Ben affleck stars as matt murdock, a man blinded from an accident in his youth that also caused a heightening of his remaining senses. Assassin by frank miller, damn did it reaffirm my desire for a series. Also the movie elektra from my understanding takes place after daredevil movie since daredevil was in the delete scene. With kim santiago, adam shorsten, damien colletti, pai wang.
Based on the marvel comics character daredevil, the film stars ben affleck as matt murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and on the streets of new york as the masked vigilante daredevil. Mar 22, 2016 in the flashback to matt and elektras first meeting, there is a scene detailing matt walking across a busy room to find her at a party that is very similar to the scene in the daredevil movie where ben afflecks matt finds elektra, then played by jennifer garner, at a formal event. After being killed in daredevil, elektra natchios is revived by blind martial arts master stick. When crime lord, kingpin, orders a hit on daredevil, he sends his two best assassins. After taking on a lucrative contract, she discovers something within herself lost since thought lost, and cant. In the comics, bullseye stabs her through the stomach with her own sai. Mcu daredevil and movie elektra vs movie daredevil and mcu elektra. Elektra liveaction marvel universe heroes wiki fandom.
Daredevil is a 2003 american superhero film written and directed by mark steven johnson. Marvels daredevil, or simply daredevil, is an american web television series created for netflix by drew goddard, based on the marvel comics character of the same name. During a war between chaste and hand, stick recruited elektra, only to abandon her, as she proved too dangerous, and trained matt murdock instead. Dec 06, 2016 netflix finally did daredevil justice with their tv series set to crossover with luke cage, jessica jones and iron fist in the defenders. Joe quesada considered it serendipity in action that affleck is the lead role, as when he and kevin smith did the guardian devil series, they had modeled.
Viewers first met elektra halfway through season 2 of daredevil. But affleck had the systematic advantage to not only seek an artistic comeback but actually achieve it. She lived because she put her necklace hanging from the roof at the end for daredevil to find it and know that she was alive. Aug 18, 2017 the final episode of the defenders finds daredevil, aka matt murdock charlie cox, jessica jones krysten ritter, luke cage mike colter and danny rand finn jones going allout in a. Forced to fight bullseye alone, elektra is overpowered and killed by the. How marvels daredevil got elektra wrong screen rant. Ben affleck survived daredevil, but jennifer garner. Apr 27, 2018 the hilarious thing about elektra is that she was originally only supposed to appear in one issue and never be seen again. The story is introduced by a mans voice later revealed to be the. The film continues the storyline of the film daredevil where in elektra was killed by bullseye. In a tenyear flashback, we see when matt murdock first met elektra, and how they developed a relationship over their shared abilities. Mar 23, 2016 in the comics, elektra was killed by bullseye the same assassin who killed her in the 2003 daredevil film. It is a spinoff from the 2003 film daredevil, starring the marvel comics character elektra natchios portrayed by jennifer garner.
In it, elektra is hired to assassinate a man, but when she meets him. It is set in the marvel cinematic universe mcu, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is the first in a series of shows that lead to the defenders crossover miniseries. Dec 11, 2007 video with scenes from the movie daredevil and with the song bring me to life by evanescence. Terence stamp portrayed stick in the marvel comics movie elektra. She is a love interest of the superhero daredevil, but her violent nature and mercenary lifestyle divide the two the character is a highly trained. Mar 25, 2016 the punisher and elektra came on the scene beautifully, thanks to thoughtful spins on the characters and killer performances from newcomers jon bernthal and elodie yung. Thanks to defenders, daredevils next season will be based. She thinks it was daredevil that killed him and she seeks revenge. Karen pages fate in daredevil season 3 is luckily nothing. A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero. If matt survived the building collapse, would elektra also have.
We saw in the daredevil season 2 flashbacks how elektra natchios tried to get matt to embrace his dark side, and in the present day, she resumed that when she reentered his life. Everything about elektra black hand felt like a bad idea coming out of the second season of daredevil, and everything i feared about it the amnesia, the vague mystical allusions, the inability for anyone to explain why alexandra decided to blow their mystical life ooze on someone with intimate ties to one of the only people who could stop them. Elektra the warrior survives a neardeath experience, becomes an assassinforhire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins. Elektra first appeared in frank millers first issue of daredevil as. In the 2005 elektra film, she is resurrected by stick, but the comics tell a.
