The Phantom (1996)

5.3 ? Jun 06, 1996 1h 40m

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Overview

The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Overview

The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Genres

Adventure Action

Release Date

June 06, 1996

Rating

5.3 /10

Runtime

1h 40m

Official Trailer from YouTube

Billy Zane

The Phantom / Kit Walker

Kristy Swanson

Diana Palmer

Treat Williams

Xander Drax

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Sala

James Remar

Quill

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

The Great Kabai Sengh

Bill Smitrovich

Uncle Dave Palmer

Casey Siemaszko

Morgan

David Proval

Charlie Zephro

Joseph Ragno

Ray Zephro

Samantha Eggar

Lily Palmer

Jon Tenney

Jimmy Wells

Patrick McGoohan

Phantom's Dad

Robert Coleby

Capt. Philip Horton

Al Ruscio

Police Commissioner Farley

Leon Russom

Mayor Krebs

John Capodice

Al the Cabby

Bo Kane

Mounted Cop

John Prosky

Cycle Cop

Dane Farwell

Breen

JPV852

7.0/10

Oct 18, 2020

Campy fun of a time. Seen this a few times over the years and while he does look goofy in the purple outfit, Billy Zane is good in the role and a shame this didn't get a follow-up. A bit surprising there hasn't been some sort of series adaptation of the material. **3.25/5**

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CinemaSerf

5.0/10

Jun 25, 2022

There was a time when Hollywood had high hopes for Billy Zane, bit sadly his participation in mediocre stuff like this never really helped his career much. He portrays the eponymous character (adequately, but no better) who must travel to New York on the trail of the evil "Drax" (Treat Williams) who wants obtain and combine three ancient skulls and obtain the ultimate power in the universe. Yes, so far we have about six different films all roled into one and this doesn't really do justice to any of them. Catherine Zeta-Jones does her best, but she was never a great actress anyway and given there is only the bare bones of a part for her to deliver, she looks faintly ridiculous most of the time. There is a tiny bit of redemption in the form of "Diana" (Kristy Swanson) who is our hero's pretty disgruntled but feisty and capable ex-girlfriend, and the quality of the production is, and looks, good. Zane, though, just can't carry it in his purple lycra, and the twist at the end all just came far too late to enliven this listless comic book adventure. It might have looked better in monochrome?

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