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- 1996
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
- 1996
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
Summary The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Directed By: Simon Wincer
Written By: Lee Falk, Jeffrey Boam
- 1996
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
- 1996
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
The Phantom
53
6.0
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Summary The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Directed By: Simon Wincer
Written By: Lee Falk, Jeffrey Boam
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
53
32% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
55% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
53
32% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
55% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The movie is wonderfully entertaining, red-blooded and rousing, and with a production design that makes it uncommonly handsome.
The Nintendo generation may not “get” The Phantom any more than those original Thirties fans would have understood Bruce Wayne's tortured psyche, but that aside, Wincer's updating of an old warhorse is lovingly done. It's a Saturday afternoon matinee for the Nineties, 60 years old and totally new.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.0
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
25% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.0
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
25% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Whether the film excites you or not, it does excel with some glossy art direction that looks suitably slick in a quality picture transfer. Clear and sharp, this is a pleasure to watch.
While reviving the "The Phantom" may have seemed like a good idea at the time, it's one comic book superhero that just doesn't translate that well to the screen. [7 June 1996, p.46]
Essentially, this is RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK without the narrative savvy and self-referential cleverness.
Based on the comic strip created in 1936 by Lee Falk, The Phantom is a handsomely produced, numbingly impersonal adventure film that fails to do anything new with the format. [7 June 1996, p.49]
Sorry, Phantom, but the purple suit has got to go. No amount of buff bod can make an audience take a superhero in bright purple seriously...And while we're at it, that script has got to go, too. Screenwriter Jeffrey Boam apparently studied the first two "Indiana Jones" movies so thoroughly -- so that he could write "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" -- that he's carried many of the motifs to "The Phantom."
The result is not breathtaking excitement, but rather a stunning lack of originality. [7 June 1996]
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I can say that it is not a bad movie, especially for its time, but I expected more!
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Awards
Australian Cinematographers Society
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
