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Could be better
Along with "The Shadow", "The Phantom" is a lavish showcase of Art Deco settings and opulent epoch recreation. It's such a shame that the screenplay cannot be up to the standard set by the painstaking and meticulous production, soigné to the tiniest details. The film starts off fine, with the introduction of the Phantom's story and his family's century-long rift with an evil-doing sect of buccaneers, which by the 1930s seeks to conquer a world then seething with dictators. The rhythm is fast-paced but the film's resolution is wishy-washy and perfunctory. The Phantom himself is very meek and for all his brawn, he lacks the crafty self-assertiveness of the Shadow or Indiana Jones, two characters this film harks back to. The four stars count only for the extraordinary effort of epoch recreation. The story itself is hardly worth two.

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