Aug 21, 2017 at the end of marvels the defenders, daredevil charlie cox remained inside the crumbling midland circle building to keep elektra elodie yung busy while the rest of the defenders made it out. Sep 05, 2017 the latest netflix series raised the stakes for marvels heroes as the hands machinations threatened to destroy new york city. Due to the low level response from the previous film daredevil 2003, promotion for this movie claimed ties to the movie xmen 2000 instead, which had a much higher popularity response. Speaking of the murderous villain, this issue is where frank miller definitively established bullseye as the archenemy of our favorite hornhead. Elektra natchios is the deuteragonist in the 2003 superhero film, daredevil, and the main protagonist in the 2005 film the same name which the film has met with mostly negative reception from critics. Daredevil and elektra did major damage to ben affleck and jennifer garner respectively. Daredevil knows elektra wants revenge but he doesnt want to fight her because hes really her boyfriend under the mask. Elektra is a 2005 superhero film directed by rob bowman. However, after the defenders blew up the hands source, with matt and elektra still in the building, many fans are wondering if elektra is really dead after the defenders. Later, she was revealed to potentially be the black sky, the one who is supposed to lead the hand. The last time the greek ninja had a liveaction performance, she was portrayed by.
So much of matts story this season involves elektra, and fighting to bring her back from the darkness. Daredevil showrunner erik oleson has addressed whether elektra could make an appearance in the future, placing emphasis on how her body hasnt been found. In the comics, elektra was killed by bullseye the same assassin who killed her in the 2003 daredevil film. With jennifer garner, goran visnjic, will yun lee, kirsten zien. If youve eve seen the movie elektra, it explains in one scene that she was brought back to life. Did you catch the daredevil season 2 references to the 2003. So what exactly is going on with daredevil at the end of the. Elektra natchios may have died in daredevil season 2, but shes back from the dead in the defenders and this is how the hand did it. Although the film is muchmaligned, she was popular enough to appear in her own spinoff.
At the end of marvels the defenders, daredevil charlie cox remained inside the crumbling midland circle building to keep elektra elodie yung busy while the rest of the defenders made it out. Elektra previously appeared, played by jennifer garner, in the 2003 daredevil movie starring ben affleck. This was done again in the ben affleck daredevil movies. I think an adaption of this book wouldve been amazing, whilst being similar to season 3 of daredevil. Elektra natchios is a highly skilled martial artist trained by stick to combat the hand, she was killed by the hand leader nobu and becomes the hands weapon, the black sky. While it was briefly believed both daredevil and elektra were killed in. How matt murdock survived the defenders finale cbr. Oct 19, 2018 naturally, the season 3 premiere of daredevil finally provides the answer, but certainly doesnt dwell on it. Jul 27, 2017 daredevil and elektra began their relationship with humble beginnings in most depictions, elektra and matt first met during his time as a law student at columbia university. In marvel comics, karen page falls victim to a lot of problematic tropes but the netflix adaptation has done its best to make her a complicated hero on. As a result, she gets stuck back in her evil assassinating. Thats quite a story leap from the end of season 2, when daredevil was about to get ready for whatever the hand had planned for elektra. We also learn elektra garner, who died the last time we saw her in the film daredevil, has been brought back to life by her once martial arts stick stamp, and has now become an assassin for hire, with her skills in high demand. Thanks to defenders, daredevil s next season will be based on this classic comic story.
Ben affleck survived daredevil, but jennifer garner never. In most depictions, elektra and matt first met during his time as a law student at columbia university. Daredevil also makes the acquaintance of elektra natchios jennifer garner, a woman with superheroic talents who is also on kingpins bad side, though it remains to be seen if she has aligned. Stick appears as a supporting character in the daredevil video game for the game boy advance. Youre probably thinking of elektra, the awful sequelcompanion movie to daredevil. Now the irony is that it wasnt daredevil that killed garner, as she. Elektra, however, continued to insist that she did not want to leave stick.
