Elektra A1

Advantages: Action packed great special effects
Disadvantages: Story needs work

...Elektra is a mystical assasin who gets paid alot of money to assasinate people,her legend is famous among many people and is generally feared.A new assignment takes her out to a beautiful lake where she is shocked to find her new target is a little girl and her farther,unable to complete the mission elektra goes on the run with the family who are up againt a mystical clan set on killing the girl,with her new mission to protect the child elecktra uncovers secrets to the tradgedy of her past. This film didnt get a great press and i belive in some way it follows on from daredevil which i didnt enjoy as much as this one,i actually enjoyed this film as i thought the special effects where really good quite like mortal combat.Its a heart warming story with a lot of action in it and it keeps your intrest througout the film,i would recomend this... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Worthwhile watching. Only 80 minutes of actual film.
Disadvantages: Supernatural Element.

... Elektra Director: Rob Bowman Release Date: 2005 Runtime: 97 mins Approx Certificate: 12. The Plot. After her 'death' in Daredevi, Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), is revived by a blind man called Stick. She spends a while training with them, but is kicked out of the dojo, due to a reason unknown to her. She becomes a proffesional assassin and kills people for money. And is sent away on business to kill some, at the time unkown, targets. She goes to enter the place she is staying, and sees some shadows moving about. Who she finds is a girl called Amy (Kirsten Prout) who is her new neighbour. After a lecture about breaking into people homes, Elektra meets the girls father, Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) and is invited by the daughter to go to their house for Christmas dinner. When the identity of her... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Write their own music, play their own instruments and have a variety of sounds
Disadvantages: They are 'on a break'

...A1 were formed by Steps Manager, Tim Byrne (also manages Simon Cowell?s contestants in the X Factor). Tim wanted to create the ultimate boy band. One that could sing, dance, write music and play their own instruments. The first member of the band was Paul Marazzi who was picked from auditions Tim held. Paul was the only auditionee good enough. Tim nex spotted Mark Read in the audience at a gig and asked him to go for a meeting, Mark went along and sang and became the second member of the band. Tim asked Mark if he knew of any friends who are talented and would be interested and Mark recommended the youngest member of the band Ben Adams. Last but not least Christian Inbebrigtsen was recommended by one of his teachers at the Paul McCartney Fame School (also known and LIPA). The band secured a contract with Sony which... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful