A two-decades-old Marvel flop has become an unexpected Netflix hit.
Elektra acts as a spin-off to the original Daredevil movie, featuring Jennifer Garner as the titular assassin as she tries to protect a man and his prodigious daughter from another assassin.
The movie has found a new lease of life on Netflix US, becoming the 7th most-watched film last week with 5.1 million views and 8.2 million hours viewed.
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Elektra was roundly slated by critics, and currently sits at a dismal 11% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Rolling Stone calling it a “breathlessly boring spinoff” in their 1-star review.
Time Out further suggested it was a “none too Marvel-lous spin-off”, while The Daily Telegraph labelled it “studio dross of the lowest grade”.
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However, it wasn’t all bad, with Chicago Reader writing: “This doesn’t exactly set the world on fire, but I was charmed by its old-fashioned storytelling, which is refreshingly free of archness, self-consciousness, or Kill Bill-style wisecracks.”
The movie didn’t fare much better at the box office though, making only $56.9 million on a reported budget of between $43 million and $65 million.
Garner reprised her role as Elektra in last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine, which became the second highest-grossing movie of 2024.
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If you fancy catching more Garner noughties nostalgia on streaming, her hit romcom 13 Going on 30 was added to Netflix earlier this year.
The movie follows a 13-year-old girl who makes a wish to be grown up, and then wakes up to find herself a 30-year-old magazine editor.
Elektra is available to stream now on Netflix US and UK.
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