Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Paul Magne Haakonsen This 2009 reinvention of the old comic book hero was a boring snoozefest that was dragging on and on forever without actually going anywhere. Running for 2 hours and 49 minutes surprisingly little happened throughout the course of the entire movie.Director Paolo Barzman didn't do the comic book any justice with this flaccid reinvention. Everything in this 2009 version strayed far, far too much away from the original concept. And I will go as far as saying that the 1996 movie with Billy Zane was so much more fulfilling in comparison.The costumes were alright, but the feel of the original phantom was lost on the appearance of the phantom in the 2009 version, because it was just a bit over-done.The acting in the movie was alright, but it wasn't nowhere near enough to raise the level of the movie. It was Sandrine Holt who was carrying the movie, even though she wasn't the main character.For an action movie, then "The Phantom" was just a bit too mediocre and mundane, a feat which makes it drown in the action genre, because there are far, far better movies available.This was 2 hour and 49 minutes that I will never get back.

hasquare These are my personal comments about the mini-series.First - the good parts:Update of Phantom story - excellent - the world has changed since the 1500's, 1930's, 40's etc. About time The Phantom updated to the 21st century;Kit's character and family history - excellent, 'believable', perhaps a little too much time spent setting the scene.Update/modernisation of Phantom's support organisation - Bpaa Thap & bad guys - The Singh Brotherhood - excellent. Great ideas.Spoiler Alert:Location (island in ......- & not the Caribbean) & design (inside - above and below) of phantom cave - believable(though the 'Deep Woods' seems to be suffering a bit of a drought - El Ninyo effect?)Spoiler Alert:Loved the 'training camp' scenes. He doesn't have 'super/magic Powers', he is simply fit, works hard, trains hard and experienced in what he does (or at least getting there).Spoiler Alert:Most people would feel silly in the original purple suit these days. Nice revision.Guran's updated character - excellent!spoiler alert:For once, an important (lead?) female character does NOT fall in love with the leading male!yes - Guran helps Kit (it's her job), and Kit has a girlfriend, but thankfully there was not a 'competition for the guy' sub-plot!.Acting of main characters, including the villains, and most of the extras, excellent! Second - not so good parts:1. Depiction of Bandar people - weak.Spoiler Alert:Bandar are people - pygmy size.When movie introduced them, the two 'Bandar' looked like children in costume and make up. And from what I could tell, about the only kids in Hollywood who couldn't act! No wonder they 'dissapeared' quickly after Kit sees the cave.Spoiler Alert:Scene of 'tribal initiation' of Kit - great idea, but:'native' actors were too large to look like pygmy Bandar; - 'Witch doctor' character -> hmmm - far too much makeup.It may have been better to portray them as the living descendants of the 'Flores Man' -ref: http://www.nature.com/news/specials/flores/index.html"Researchers have unearthed remains from individuals who were just one metre tall, with grapefruit-sized skulls. These astonishing little people, "quote from above web site.After all - it is widely held that Modern Man was descended from Neanderthals and/or Cromagnons, for both of which we have found fossils. Modern Man's brain has developed since the Neanderthal, so why not intelligent descendants from the 'Flores Man'? The Bandar are a very secretive tribe.In summary:Great update to The Phantom story; a few parts, especially the Bandar, could have been done better.

adm_an Flicker? Is this some sort of pun/reference to Flickr? Box on top of cable television set to access people's minds...wait a min, wasn't this device used by the Riddler in Batman Forever already? And why is there a Phantom team? In the comics very very very few people were allowed to know the secret of the Phantom, especially not the bad guys. Otherwise the whole legend of an immortal ghost who walks striking fear into the heart of evil would be useless.Why is it that almost every new series has to use camera shakes, wash out colors, people running around jumping and climbing, etc? None of this shows that the producers of this version of the Phantom, The Ghost Who Walks, is taking things seriously. Everything that made the Phantom who he is in the comics is completely missing in this show.American television seems to be lowering its standards every year.

huh_oh_i_c I never knew the old Phantom before, so I watched this with an open mind, I usually know nothing of the movies I'm about to watch not even genre. I kinda guessed that this was a comic-book adaptation and i was right.Okay, so this is a B-flick. the characters are neither very deep nor engaging, the actresses are, while nice, not really very stunning. Everything breathes second rate.But what is really disturbing is this trend that remakes of old 70s themed movies, comic books, TV shows turn out to be slightly racist, in it's casting and in the story lines.The evil villain here is Singh. Singh is probably the most common of names in India, like Smith or Lopez or Popov. And in the cast, to replace Guran, an African with an Asian woman??? I like pretty girls as much as anyone, but this is part of a worrying trend that started with Battle Star Galactica, when they replaced colonel Thigh with a white guy.I guess we have to be thankful that B.A. Barracus isn't some Bubba from Alabama in the new A-Team movie.The Melancholic Alcoholic.