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Purple-costumed Phantom (Billy Zane), descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City in order to thwart a master criminal's acquisition of mystical skulls with legendary powers.
While it hardly stands to vanquish the celluloid incarnations of Superman and Batman, this version of an older cartoon crusader's exploits does have a pleasingly astute sense of its place in the great scheme of things pulp.
March 26, 2009
Cinema Crazed
A sleek and breezy action film in the vein of "Indiana Jones"...
Maybe "The Phantom" would have been better served betting the house on its old-school aesthetic. Supertitles. Narrators. Melodramatic music. Cheesy? Sure, but bravely so, in a way that would make it a bold outlier rather than a mostly blasé casualty.
Our grim avengers of the 21st century could use some reminding that it's okay to smile once in awhile and that 'fun' should be more than just an afterthought when stories of this ilk are told.
July 07, 2010
TV Guide
If the biggest problem with costumed superheroes is those silly costumes, the venerable comic-book crimefighter known as the Phantom (Billy Zane) has a bigger problem than most.
Expect this ghost of bad movies past to walk quickly to the back bins of Blockbuster, where it should be filed under a helpful heading, monotonous and juvenile.