Hey, what can I say? I just LOVE movies about 1930s comic book
heros. Call it the little boy in me. They take me back to that very
innocent era that was my childhood. They make me recall the thrill I used
to get when my father would give me that weekly dime every Friday evening,
and I could go down to the local candy store and pick up a copy of the
latest CAPTAIN MARVEL, SUPERMAN, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA and BATMAN.

        Ok. Ok. Its no RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. But the producers and
director of this wonderfully campy film are no Steven Speilbergs. But if
you are in the mood to be entertained and see a masked and strongly virile
hero fight for truth, justice, democracy, and the American way, rent this
sweet little film chok full of action, stunts, and marvellous special
effects.

         Billy Zane is really good as The Phantom, and he is a strikingly
handsome dude with a great body. The women should enjoy that aspect of the
film. He is also dashingly romantic. Treat Williams makes a great campy
villain. Kristy Swanson appears to be the right heroine; pretty and smart.
Somehow the folks who cast these 1930s comic book movies always seem to do
a great job of picking the perfect people for the roles.

       I know many people are not turned on to THE SHADOW, DICK TRACY,
THE FLASH, or THE ROCKETEER. But I am. So The Phantom was right up my
alley.

      Oh yeah, Patrick McGoohan has a cameo as The Phantom's ghost father.

      Unfortuately The Phantom did not do well at the box office when it
initially appeard several months ago, and went almost immediately to tape.