toiletries, fruits and veggies lined up just so. She is also a NeatFreak who cleans to avoid leaving her DNA.
** Abby is also shown having this by her counting windows early in the film.

* AdaptationalBadass: This version of Elektra has a number of powers and abilities she didn't display either in the previous movie or in the comics themselves up to the point of this movie's release. This includes the ability of precognition, astral projection/telepathic communication and healing/resurrection powers. It is unknown what the nature of these powers are, but the supernatural is implied to be at play, possibly related to her resurrection and Stick's training. Though she did gain precognition and telepathic communication in the comics a few months after the movie, probably inspired by this depiction of her, along with other powers over time.

* SuperOCD: Elektra shows this. She must have all her toiletries, fruits and veggies lined up just so. She is also a NeatFreak who cleans to avoid leaving her DNA. Abby is also shown having this by her counting windows early in the film.

* WeaponSpecialization: Each character has a unique weapon to identify them. For Elektra, her [[SaiGuy Sai]]; for Abby, her [[VariableLengthChain Warrior Beads]]; for Kirigi, his [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katanas]]; for Stick, his Bo; for Stone, a [[CarryABigStick club]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Elektra her [[SaiGuy Sai]], Abby her [[VariableLengthChain Warrior Beads]], Kirigi his [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katanas]], Stick his Bo, Stone a [[CarryABigStick club]].

* AbsoluteCleavage: [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Typhoid]]'s outfits. A subtle one in the dress she uses to fight, and a blatant one in her casual wear.

* KnifeNut: Elektra and her signature sais. When those aren't available at one point, she picks up a box cutter instead.

* WeaponOfChoice: Elektra her [[SaiGuy Sai]], Abby her [[VariableLengthChain Warrior Beads]], Kirigi his [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katanas]], Stick his [[SimpleStaff Bo]], Stone a [[CarryABigStick club]].

* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Hand, with little explaination of their organization or a backstory.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Despite what her name might invoke, in the comics Typhoid Mary was not ThePlaguemaster with a KissOfDeath (she instead having PsychicPowers and [[PlayingWithFire fire manipulation abilities]]) like she is in this film.