The Phantom
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.
9 July 1967, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 May 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1967
13 October 1948, Hadleigh, Essex, England, UK
19 December 1969, Mission Viejo, California, USA
27 September 1950, Tokyo, Japan
6 December 1941, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
11 March 1936, Brooklyn, New York, USA
26 December 1922, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16 May 1947, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
5 June 1954, San Diego, California, USA
25 December 1941, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 November 1966
24 February 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 December 1951, Rowayton, Connecticut, USA
17 March 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
27 November 1967, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA
16 December 1961, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
1947, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
31 December 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
April 19, 2016
'90s superhero adventure has action violence, profanity.
March 26, 2009
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.
January 01, 2000
The pleasures are familiar, but not the least bit inspired.
July 19, 2010
The result is oddly ineffectual and sometimes just plain dull.
April 10, 2017
A sleek and breezy action film in the vein of "Indiana Jones"...
July 07, 2010
As the Phantom, Billy Zane, buff to the max, has a likable insouciance, but there's not much he can do to flesh out this relic.
June 24, 2006
This belated, albeit decorative adaptation looks tamely second-hand.
June 27, 2016
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.
July 07, 2010
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.
February 14, 2001
It's nice to see some things done the old way.
July 19, 2010
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.
June 06, 2001
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.
