Ouch! This was painful to watch! Ick! How can anyone make a film so bad? Oh that's right, you get monkeys to make the film for you.

You know, when you make a film, you need to craft a hero that we can like and be sympathetic to. Someone forgot to do this. We only know the Phantom is a good guy because we were told. But I was never ever given a reason to give a damn about him. Same with the bad guy. I was never given a reason to boo him.

This film promised to be a sorta Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Batman. Man, does it fall way too short. You just can't say enough lousy things about this film. It's not exciting enough, there are huge holes in the story. There's a really bad attempt to tell us where the Phantom comes from, but we really don't care.

Wait until this hits video ... then ignore it.

Sucks and Blows!

Film Facts

Cast
• Billy Zane
• Treat Williams
• Kristy Swanson
• Catherine Zeta Jones
• Samantha Eggar
• Patrick McGoohan

Directed by Simon Wincer

Released in 1996

MPAA Rating: PG

Reviewed by Mongo