Objective: The Phantom was by far my favourite comic book hero when I was a kid - the 21st generation descendant of a sixteenth-century man who swore to avenge his father's death at the hands of the Singh Brotherhood, by fighting crime clad in black mask and purple tights. For four hundred years, as each successive oldest son took on his father's mantle (and name), he became known as the Ghost Who Walks: the Man who Cannot Die.
The Phantom has been for the most part pretty badly served on screen: from a crappy 1940s serial (not on FWFR) to the really sloppy Bilyl Zane version and the eminently forgettable anime 'Phantom 2040', it was not until the 2010 TV version that the spirit of the Phantom was properly realised. Not a great film under any circumstances, it captures what the Phantom is all about - smashing bad guys, throwing around quips, and shooting guns out of 'roughnecks' hands. Review all three Phantom films to win the Accolade that Cannot Die. Matches 1 to 3 out of 3 |