Not-so-superhero movies

"Elektra" (2005)

On the page: The mysterious assassin returns from the grave to fight the mystic ninjas of The Hand.

How it turned out: This "Daredevil" spin-off was rushed into production and promptly made even its underwhelming predecessor look like Oscar bait in the process. Lacking coherence and logic, Jennifer Garner’s Elektra gains the trademark red costume but loses the sex appeal, violence and psychology that made her comic counterpart so compelling. Instead, the master assassin plods through a movie-of-the-week plot climaxing in a limp attempt at superheroics that ends up feeling tacked on and tacky.