It’s a nice-looking motion picture, with splashy colors highlighting nearly every scene (…). Since The Phantom never takes anything seriously, the audience doesn’t have to, either. This is the sort of tongue-in-cheek campiness that knows exactly what it is, and the irreverent tone saves this film from being another failed Raiders of the Lost Ark. In fact, the action sequences are among the least enjoyable parts of The Phantom, since they’re uniformly routine (…). This film is for those who enjoy come-to-life comic books with self-consciously preposterous dialogue, over-the-top acting, silly plot contrivances, and a superhero who strikes all the right poses. It’s not great cinema, but that doesn’t stop it from being enjoyable in a B-movie way (…). I’d like to be able to champion this film, but the truth is that I’m tiring of the genre as a whole, and, while The Phantom opts for a different tone than most of its brethren, it’s still not an especially memorable motion picture. This is the kind of movie that offers modest entertainment while you’re in the theater, but is forgotten by the time you get home. James Berardinelli