Once the carefree, uninhibited girlfriend who was likely the love of collegeage matt murdocks life, she had vanished suddenly following the murder of her father a wealthy greek diplomat by terrorists, leaving murdock emotionallyscarred and. Matt is talking with foggy when he feels a girl coming and matt meets elektra natchios which is epic for matt. Daredevil matt murdock and elektra first meeting scene. Its an ending thats hugely frustrating for any fan of comic books, or narratives. Right from the start in both frank millers the man without fear and netflixs daredevil, elektra makes a game out of seducing matt. He appears in a flashback as matt murdock recalls his education under sticks tutelage.
Jennifer garner plays his love interest elektra natchios. It is a spinoff from the 2003 film daredevil, starring the marvel comics. But in a quarrel over who gets to collect and take out the man without fear, bullseye ultimately slays elektra with her own sai. Aug 26, 2017 what i think could be the way how daredevil escaped is this. Oct 19, 2018 spoilers for daredevil season 3 ahead. So much happened in daredevil s sophomore season matt murdocks reignited romance with elektra natchios, wilson fisks reintroduction, whatever was going on with the hand and that giant hole. It is not unusual for movie stars to meet and eventually fall in love. Elektras possible existence but does this mean shes actually dead.
I dont exactly remember what happened, but in the scene elektra is talking to a man, and he tells her dont forget who brought you back to life. Aug 15, 2017 viewers first met elektra halfway through season 2 of daredevil. A few nights later elektra shows up on top of the building where daredevil is. She is resurrected and then later on is killed by another character named echo, who in turn disguises herself as her.
Action this is the scene from the movie daredevil, the reason i am uploading this is because this is one of the best scenes in the movie and. Elektra natchios is an assassin who was trained under stick to join the chaste. The following article contains spoilers for marvels daredevil season 3, streaming now on netflix matt murdock seemingly sacrificed himself in the finale of marvels the defenders in an attempt to save the city, and the woman, he loves, only to reappear in the closing moments, injured but alive, in a moment inspired by born again. Like all the bestknown comic book characters, elektra has a long history. With ben affleck, jennifer garner, colin farrell, michael clarke duncan.
She is the love interest of matt murdock daredevil who is known to have peak athletic abilities, martial arts skills, and enhanced agility. Aug 21, 2017 marvels the defenders star elodie yung breaks down elektra s role as the final villain in the series and what it like to work with sigourney weaver. Daredevil 2003 internet movie firearms database guns. Daredevil is the 2003 feature film adaptation of the marvel comics series and was directed by mark steven johnson ghost rider. Daredevil knows elektra wants revenge but he doesnt want to fight her because hes really. The story follows elektra, an assassin who must protect a man and his prodigy daughter from another assassin who was hired by the hand. While working as an attorney in the day, he uses his newfound powers at night to punish crime throughout the city. He couldve, i mean could only, coz we all know his fist has powers that have to be recharged so many times like your.
Using two sai swords she fights daredevil but he doesnt want to. Hope you like it please leave me your comments and ratings. Daredevil and elektra began their relationship with humble beginnings. When daredevil returns for season two later this month, well be treated to elodie yung as elektra natchios. The process was interrupted when stone, black widow and daredevil. Aug 22, 2017 however, after the defenders blew up the hands source, with matt and elektra still in the building, many fans are wondering if elektra is really dead after the defenders. Using two sai swords she fights daredevil but he doesnt want to fight back in fear of hurting her. Years later, stick and elektra had attempted to recruit murdock, now working as daredevil, but murdock still refused as he instead convinced elektra to change sides. The second season of daredevil also ended with elektra dying, having been killed by a hand ninja protecting daredevil. Oct 19, 2018 thats quite a story leap from the end of season 2, when daredevil was about to get ready for whatever the hand had planned for elektra elodie young. The first promotional mention of ties to the daredevil movie only took place one week before the elektra movie was to be released. The elektra movie is somehow so much worse than you. She returned to his life after years of absence, putting her beliefs and methods at conflict with his own. We see a shot of iron fist on the rooftop, with his fist glowing.
Garner reportedly did not want to do the film and only did it because she was legally required due. And though good has a tendency to triumph over evil, the. She fell in love with matt murdock during a mission for stick to bring murdock into the organization. Here is where the daredevil universes of comics, film, and tv get a bit intertwined. While the other defenders escaped, matt murdock stayed behind in a lastditch effort to get through to elektra as the building imploded on top of them. She is a love interest of the superhero daredevil, but her violent nature and mercenary lifestyle divide the two.